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SUPPLEMENTAL READING LIST
It has come to my attention that several people have opted into the EAP Workshop and may not have received information on the reading list. We will review these books so you will understand why they have been selected and when the will be used in the workshop.
You will probably notice several grammatical errors during the video presentation, I did.
Below the video presentation is the expanded text for those of you who prefer to read.
10 books
These books are the ones that I have selected to create my Emergency Action Plan that you will be reviewing throughout the course of this workshop. The intent is to keep the workshop as simple as possible by providing materials that are useful for you. These books will allow you to move through the workshop without needing to search/research material needed for the workshop
These books will enable you to make your 80% solution, the basic plan. Then once your basic plan is complete, you will be able to move to advanced planning strategies as you deem necessary.
Those of you that have counted the books in this picture have notices only nine. Yes I did forget to grab the Ebola Pandemic Survival Lists by Jake S. Alive and put it in the stack.
If you are curious; No, I do not receive compensation for anyone buying these books.
- Are You Ready? An in-depth guide to Citizen Preparedness FEMA. Will be used throughout the workshop. Except where it isn’t.
The guide has been designed to help the citizens of this nation learn how to protect themselves and their families against all types of hazards. It can be used as a reference source or as a step-by-step manual. The focus of the content is on how to develop, practice, and maintain emergency plans that reflect what must be done before, during, and after a disaster to protect people and their property.
- The Power of Urgency by William Keiper. This book has nothing to do with emergency/disaster preparedness and everything to do with pulling your head out of your backside just long enough so you can build an emergency/disaster plan now before you need it.
“This book first makes the point that the power of urgency is known to all of us. We can reference it. We have all had situations wherein we had no time to think and plan, where we simply had to respond with the highest energy we had. Later we basked in the afterglow of amazing results. This thought rose up: Hey I didn’t know I had it in me.Then, maybe years later, it would happen again. Emergency-level crisis and massive inspired personal action taken in response. Usually extremely bold and surprisingly clever. Remember those rare moments? But, as Will points out here, these events are all driven by external circumstances. We are challenged. We have nowhere to hide. We respond.But what if we could turn this ability on and off by making a proactive decision to engage it? What if we could bring the urgency with us into situations of our choosing? What if we could elevate our consciousness into that supermind state we’re all so fleetingly aware of?Why should I have a mindset of urgency you ask? Hopefully these two pictures will bring it into some perspective.Last Saturday, March 31st. At the local grocery store doing some non-emergency shopping.
Same store, same shelf, September 6 2017. Four days before Hurricane Irma made landfall in the Florida Keys.
Do you see a difference? This is what you get when you have done nothing up until the last minute. Slim picking to say the least.Develop the Urgency mindset now, before you need it.
3. When All Hell Breaks Loose by Cody Lundin. Will be used throughout the workshop. Except where it isn’t.
An interesting book that repeats the same survival/preparedness material you will find elsewhere in a manner that is informative as well as entertaining. When All Hell Breaks Loose concisely and humorously outlines the often simple steps needed for preparing a self-reliant home to survive urban and rural emergencies from Las Angeles to Paris and everywhere in-between.
- Urban Emergency Survival Plan by Jim Cobb. Will be used throughout the workshop. Except where it isn’t.
Stay Safe in the City. Here’s the book that won’t advise you to flee the city and set up a homestead to avoid potential disasters. With many other survival-planning resources emphasizing that approach, urban dwellers that plan to stay put in the city, no matter the circumstances, have been overlooked. Not only do 58 percent of Americans live in cities, but certain risks are higher in cities than elsewhere. Urban Emergency Survival Plan delivers a common-sense approach to urban survival planning rather than advocating that city survivalists need to figure out a way to grow an acre of food, raise goats, and build an underground bunker. The clearly outlined approach here will help you to reduce the risks inherent in disasters that occur in well-populated areas- The Prepper’s Water Survival Guide by Daisy Luther. This book will be used during Learning Objective #9 and #11. Will be presented week five and six of the EAP Workshop.
You can survive up to three weeks without food, but only three days without water! When catastrophe strikes, having enough water can spell the difference between life and death. The Prepper’s Water Survival Guide offers a step-by-step plan with straightforward information you can easily follow.
In addition to harvesting water, you’ll gain the tools to keep large stores untainted for long periods of time, test the water you collect for dangerous toxins, and treat water-related illnesses that are commonly contracted during a disaster.
- The Survival Food Handbook by Janet Groene. This book will be used during Learning Objective #9. Will be presented week five of the EAP Workshop.
