To survive the coming collapse, every family must take responsibility for their own disaster preparedness. Depending on whether a disaster is local, regional, national or global, you could be without services for a few days to many months. Regardless of the magnitude or duration of this crisis, or any other impending emergency, this web site will help you prepare for the worst, and live a more self-reliant and earth-sustaining lifestyle now. Disaster Management Preparedness Introduction

Preparedness is Peace of Mind!

How to survive an economic crash depression: Think the worst is over? As of Summer 2010, we have only seen the end of the beginning (or the beginning of the end!) We are on the verge of a global economic disaster unlike any that the world has ever known. In Chapter 15, Money, the author explains how you can protect yourself and even profit during this banker/government-created disaster, no matter how much nor how little you have now. Take action now! What Can You Do to Insure Your Economic Survival?

Chapter 1:
Disaster Management Preparedness Introduction

• A Lesson from Katrina
• Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Management
• Types of Disasters
• Disasters Resulting from Human Activities
• Natural Disasters
• Action Step 1: Your Action Planner
• Magnitude of Disasters
• Local Disasters
• Regional Disasters
• National Disasters
• Global Disasters
• Action Step 2: Scope and Duration

Chapter 2:
The Basics

Chapter 3:
Survival Planning on a Budget

• "How Am I Going to Afford All This Stuff?"
• Eliminate Wasteful Spending
• Establish a Household Budget
• Shop Wisely
• Buy Previously Owned
• Take Advantage of Estate Sales
• Start a Home-Based Business in Your Spare Time
• Action Step 7: Establish Priorities

Chapter 4:
Water

• General Facts About Water
• Preparing for a Disaster
• Storing Water
• Collecting Water
• Finding Water
• Purifying Water
• Conserving Water
• Action Step 8: Planning For Your Water Needs

Chapter 5:
Food

Page 1
• Food Storage Overview
• The Golden Rule of Food Storage
• In Ground Storage
• Root Cellaring
• Common Methods of Food Preservation
• Dried Foods
• Canned Foods
• Frozen Foods
• Freeze-Dried Foods
• Commercially-Prepared Dried Goods
• Action Step 9: Food Check Lists - Food Storage

Page 2
• Long-Term Storage of Special Survival Foods
• Oxygen-Absorbing Packs
• Nutritional Supplements
• Growing Your Own Food
• Go Organic!
• Composting
• Fruit Trees
• Vegetable Gardening
• Livestock
• Action Step 10: Food Check Lists - Growing Your Own

  Page 3

• Edibles from the Wild
• What is a weed?
• Dandelions
• Plantains
• Cattails
• Wild Game
• Trapping Small Game
• Fishing
• Action Step 11: Food Check Lists - Foods from the Wild

Page 4
• Food Preservation Techniques
• Field Dressing
• Smoking Meat & Making Jerky
• Pressure Canning Meat
• Preserving the Bounty from your Orchard and Garden
• Dehydration
• Canning
• Pressure Canning
• Freezing
• Conservation of Food
• A Final Thought About Food: Recycling

Chapter 6:
Clothing

• Stockpiling Extra Clothes for a Disaster
• Washing and Drying
• Action Step 12: Clothing Check List
  

Chapter 7:
Shelter

• Survival Shelter
• Action Step 13: Shelter Check Lists
• Building a Campfire

Chapter 8:
Energy

• Preparedness
• Generators
• Lighting
• Electric
• Candles
• Kerosene
• Gasoline
• Propane
• Cooking
• Propane
• Alcohol or Canned Fuel
• Wood
• Solar
• Cooking in a Solar Oven
• Heating your Home During an Emergency
• Wood
• Kerosene
• Gasoline
• Propane
• DC Power
• Renewable Energy (Photovoltaics, Wind Turbines, Micro-Hydropower)
• Action Step 14: Energy Check Lists
• Making a Parabolic Solar Cooker
  

Chapter 9:
Health Care

• First Aid
• Beyond First Aid
• Natural Health Care
• Nutrition
• Herbs
• Do You Really Want "Big Brother" to Manage Your Health?
• Action Step 15: Health Care Check Lists

Chapter 10:
Protection

• Defending Yourself and Your Family After a Disaster
• Firearms
• Intruder Alerts
• Action Step 16: Protection Check Lists
  

Chapter 11:
Communication

• Staying in Touch After a Disaster
• CB Radios
• Amateur or Ham Radios
• Action Step 17: Communication Check Lists

Chapter 12:
Waste Disposal

• Waste Disposal During an Emergency
• Sewage
• Garbage
• Reduce
• Reuse
• Recycle
• What to Do with the Rest of Your Garbage?
• Action Step 18: Waste Disposal Check Lists
  

Chapter 13:
Social

• Humans Are Social Beings
• Action Step 19: Social Check Lists

Chapter 14:
Transportation

• Getting Around After a Disaster
• In Case of Evacuation
• Action Step 20: Transportation Check Lists

Chapter 15:
Money

• Money Needs During a Disaster
• A Brief History of Money
• Barter
• The Free Market
• The Birth of Money
• What Has the Government Done to Our Money?
• Inflation
• What Does the Future Hold for Our Money?
• What Will Hyperinflation Be like?
• What Can You Do to Insure Your Economic Survival?
• Obama is accelerating the onslaught of this massive disaster!
• How to Survive an Economic Crash Depression
• Action Step 21: Money Check Lists

Additional Resources