SAS Survival Guide – The Ultimate Guide to Surviving Anywhere

One of the world’s best-known survival references — packed with practical knowledge for wilderness, emergencies, travel and unexpected situations.

SAS Survival Guide by John “Lofty” Wiseman is a comprehensive survival handbook built around decades of real-world experience and survival training.

Covering everything from preparation, shelter and navigation to water, food, first aid, disaster survival and urban safety, this book provides a broad foundation of practical survival knowledge in one portable reference.

Whether you are building an emergency library, preparing for remote-area travel, improving your outdoor skills or simply want a dependable reference close at hand, the SAS Survival Guide is a valuable addition to any preparedness collection.

✅ Comprehensive survival reference covering wilderness and urban environments

✅ Practical guidance on emergency preparation and survival equipment

✅ Covers navigation and movement through unfamiliar terrain

✅ Explores shelter, campcraft, fire and environmental survival

✅ Information on finding and managing food and water

✅ First aid, health and emergency considerations

✅ Disaster and severe-weather survival information

✅ Urban safety and security guidance

✅ Illustrated throughout for easier reference

✅ 384-page paperback

The SAS Survival Guide covers a wide range of practical survival topics designed to help readers understand the fundamentals of staying safe and functioning effectively when normal resources are unavailable.

🎒 Preparation – Planning ahead and selecting appropriate survival equipment
🧭 Navigation – Techniques for moving through and understanding unfamiliar terrain
🏕️ Shelter & Campcraft – Creating protection from the environment and establishing a safe camp
🔥 Fire – Understanding fire as a survival resource
💧 Water – Finding, collecting and managing one of the most critical survival resources
🌿 Food – Understanding food resources when conventional supplies are unavailable
🩹 Health & First Aid – Responding to injuries, illness and health risks
🌦️ Climate & Environment – Survival considerations across different terrain and weather conditions
🚨 Disaster Survival – Preparing for events such as flooding, fire and other major disruptions
🏙️ Urban Safety – Awareness and preparedness considerations for built-up environments

Survival challenges can look very different depending on where you are. The book examines principles that can be applied across a range of environments and situations.

🏜️ Hot and arid environments
🏔️ Mountains and high country
🌲 Forest and wilderness environments
❄️ Cold and severe-weather conditions
🌊 Coastal and maritime situations
🏙️ Urban environments
🚨 Natural disasters and emergency situations

Its broad coverage makes it particularly useful as a general-purpose reference rather than a guide limited to one environment or type of emergency.

Emergency equipment is valuable, but knowing how and when to use what you have is just as important.

A survival reference can help build understanding before an emergency occurs and provide a physical source of information when mobile coverage, internet access or electricity may not be available.

Unlike information stored exclusively online, a printed survival guide requires no batteries, reception, charging or internet connection.

Preparedness is more than storing supplies — it is developing the knowledge to adapt when plans change.

The SAS Survival Guide brings a wide range of survival disciplines together in one reference, making it a useful foundation for anyone building their preparedness skills.

Ideal for:

✅ Home emergency libraries
✅ Bug-out bag reference collections
✅ Camping and hiking
✅ 4WD and remote-area travel
✅ Caravans and touring setups
✅ Boats and marine emergency supplies
✅ Remote workers
✅ Off-grid households
✅ Bushcraft and outdoor skills development
✅ Emergency preparedness education
✅ Survival and self-reliance enthusiasts

John “Lofty” Wiseman served for 26 years with the British Special Air Service (SAS) and became its Chief Survival Instructor.

His extensive experience in survival training formed the foundation of the SAS Survival Guide, which has developed into one of the best-known survival references worldwide.

Title: SAS Survival Guide: The Ultimate Guide to Surviving Anywhere
Author: John “Lofty” Wiseman
Publisher: HarperCollins / William Collins
Format: Paperback
Pages: 384
Language: English
Category: Survival, Emergency Preparedness & Outdoor Skills

This book is supplied as an educational and reference resource. Survival situations involve significant variables including environment, weather, available equipment, physical capability and access to emergency services.

Information regarding first aid, health, plants, food, water or emergency response should not replace professional medical advice, recognised first-aid training or directions from emergency authorities.

Correct identification is essential before consuming any wild plant, fungus or other naturally sourced food.

Always comply with applicable Australian laws, fire restrictions, land-access rules, environmental regulations and directions issued by emergency services or other relevant authorities.