Terms of service

1. Agreement to these terms

Survival Squads ("we", "us") operates the website and application at survivalsquads.co, survivalsquads.net, survivalsquads.org and survivalistsquads.com, together with their subdomains (the "Service"). By creating an account, subscribing, or otherwise using the Service you agree to these Terms of Service and to our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.

We may update these terms as the Service changes. Material changes will be announced in the app or by email, and the effective date above will be updated. Continuing to use the Service after a change means you accept the revised terms.

2. Eligibility and accounts

You must be at least 18 years old, or the age of majority where you live, to create an account. The Service is not directed to children under 13 and we do not knowingly collect their information.

You are responsible for the accuracy of the information on your account, for keeping your credentials secure, and for everything that happens under your account. Tell us immediately through the contact page if you believe your account has been accessed without permission.

You may not create an account on someone else's behalf without their permission, impersonate another person, or share squad access with people the squad has not approved.

3. Not emergency, medical, legal, or professional advice

The Service is an organizing and planning tool. Guides, checklists, calculators, courses, skill levels, gap analyses, projections, community posts, and any AI-assisted output are general information only. They are not medical, legal, tactical, engineering, financial, insurance, or other professional advice, and they are not a substitute for training from a qualified instructor.

The Service is NOT an emergency service. It does not contact first responders, does not guarantee message delivery, and must never be relied on to summon help. In an emergency, call 911 or your local emergency number.

Weather and alert information is retrieved from third-party and government sources, may be delayed, incomplete, or unavailable, and is provided as convenience only. Always follow instructions from official emergency management authorities over anything shown in the Service.

You are solely responsible for your own decisions, preparations, purchases, travel, storage of supplies, use of equipment, firearms or ammunition handling, food and water storage, medical care, and any activity you undertake with people you meet through the Service, and for complying with all laws that apply to you.

4. Meeting other users — your own risk

We do not verify identities, backgrounds, certifications, licenses, skills, gear, or claims made by users, and we do not run criminal background checks. Squad membership, invitations, and search listings are user-driven.

Use ordinary caution: verify claims yourself, meet in public places first, share only what you are comfortable sharing, and never publish precise addresses, cache locations, or frequencies you want to keep private. You interact with other users, join squads, and share information entirely at your own risk.

5. Your content and the license you grant us

You keep ownership of the profile details, posts, messages, photos, videos, plans, and files you upload ("Your Content"). You grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, store, reproduce, resize, transmit, and display Your Content solely to operate, secure, support, and improve the Service, and to show it to the people you have chosen to share it with.

You represent that you have the rights to everything you upload, that it does not infringe anyone's intellectual property or privacy, and that it does not contain another person's private information without their consent.

Public areas of the Service, such as the community forum, are visible to anyone with the link. Treat anything you post publicly as permanently public even after deletion, because others may have copied it.

6. Acceptable use

You agree not to: post unlawful, harassing, hateful, threatening, defamatory, sexually explicit, or deceptive content; solicit or facilitate violence, extremism, or any illegal act; provide instructions for weapons, explosives, or destructive devices that are unlawful to make; buy, sell, or broker firearms, ammunition, explosives, drugs, or other regulated goods through the Service; scrape, crawl, or bulk-collect other users' data; probe, disrupt, reverse engineer, or overload the Service; upload malware; evade limits, gates, or paywalls; or use the Service to build a competing dataset or product.

We may remove content, limit features, suspend, or terminate any account that we reasonably believe violates these terms, harms other users, or exposes us to legal risk — with or without notice.

If you believe content infringes your copyright, send a notice through the contact page identifying the work, the material, and your contact information, with a statement of good-faith belief and accuracy. We will respond in line with the DMCA and may remove the material and notify the poster.

7. Subscriptions, billing and refunds

Squad Pro is offered at $10 per month or $100 per year, billed in advance through our payment processor, Stripe. We do not store your full card details. Subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled.

