Emergency Preparedness: A Practical Common-Sense Guide - Softcover

Evan Gabrielsen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0882906623 ISBN 13: 9780882906621

Publisher: Horizon Publishers, an Imprint of Cedar Fort, Inc., 1999

Synopsis

This is a fundamentals book, a guide for making preparedness a way of life, not a survival manual for when society collapses. It summarizes, organizes, and focuses the important principles of each topic in a balanced, common-sense way. Written by a newspaper columnist, every chapter has appeared and has been well received as feature articles in various mountain-west newspapers. The first section, Emergency Preparedness Skills, includes basic topics that are applicable to all emergencies: creating a family emergency plan, ten key principles of 72-hour kits, evacuation planning, first aid, emergency water storage, and long-term food storage. The second section, Responding to Emergencies, covers the potential emergencies around us: house fires, earthquakes, hazardous materials accidents, winter weather challenges, handling summer heat problems, coping with power outages, preparing for high winds, tornadoes and hurricanes, floods, Y2K and technological emergencies, social unrest, and financial emergencies. The third section, Emergency Preparedness as a Way of Life, is about making emergency readiness a low-key but regular part of everyday living, with over a hundred miscellaneous suggestions on medical and first aid situation, clothing, food preparation and cleanup, personal hygiene, survival, and miscellaneous items such as emergency preparedness gift ideas. A final chapter presents four profound principles for on-going emergency readiness. This book is filled with dozens of tips that inspire action. It's level-headed thinking, with valuable new insights that families and communities can use to real advantage to dilute the danger and suffering of the potential emergencies that face us all.

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About the Author

Evan Gabrielsen has been a volunteer leader in neighborhood, church and community emergency preparedness activities for almost a decade. His monthly columns on emergency preparedness appear in the South Valley Journaland the Mid-Valley Journalin Utah's Wasatch Front area. He has presented preparedness concepts to numerious groups and organizations. Gabe started writing articles about emergency preparedness in response to a letter to the editor predicting panic and every-man-for-himself chaos following an earthquake. As he began sorting through the mountain of uneven and sometimes contraditory preparedness information, he realized that a balanced, accurate and common-sense collection would be useful. He has spent years researching and compiling information for families who want to be self-reliant without being extremists. The result of his effort is a book that is easily read, motivating, and that can help any family get just a little better prepared - no matter where they start - without panic. Gabe received a bahelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, graduating with honors from Brigham Young University in 1983. He has worked on rocket boosters, advanced materials, demilitarization and evnironmental projects, and is currently employed as a licensed engineer at a consulting firm. He has written numerous papers for technical and professional organizations. He enjoys reading, writing, camping, backpacking, fishing and scuba diving. He spends his time in Riverton, Utah with his wife, two children, two cats and 25 Boy Scouts.

Edition details

• Publisher: Horizon Publishers, an Imprint of Cedar Fort, Inc.
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0882906623
• ISBN 13: 9780882906621
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 154