Most families or individuals are overwhelmed with information when it comes to emergency preparedness. There are just hundreds of websites offering emergency preparedness advice, experts giving advice, and authors writing about survival. There are tons of things to learn and do in a short time.
Don’t feel overwhelmed. Instead, we should be grateful that there is a lot of information at our fingertips, helping us to become aware of the situation we may be facing and giving us advice on how we can avoid that situation.
10 Emergency Preparedness Books You Must Read
If you want to learn how to be prepared for emergencies, we offer you the top ten books where you can learn how to be prepared.
1. Emergency Food Storage and Survival Manual: Everything you need to know to keep your family safe in a crisis. This book provides important advice on what to buy and store for your family, which can last days and even up to three months. The book includes 10 steps to creating an affordable home food storage program. The tips included in the book are simple and inexpensive, which is important for families.
2. SAS Survival Manual: For any weather, in any situation. This is an updated version of the internationally best-selling SAS survival manual. Campers, outdoor enthusiasts, and hikers may find this book very useful. Readers are taught basic camping and boating techniques to help them cope with natural disasters.
3. Family Disaster Preparedness Manual. Another helpful guide for families who want to get started with emergency preparedness. Long-term food storage is discussed, as is the selection and use of firearms. Steps are provided that can help families deal with five different and deadly natural disasters, earthquakes, tsunamis, tornadoes, hurricanes, and floods.
4. 98.6 degrees: the art of keeping your ass alive. Cody Lundin, a naturalist and survivor, who may be recognized from Discovery Channel’s Lost in the Wild and Dual Survival, wrote this book. It’s fun and to the point teaching basic survival skills in every scenario the author can cover.
5. How to survive the end of the world as we know it: tactics, techniques and technologies for uncertain times. This book attempts to cover the necessary preparation, whether during a terrorist attack, an economic downturn, or the spread of disease. The book focuses on amassing the entitlement supplies to help you survive unfortunate events in the future.
6. When all hell breaks loose: Things you need to survive when disaster strikes. Another entertaining and informative book from survivor Cody Lundin. Provides the necessary advice when it comes to basic emergency preparedness. The book addresses simple sanitation needs, such as a lack of toilet paper and the disposal of dead bodies.
7. When Disaster Strikes: A Complete Guide to Emergency Planning and Crisis Survival. A complete and practical guide to prepare for unpredictable events. This book can be easily understood by families who are trying to learn about food storage, first aid, shelter needs, and provide valuable tips for developing outdoor survival skills by sharing true survival stories.
8. Emergency Preparedness and More: A Primer on Food Storage and Survival. A comprehensive book covering food packaging for 3 days and long-term storage, medical supply kits, water purification, and creating emergency communication plans during disasters and emergencies.
9. When Technology Fails (Revised and Expanded): A Manual for Self-Reliance, Sustainability, and Survival in a Protracted Emergency. The book provides valuable information on food storage, shelter provision and energy needs, and even crisis management skills. It teaches survival skills and being ‘green’, which can come in handy in both good times and bad.
10. Survive! Essential skills and tactics to get you out of anywhere – alive. Written by survivor Les Stroud. The book provides valuable advice on how to survive in the wild, the desert, the jungle, and even during urban disasters. The tips are punctuated with stories to drive the author’s point about the value of being prepared.
Why read these books and be prepared?
There are different types of disasters that can disrupt our perfectly stable lives, whether they are natural calamities, economic instability, or man-made events. Property may be damaged, health affected, and the entire family may be traumatized by these events.
However, we can avoid or lessen stress and trauma during these events by being prepared. Emergency preparedness is not just about storing food, water, and necessary supplies. Understanding possible situations and having a plan can help your family cope, such as a reunion or exit plan.
Involving the family in the entire process of preparing for disasters and emergencies can increase their awareness and help them deal with their fear. Should a natural calamity occur, your family will be prepared on how to handle things.
