I.  INTRODUCTION

Held Hostage

II. FOUNDATION.

WEATHER DISASTERS

HEALTH.

Hurricane

Health Improvement

Tornado

Health and Fitness

Lightning

BASIC TRAINING.

Flood

First Aid Background

Ice Storms

Fire Fighting Training

Blizzard

Nuclear Biological Chemical Data

OTHER NATURAL DISASTERS

Auto Repair Training

Earthquake

Outdoor Survival

Landslide, Mudslide, Avalanche

Information Research

Tsunamis

Miscellaneous Elective Training

Volcano

FRUGALITY.

What if Nothing Happens?

General Purchasing and Spending

IV.  EVACUATION.

Consumables

PREPPING THE GEAR.

Utilities

The “Bugout Kit” (Disaster Supplies Kit) Overview

Insurance

Contents in Detail

Taxes

Packing and Storage

Medical Costs

PLANNING THE DESTINATIONS.

Legal Expenses

Where Ya Gonna Go?

Miscellaneous Considerations

Planning the Route

PLANNING AHEAD FOR PHASE II.

The Evac Atlas

Safeguards

GETTING THERE.

Services and Agencies

Out the Door

Post-Disaster Grants

Rendezvous!

Supporting Documentation – The “Info Pack”

Transportation

EMERGENCIES AND DISASTERS OVERVIEW.

Life on the Road

Emergency Risk Score

LIFE AT THE DESTINATION.

Terrorism, Violent Crime, and Accidents

Shelter Dynamics

Natural Disasters

Coming Home

The “Threat Map”

Coming Home II – The Emotional Aftermath

BASIC HOME PREP.

V.  ISOLATION

Miscellaneous Considerations

ADVANCED HOME PREP.

General Home Safety

Sealing the Home

Security & Safe Rooms

Fortified Shelters

Structural Considerations

Alternative Energy

Fire

THE ISOLATION PANTRY

BASIC VEHICLE PREP.

Water

General Considerations

Food

Vehicle Prep Checklist

Other Pantry Items

THE EAS ALERTS.

The Medicine Chest

Standard Alerts of the Emergency Alert System

LIFE WITHOUT UTILITIES

Alternative Alerts

Climate Control

Getting the Word

The Manual Kitchen

COMMUNICATION

Privy Deprived

Telephone and Email

LIFE IN ISOLATION.

Radio and Television

Security and Defense

Visual and Audible Signaling

Limited Firefighting

Text, Symbols, and Codes

Cabin Fever

III.  REACTION.

Wrapping it Up

HOMELAND SECURITY

TERROR THREAT ALERT LEVELS

VI.  COOPERATION.

The Lower Alerts

GROUPS; TO FORM OR JOIN

Yellow Alert

Base, Function, and Scope

Orange Alert

Form and Organization

Red Alert

PR and Fundraising

BASIC PERSONAL SAFETY

THE GROUP IN ACTION

Dress for Success

Neighborhood Watch

Gas Masks and “Moon Suits”

The Service Functions

The Drill to Survive

Supply and Donation

Basic Personal Decontamination

The Think Tank

MANMADE MISFORTUNES

TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT

Nuclear Detonation

Training

“Dirty” Bomb or Radiological Accident

Equipment

Chemical Attack or HazMat Incident

EXTERNAL LIAISON.

Biological Attack or Natural Epidemic

Federal Offices and National Groups Like CERT

Fire

Preexisting Organizations

Bombing or Explosion

VII.  EPILOGUE

Sniper Attack

VIII.  APPENDIX