TREE SHLTERS

HOW TO OCCUPIED TREE SHELTERS :-

SHELTER :- A shelter can protect you from the weather and also enemy observation. In HAA shelter takes precedence over the need for food as an exhausted person may lose the will to survive. The most common error in making a shelter is to make to too large, although a shelter must be large enough to protect you and small enough to contain your body heat, especially in cold climates.

BASIC CHARACTERSISTICS FOR SHELTER :- Any type of shelter, whether it is a permanent building, tentage, or an expedient shelter must meet six basic criteria to be safe and effective. The characteristics are as under :-

(i) Protection from the elements.

(ii) Heat retention

(iii) Ventilation

(iv) Free from Natural Hazards

(v) Stable

SHELTER FOR EMOTIONAL SURVIVAL :- A shelter can be built entirely with your hands without any tools also. Apart from physical security, it is also emotionally important to have a shelter, where you can sit and think about your situation while taking refuge from the wild environment. It also provides you a base from where you can venture out to get food, water and fuel and also times to operate.

SITE SELECTION :- While selecting a site remember what you will require at the site. Two requisites are as under :-

(i) It must have material to make the shelter you need.

(ii) It must be large enough and right level to lie down comfortable.

When you consider these requisites however you cannot ignore your tactical

situation or your safety. You must consider the following :-

(i) Providers concealment from enemy observation.

(ii) Maintain camouflaged escape routes.

(iii) Use acronym BLISS as a guide.

TYPE OF SHELTERS :-

Hasty Shelters :- If no materials are available for constructing shelter make use of any cover and protection that is available cliff overhangs, gradients and so forth, which will help shield you from wind or rain. Incorporate natural windbreaks in quickly constructed shelters. In completely open plains sit with your back to the wind and pile any equipment behind you as a windbreak.

TREE SHELTERS :- Make use of branches that sweep down to the ground or boughs that have partly broken from the tree to given basic protection from the wind bit make sure that they are not so broken that they could come down, Weave in other twigs to make the cover more, dense conifers are more suited to this technique than broad – leaved trees, as they require less weaving in to keep out rain.

FOOF SHELTERS :- Roots and trapped earth at the base of a fallen tree make a good wing and storm barrier, if they are at the right angle to the wind. Filling in the sides will make it more effective and provide good support for building a more elaborate shelter.

NATURAL SHELTERS :- Even a shallow depression in the ground will provide some protection from wind and can reduce the effort in constructing a shelter. Make a roof to keep the rain off and the warmth in. A few strong branches placed across the hallow can support a light log laid over them, against which shorter branches and sticks can be stacked to give pitch to the roof and so allow water to run off. Consolidate with branches or with twigs and leaves.

PONCHO SHELTER :- With a waterproof poncho, poncho sheet or a plastic sheet a number of shelters can be made. A closely woven poncho will keep out most rain of set at a steep angle. Make use of natural shelter.

DEBRIS HUT SHELTER :- In wilderness there is plenty of debris and wood available with which you can make a well insulated short term shelter, which will not only protect, you form rain but also will keep you warm by conserving your body temperature. It creates the maximum amount of dead air to keep heat in the shelter. It forms a cocoon around your body, ensuring that your body is not heating up unnecessary empty space.

(i) Lie down on the ground and mark the outlive from of your body adding another feet into it in all directions.

(ii) create a floor with dead leaves and also by laying small branches on the

floor first and fill it up for insulation from the ground.

(iii) For the from take two Y sticks and plant them in a hole at the two

corners at the head end.

(iv) Rest a long pole on the Y stick extending to the foot end.

(v) Add branches on each side and cover them with a 1 to 3 feet of debris at all sides