Mastering Risk

Send us Fan Mail Evacuate in 5 min, go west and oh, your home is likely to burn down. Are you and your family ready for this notice, are you ready to respond, execute your evacuation plans and does everyone know exactly what they are supposed to do?  Preparedness is your ability to navigate significant disruptions that are beyond your control, you weren't responsible for something happening,...

Send us Fan Mail The theoretical underpinning of preparedness is planning. That means you have a strategy to navigate significant disruptions in your life. We begin preparedness planning with the shelter in place concept, which means that everyone returns to home when bad things happen, to congregate, pause and think. Your home is your safe place, where your children feel safe, where they are comf...

Send us Fan Mail The most important question in emergency preparedness is "Who is responsible for my outcomes?" To adopt a prepared life you must first answer "me", and then begin the journey to adopting preparedness. This begins with first addressing your physical, mental and financial health. Without these, the supplies, skills and scenario planning for disasters is moot. You...

Send us Fan Mail We're back for our 7th season, with episodes on EM professionals, scenarios, deep dive into critical infrastructure and other important individual emergency preparedness topics. Our first book is out, with a video course to follow and as always, the free information sources across our social media feeds.  The mission at IMCH is to provide the most suitable, evidence-based inf...

Send us Fan Mail All good things must come to an end, here at IMCH we are wrapping up the 6th season, re-jigging, re-vamping and renovating our way to Season 7. Thank you for your continued support, your best wished and your most targeted comments. This episode is a review of what we accomplished so far in 2023, what we intended to do, why we're talking about certain issues and finally, what...

Send us Fan Mail What you face, the threats and hazards are directly correlated to your location. Whether you face imminent invasion by a neighbouring army, a fall in government, the election of a fascist regime or economic politics that will lead to collapse - these are all known problems. You have the choice to move to a part of the world where there is less conflict, you can choose to remain an...

Send us Fan Mail We speak often about rocking an incredible life, about making sure that everyday when you rise, you swing your legs out of bed and cannot wait to get after it. If that is you, well done. If not, why not? Nothing happens overnight, but if you want to lead such a wondrous life, why not start chasing it in a planned and intelligent manner? You want a secure, safe career with scary an...

Send us Fan Mail Yes, money, A medium of exchange, fractional banking, bonds, RRSP, RESP, retirement, emergency funds. As a prepared individual it is your responsibility to pay your expenses and earn sufficient income. You must have a plan to pivot when you're fired, because while you might die in your job, you're more than likely to leave it at some point. We chat about having more mont...

Send us Fan Mail There has been a considerable amount of violence on public transit systems in North America. We need out public transit, it is a core element of a successful and vibrant city. Over 85% of Canadians live in urban and suburban areas, transit contributes to our productivity and is absolutely essential to our success.  We chat about maintaining situational awareness, understanding the...

Send us Fan Mail OK, we're going to talk about the traditional definition of preparedness, the supplies and equipment. However, you need a preparedness plan first, you want the equipment in your possession to support your plan, to allow you to execute your intent. The kits are not the plan, they are the tool to enhance the skills and knowledge you have. Family, their needs, sheltering in plac...

Send us Fan Mail Preparedness is an attitude, a theoretical lens through which we evaluate and engage with the world -  a state of mind. It is never and cannot be measured in supplies, kit pr equipment. Difficult to measure, similar to social capital, in that we measure the outcomes of strong social capital to determine whether it is present or not.  Hardship befalls us all - illness, anguish, eco...

Send us Fan Mail You will leave your house or bunker at some time, maybe even take a vacation, so what are the considerations for travel - local, regional and into a foreign country? Today we discuss dressing for the weather, considering what you will do when your normal mode of travel is no longer available to you, having situational awareness on your destination and just simply understanding you...