You can cancel at any time from Account & billing; cancellation stops future renewals and access continues until the end of the paid period. Except where required by law, payments already made are non-refundable and we do not pro-rate partial periods. Plan switches are pro-rated by Stripe.

If a payment fails we may retry it and may suspend Pro features. Prices may change with at least 30 days' notice before the change applies to your next renewal. You are responsible for any applicable taxes.

Free-tier limits, Pro limits, partner perks, and course discounts may change as the Service evolves.

8. Third-party services and links

The Service relies on third parties including hosting, database and authentication providers, Stripe for payments, email delivery, weather and National Weather Service alert data, sign-in with Google and Apple, and optional AI agent clients you connect. Their availability and accuracy are outside our control and their own terms and privacy policies apply.

Links to outside sites, instructors, retailers, or courses are for convenience. We do not endorse and are not responsible for third-party products, services, or content, including anything you purchase from a partner.

9. Service availability and changes

The Service is provided on an as-available basis. We may add, change, suspend, or discontinue features, impose limits, or perform maintenance at any time. We do not guarantee uninterrupted access, that data will never be lost, or that offline downloads will be current. Keep your own copies of anything critical to your plans.

10. Disclaimer of warranties

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE SERVICE AND ALL CONTENT ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, ACCURACY, AND ANY WARRANTY THAT THE SERVICE WILL KEEP YOU, YOUR FAMILY, OR YOUR PROPERTY SAFE.

Some jurisdictions do not allow certain warranty exclusions, so parts of this section may not apply to you.

11. Limitation of liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, NEITHER SURVIVAL SQUADS NOR ITS OWNERS, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, OR SUPPLIERS WILL BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR LOST PROFITS, LOST DATA, PERSONAL INJURY, DEATH, PROPERTY DAMAGE, OR EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE SERVICE, YOUR RELIANCE ON ANY INFORMATION IN IT, ANY FAILURE OR DELAY OF ALERTS OR MESSAGES, OR YOUR INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER USERS — EVEN IF WE WERE ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY.

OUR TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS RELATING TO THE SERVICE IS LIMITED TO THE GREATER OF (A) THE AMOUNTS YOU PAID US IN THE 12 MONTHS BEFORE THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM, OR (B) ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS ($100).

These limits apply to every theory of liability and survive termination. Nothing in these terms excludes liability that cannot lawfully be excluded, such as liability for fraud or willful misconduct.

12. Indemnity

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Survival Squads and its owners, employees, and contractors from any claim, demand, loss, liability, or expense (including reasonable legal fees) arising from Your Content, your use of the Service, your breach of these terms or of any law, or any dispute between you and another user or a third party.

13. Termination

You may stop using the Service and delete your account at any time from Account & billing. We may suspend or terminate your access for any breach of these terms or where we must do so for legal or security reasons. On termination your license to use the Service ends; sections on content license, disclaimers, liability, indemnity, and dispute resolution survive.

14. Governing law and dispute resolution

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of New York, United States, excluding its conflict-of-laws rules. Before filing any claim, you agree to contact us and attempt to resolve the dispute informally for at least 30 days.

Any dispute that cannot be resolved informally will be settled by binding individual arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association under its Consumer Arbitration Rules, seated in New York, or in small-claims court where the claim qualifies. To the extent permitted by law, you and we waive any right to a jury trial and to participate in a class, collective, or representative action. If a court finds the class-action waiver unenforceable as to a claim, that claim proceeds in court and the rest of this section still applies.

15. Miscellaneous

These terms and the Privacy Policy are the entire agreement between you and us about the Service. If a provision is unenforceable, the rest remains in force. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver. You may not assign these terms; we may assign them in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets. Notices to you may be given in the app or by email to the address on your account.

Contact

Questions about these terms, a copyright notice, or a legal request? Reach us through the contact page. See also our privacy policy and safety disclaimer.