BE PREPARED to cook without a kitchen and eat healthy foods for days, weeks, even months!Whether you’re camping, boating, traveling, or staying home, make sure you have enough food in case of an emergency. This book is your survival guide. It’s not just about stocking up on provisions. It’s about planning and preparing nutritious, delicious, easy-to-make meals under any circumstances—even without fuel or electricity.
This practical guide is loaded with essential pantry must-haves, shopping checklists, food safety tips, and expert advice on alternative cooking methods. You’ll find dozens of ready-to-go recipes for makeshift main dishes, back-up breads, substitute spreads, even desperation desserts. So, if your boat loses power, your RV breaks down, your campground is snowbound, or your fridge is on the fitz, you’ll be totally prepared—to eat, drink, and be healthy—with The Survival Food Handbook.
- The Survival Medicine Handbook (3rd Ed) by Joseph Alton and Amy Alton. This book will be used during Learning Objective #11. Will be presented week six of the EAP Workshop.
The expanded third edition is geared to enable the non-medical professional to deal with all the likely issues they will encounter in catastrophic short or long-term scenarios. The third (2016) edition of The Survival Medicine Handbook is not your standard first aid book: Unlike other so-called “survival” medical books, it assumes that a disaster, natural or man-made, has removed all access to hospitals or doctors for the foreseeable future; you, the average person, are now the highest medical resource left to your family. The Survival Medicine Handbook will give you the tools, in plain English, to competently handle injuries and illness for any situation that leaves you as the end of the line with regards to your family’s medical well-being.8. Ebola Pandemic Survival Lists by Jake S. Alive. This book will be used during Learning Objective #11. Will be presented week six of the EAP Workshop.
This is a short book/pamphlet of checklists specific to a Pandemic Disaster. We will see variations of lists throughout the workshop. This book has been chosen because of its focus on Biological Pandemic considerations that are not covered in most First-Aid/Medical handbooks
9. Field Hygiene and Sanitation FM 21-10 by Department of Defense. This book will be used during Learning Objective #9 & #11. Will be presented weeks five and six of the EAP Workshop.
The purpose of this publication is to assist individual service members, unit commanders, unit leaders, and field sanitation teams (FSTs) in preventing disease and non-battle injury (DNBI). The publication provides information on preventive medicine measures (PMM) for the individual service member as well as essential information for the unit commander, unit leaders, and the FST on applying unit level PMM. Substitute the terms service members, unit commanders, with family members and responsible adults. 10. Personal Emergency Communications by Andrew Baze. This book will be used during Learning Objective #13. Will be presented week eight of the EAP Workshop.
Whether you’re hit by a natural disaster or power outage, you can expect this problem: your cell phones, landline phones, and the Internet eventually stop working. What will you do? How will you communicate with your family or friends? While you may have set aside food and water for an emergency, what about a pair of radios with batteries? Have you considered long-range options? Do you know what your best options are? This book will walk you through modern communications technologies, pros and cons of each, and recommendations to implement a realistic backup communications system.Additional material will be presented that you can download freely during several of the Learning Objectives of the workshop.
Where can you get these books?
I purchased all of mine through Amazon. They are also available through Barns & Noble. You can buy them New, Used and in Digital format. I recommend a hard copy of each book. This will allow you to dog-ear, highlight, make notes, and the batteries will never die.
FEMA Are You Ready? can be downloaded here; https://www.fema.gov/media-library-data/20130726-1549-20490-4633/areyouready_full.pdf
For information on getting a free hard copy go to; https://www.ready.gov/publications
Re-cap;
We have reviewed the ten books that I recommend you acquire for the completion of your Emergency Action Plan. We reviewed what weeks of the workshop they are needed and what Learning Objectives they will be used for.
Are these the best books available on the subjects they represent? I have no idea, there are thousands of books on the subject of Disaster/Emergency preparedness and I have not read them all. And there are many opinions on the subject of proper emergency/disaster planning reading material.
These books are the ones that I have selected to create my Emergency Action Plan. The Plan that you will be looking over my shoulder as I create during the course of this workshop. Hard copies cost me about $115.00 at the time of purchase.
The intent is to keep the workshop as simple as possible by providing material that is useful for you. These books will allow you to move through the workshop without needing to search/research material for additional inforation.
Note; Additional documentation will be presented during some Learning Objectives as needed. This additional material can be downloaded at no cost.
These material provided will enable you to make your 80% solution, the basic plan. Then as you deem necessary you will be able to move onto advanced planning strategies after completing the basic plan.
If you only get one book. Get; FEMA Are You Ready? An in-depth guide to Citizen Preparedness
Till next time
- The Prepper’s Water Survival Guide by Daisy Luther. This book will be used during Learning Objective #9 and #11. Will be presented week five and six of the EAP Workshop.
“Be Safe”