Send us Fan Mail A break from preparedness to discuss an important idea in society. In Canada and across the developed world, there are ongoing discussions about censorship and control of material that is posted on social media. In Canada, an upcoming law C-11 provides for the Public Service to be a decision maker in what is appropriate content for the Internet and social media companies. This epi...

Send us Fan Mail So you want to become a survivalist, someone who thinks that society will collapse and the critical infrastructure will not restart. These are individuals who hoist aboard the full and complete responsibility of providing all their requirements time immemorial. They have two options - stationary and mobile. The stationary ones are those who live in rural areas, have acreage, grow...

Send us Fan Mail Inflation, supply chain disruptions and growing conflict are all affecting our ability to acquire nutrients necessary to rock and incredible life. In the face of uncertainty, we need to take control of access to a sustainable and local food supply, through adopting to eating local foods - often referred to as the 100 mile diet, learn to cook from basic ingredients and through that...

Send us Fan Mail This week we talk about the different types of preparedness individuals, the spectrum and where you might fall. We chat about how to become a prepper and what that means in practical sense. How do we differentiate the lives of a prepper from a prepared individual, what are they preparing for and are they all nutcases? Not sure what a prepper is, sit back and enjoy the discussion....

Send us Fan Mail Returning to the traditional subjects of preparedness, this week we chat about the needs for sheltering in place with your family, until the government restores critical infrastructure. That is the primary role of the government, is to get society's systems up and running after a failure, your responsibility is to take care of yourself and those for whom you are responsible....

Send us Fan Mail A deep subject, but this matters to so many and the importance of where we are and why we're here is critical. A short chat about the influence on your preparedness at the end, but this conflict was coming like a freight train for 17 years and no one cared. The Ukrainians are doing the killing and dying, while the cowards in NATO are waking a killing from their military indus...

Send us Fan Mail Why does the government conduct preparedness communications, what is the desired end state and why do they choose certain mediums.  Today we discuss why the government sends you messages, the hard truth behind it, the reason why you need to be prepared, what information you need to know from the government and why building trust is the most important. Twitter or Facebook? Preferen...

Send us Fan Mail A simplistic, evidence-based three step process to adopting preparedness in your life. About your ability to navigate significant disruptions, so sit back, grab a beverage as we discuss how to become prepared. From accepting responsibility for your outcomes, to accepting where you are in life without assigning blame, to determining where you want to be, to move from here to there....

Send us Fan Mail It's your responsibility to pay your bills, not society or the government.  The reality is though, that most folks are in some form of financial crunch due to inflation, job insecurity or otherwise in a precarious situation.  This episode is about creating a vision for your life, being honest where you currently are and then making a plan for bridging the gap.  Whether it&apo...

Send us Fan Mail The earthquake in Syria and Turkey is restating for those involved, catastrophic and life altering.  Something we never wish to happen, but at times beyond our control.  There are many lessons for preparedness from what we have seen, from the reality that political stability matters in international response, to planning, the nature of chaos, limited and exhausted state capacity,...

Send us Fan Mail Huge thanks to all my supporters, this has been wonderful journey in providing preparedness information to the world, downloaded in 44 nations across the world.  IMCH was born to place order into chaos, in a world facing a pandemic and economic ruin.  So, with 2023 looking like 2020s was just a warm up, how do you prepare to navigate what the world will throw at you? From economic...

Send us Fan Mail Every once in a while, we need to pause and check in on how we're doing, to see what is going on.  Find some time, carve out some time and sit back with a whiteboard, paper or your thoughts and consider you.  Be honest about your current physical, mental and financial health - reality, no BS.  Figure out where you want to be, ID the gap, make a strategy - realistic of course...

Send us Fan Mail Power underpins our society, we all have had experiences where the hydro goes out for a few hours, maybe a day.  Inconvenient, frustrating, but we get over it and carry on with our modern, connected lives.  Few of us consider the importance of utilities in supporting all the sectors of Critical Infrastructure that support our society - transportation, financial, water, food, secur...