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The Wilderness Survival Institute also goes by the names of W.S.I. and WSI.
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Warning and Disclaimer: SELECT AND USE SURVIVAL EQUIPMENT, SUPPLIES AND TECHNIQUES AT YOUR OWN RISK. The Wilderness Survival Institute™ cannot attest to or endorse the safety of using any equipment, supplies or services evaluated or referred to therein. Any endorsement or recommendation is limited solely to the evaluator's opinion about their effectiveness when used for their intended purpose in accordance with safe operating procedures, and if available, in accordance with any instructions provided by the manufacturer or supplier. Some survival equipment and supplies, such as, but not limited to, knives and pyrotechnic devices, for example, are inherently unsafe and can injure, maim or kill even when used appropriately. Any survival situation is inherently dangerous and could result in your or any other survivor's injury, maiming or death. Endorsement or recommendation of any equipment, supplies, services or techniques does not constitute a guaranty or warranty the equipment, supplies, services or techniques will function when needed in a survival situation.
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It is the nature of the Internet that there are many useful items that are made freely available for non-commercial use such as icons, pictures, software, as well as the contents of this web site. WSI has with appreciation taken the various offerings and incorporated them into this web site. In return, hopefully the information in this web site will prove valuable to those availing themselves of it. For those items on this web site that are under copyright protection, WSI has obtained specific permission from their owners to use them.
However, because of the way things are passed around on the Net, some item or other that WSI is using may actually have -- unknown to WSI -- copyright protection. If this should be the case, WSI would very much appreciate being pointed in the direction of its owner so WSI can either make proper arrangements for the item's use, or remove it from the web site.