Hosted by former Navy SEAL Cade Courtley, each episode retells situations in a worst-case scenario and what viewers can do to survive them.
[citation needed] Each episode features Cade Courtley with a group of usually five individuals set into the disaster situation.
The disasters feature worst-case scenarios, with Courtley giving the individuals advice on how to survive based on the situation, also giving tips to the audience on survival.
On occasion the show may describe two or more different scenarios within the same disaster (being caught at different distances from a nuclear blast, being held under different circumstances during a home invasion/hostage situation or escaping different pandemics).
In these cases, Courtley still participates as a member of both scenario groups simultaneously.