What is ICSOS? ICSOS (International Canadian School of Survival) is a wilderness survival and safety training school based in Canada. Founded by Dave MacDonald, a retired Search and Rescue Tech with 19 years of experience and 6 years as a survival instructor for the Army, ICSOS teaches survival based on RCAF and NATO standards. Courses cover everything from fire starting and shelter building to cold water immersion and first aid.
What ICSOS Teaches: Wilderness Survival (Levels 1-4) – Learn the skills to survive in the wild.
Cold Water Immersion – What to do if you fall through the ice.
Red Cross Standard, Remote and Wilderness First Aid – First Aid Certifications
Firearm Safety – Canadian Requirement for buying firearms
Land Navigation (Levels 1-3) - Learn Map, Compass, GPS, MGRS and Natural Navigation You can sign up for the course level 2 : April 29-May 1,2025 You can sign up for the course level 3 : May 3-4,2025
Cover Survival - How to survive while avoiding detection, bypassing suspicions, and eluding unfriendly forces, groups, or other individuals. You can sign up for the course : May 15-21,2025
Tracking Course - After the course, put your newfound skills to the test by tracking the participants of our Covert Survival course. You can sign up for the course : May 22-28,2025
Custom Expeditions & Consulting – Get professional guidance for your next adventure or create your own with us.
We have a mobile teaching team that can go anywhere in North America.
Why It’s Relevant to /out/
ICSOS courses focus on real-world survival, not just bushcraft theory. They train search and rescue professionals, military personnel, RCMP, Remote indigenous communities and backcountry adventurers to handle the unexpected. If you like expeditions, self-reliance, or just want to be prepared, this school’s training is worth knowing about.
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>be me >14 yr old male >like art >get into science cause your parents told you art wouldnt get you anywhere >have basically no friends and just some online ones >start failing every class and not wanting to go to school >question if you re bi or even gay at this point >get bullied cause of the way you dress and get called emo cause you have long hair >change school and start doing art >thats all for now
My girlfriend is going to a timber framing convention over the weekend. She wants me to come with her and we will be camping with a van. I used to be local but damn that city really blew up fast. I know a few places off the back of my hand but I’m looking for nice places to camp and have a fire in between the 3 day convention.
I realize there is nowhere to camp in the city, but I’m thinking of the surrounding foothills to the north, and somewhere along the Boise river to the east. I never really explored much of the plains to the south. The less cop and warden interactions the better.
I've recently come to care for some land, quarter acre, and I've not had to care for grass in about 15 years.
The biggest thing right now is cutting and weed prevention. I'm currently up to date with some weed care, mostly for dandelions and crab grass, but I'm looking for some advice and recommendations for cutting. I was thinking about picking up a lawn mower, but I'm a little hesitant on spending 300+ for such small land. I'm also reading things about manual mowers, but people are saying stuff about uneven ground being an issue (which is about half of this land).
