Emergency Preparedness Week 2025 - Adult List

Updated April 17, 2025
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Preparedness now! : [an emergency survival guide]
Edwards, Aton
Paper Book
In uncertain times, a solid preparedness plan is essential for every individual and family. PREPAREDNESS NOW! navigates the new realities of twenty-first century living: extreme weather, economic instability, terror attacks, and more. Packed with checklists, resources, and...
In an emergency
Champion, Neil.
Paper Book
Gives essential survival tips on what to do in emergency situations. Includes scenarios about fire, bad weather, accidents, injuries, extreme conditions, and more.
How to drag a body and other safety tips you hope to never need : survival tricks for hacking, hurricanes, and hazards life might throw at you
Matloff, Judith
Paper Book
As we have seen with the recent COVID-19 pandemic, disaster preparedness is not a luxury.  Everyone from Louis Pasteur to the Girl Scouts has championed the motto "Be Prepared"--but what does that mean in today's constantly changing world? In this age of anxiety, when reports of mass...
The big one : the Cascadia earthquakes and the science of saving lives
Rusch, Elizabeth
Paper Book
No one ever thought the Pacific Northwest was due for an earthquake, let alone a catastrophic one. But geologists are transforming our understanding of the grave dangers the population in the region of Cascadia face--will there be a big one? And what can be done to save lives? ...
The urban prepper's guide : how to become self-sufficient and prepared for the next crisis
Cobb, Jim
Paper Book
"Jim Cobb is perhaps the most well-respected author in the preparedness community." -- Joe Alton, MD, author of The Survival Medicine Handbook.  The Urban Prepper's Guide teaches you how to become more self-sufficient while also preparing for any impending worst-case...
Just in case : how to be self-sufficient when the unexpected happens
Harrison, Kathy
Paper Book
If disaster strikes and public services are limited, you want to know that your family will be taken care of. Learn how to inventory and rotate your food supply, pack an evacuation kit, maintain communication with loved ones, and much more. You'll soon gain the ingenuity and resourcefulness to get...
Disaster survival 101 : the essential guide to preparing for--and surviving--any emergency scenario
Stewart, Creek
Paper Book
Be prepared for any disaster and put your mind at ease with this step-by-step plan for surviving natural disasters, technological and grid failures, attacks, hazards, and more including sheltering in place or evacuating as conditions dictate. Are you prepared for a widespread...
How to prepare for climate change : a practical guide to surviving the chaos
Pogue, David
Paper Book
A practical and comprehensive guide to surviving the greatest disaster of our time, from New York Times bestselling self-help author and beloved CBS Sunday Morning science and technology correspondent David Pogue. You might not realize it, but we're already living...
Prepare for anything survival manual
MacWelch, Tim
Paper Book
HOW TO SURVIVE MODERN DANGERS AS EXPLAINED BY NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR TIM MACWELCH. Author Tim Macwelch provides 338 tips, skills and lessons on how to anticipate, prepare and survive all that the modern world can throw at you. From simple examples such as starting...
The worst-case scenario survival handbook : extreme edition
Piven, Joshua.
Paper Book
How could it get any worse? For the latest book in the phenomenally successful Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook series, the authors have pulled out all the stops, harkening back to the core appeal that made the first book a runaway bestseller. Here are all new scenarios for living...
Basic wilderness survival skills
Angier, Bradford
Paper Book
From building fires to building shelters, the best advice from expert survivalist Bradford Angier all in one handy guide, newly revised and updated. For everyone, whether familiar with the outdoors or not, there may come a time when you will need to know how to stay alive in the backcountry. Author...

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