Introduction. KING OF YOUR CASTLE: Burglars and unwanted visitors - what to do and what not to do; Forensic-style tactics - what to do if you suspect that you've been burgled; Security - locks, alarms, lights and cameras; The garden and yard - how to keep thieves out; Fire in the home - how to survive a disaster. CUTTING ABOUT: On foot - how to handle gangs, muggings and aggressive dogs; By car - how to avoid theft, carjacking and road rage; By motorbike or bicycle - how to gear up and stay safe; Public transport - how to stay safe on buses, tubes and trains; Hitchhiking - travelling safely for free; Urban chaos - what to do if you're caught up in a robbery, shooting or riot. THE SOCIAL SCENE: Drink and drugs - drunks, overdoes and how to stay out of trouble; Drink spiking - avoidance tactics; Date rape - precautions and escaping from dodgy situations; Spotting trouble - reading nightspots like an SAS trooper and how to stay safe; Kebab shop trouble - avoiding flashpoints and getting home in one piece; Eating is cheating - how to drink right through the night and survive; Keeping a lookout - the buddy system and shark watch for nights out. THE CYBER SCENE: Social networks - the promises, pitfalls and dangers; Hooking up - online friends and relationships, how to do it safely; Internet security - safeguarding your identity online; Shopping, selling and banking online - how to avoid the fraudsters; Internet nasties - cyberbullies and trolls, what to do; Internet scams - what to look for and how to deal with them. NATURAL DISASTERS: Avalanches - surviving a snow slide and essential equipment; Hurricanes and tornadoes - recognizing and surviving storms and twisters; Landslides - what to do when the earth moves like water; Earthquakes - how to stay alive when the earth starts to shake; Tsunamis - beating the killer waves; Volcanoes - what to do when one erupts; Floods - staying afloat in your home and on the roads; The big freeze and the scorching heat - surviving temperature extremes; Wild animal attack - what to do when face-to-face with tooth and claw. MAN-MADE DISASTERS: Car crash - drivers, passengers and pedestrians, how to stay alive; Sinking ship - when something's wrong, preparation and escape; Air disaster - enhancing your chances of survival; Train crash - preparation and survival; Buildings and bridges - how to stay alive if they collapse; Nuclear power station leak - what to do if you're hit by radiation. AWAY FROM HOME: Prevention not cure - extra procedures to adhere to while abroad; Scams and street robberies - prevention tactics; Getting around abroad - how to avoid road accidents and dodgy journeys; Drugs - how to avoid becoming an unwitting drug mule; Kidnap - how to avoid being snatched and what to do if you're abducted; Murder - how to holiday safely in dangerous destinations; Piracy - precautions and what to do if you're attacked; War zone - caught up in conflict and crossfire, the dos and don'ts. SURVIVING GWOT: Terrorist attacks - staying alert and recognizing suspicious activity; Bombing and suicide operations - spotting the bad guys and aiding your survival; Dirty bombs - signs to look out for and action you can take; Death in the air - what to do in the event of a chemical or biological attack; Hijacked - tactics for an aeroplane hi-jacking; Siege - hostage situations, escape and evasion, and special forces rescue; Special-Forces rescue - what to do when the men in black come to bust you out. SELF-DEFENCE, SAS STYLE: Pull your punches - how to avoid a fight and talk your way out of trouble; On the defensive - getting out of trouble, quick and easy; Striking back - when there's no way out; Getting the f**k out - escape and evasion with the bad guys on your heels; Extreme self-defence - improvised weapons. THE BARE ESSENTIALS: How to save a life - symptoms and treatment for life and death conditions; Medical emergencies - practical solutions, any time, any place; Improvisations - using everyday household items to fix your body. BIG PHIL'S LOCKER: The emergency survival kit - what to include in a grab-and-run situation at home; The car survival kit - what to take in case you get stranded on the road; The travel survival kit - the essentials in case things go wrong; Survival choices - essential kit and improvisations. OLD SKILLS REVISITED: Shelter and fire - the essentials for survival; Water collection - means and methods; Food sourcing - the art of scavenging and survival; Navigation - the bare essentials; Signalling and search-and-rescue - how to alert others to your whereabouts. Appendix. Index.
