Stay Safe
Stay safe at home and out in the world
Awareness, home security and the self-defense basics worth knowing.
Most of staying safe is noticing early and leaving early. Knowing the exits, reading a room, trusting the feeling that something is off, and making your front door a little harder than the next one.
This topic covers everyday awareness (the Urban Ninja field card), home security in the order to buy it, and what a good self-defense class actually teaches, so you know what to look for before you sign up.
In this topic: 5 one-page guides · 2 articles
One-page guides
Safety guide
Always know your exit.
The Urban Ninja field card: twelve small habits for restaurants, stores, transit, garages, events and hotels.
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Safety guide
Home security, in buying order.
Twelve steps, free habits first, then the cheap hardware police crime-prevention units recommend.
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Home guide
Twelve ways to make your home safer in an emergency.
The fixes that matter most when the power, the water or the neighborhood is not normal.
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Scenario guide
Earthquake. The first ten minutes.
What to do while it is shaking, and the order to work in once it stops.
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Home guide
The 20-minute earthquake home check.
Twelve things to fix or find, most of them with a wrench and a free evening.
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Stay Safe 5 min read
What a good self-defense class teaches, and how to find one
Most of real self-defense is noticing early, speaking up and getting away, and a good class spends most of its time on exactly that.
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Home safety 4 min read
The 20-minute earthquake check every home needs
Four fixes you can finish before dinner, using a wrench and about forty dollars.
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