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Preparedness Now! An Emergency Survival Guide for Civilians and Their Families

by Aton Edwards

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ISBN13: 9780976082255
ISBN10: 097608225x
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Process' Self-Reliance Series guidebooks provide tools for self-sufficiency and personal protection at a time when extreme weather, terrorist attacks, and economic uncertainty have become the new realities of twenty-first-century life. Volume 1 in the series is Preparedness Now! by Aton Edwards, Executive Director of the NYC-based non-profit organization, International Preparedness Network (IPN). IPN has worked with the Red Cross, Center for Disease Control, New York City Police Department, and other organizations to train thousands domestically and overseas to prevent and respond to emergencies and disasters.

Preparedness Now! provides information and techniques that can help mitigate the destructive effects of disasters, whatever the cause.

With illustrations, photographs and step-by-step instructions, this manual delivers practical advice on:
  • The 72-hour emergency kit
  • Water quality control and storage
  • Emergency shelter, power, lighting, and heating
  • Emergency transportation, communications, and evacuation
  • Chemical, biowarfare, and nuclear preparedness
  • Defense against infectious diseases
  • Personal defense and crime prevention
Aton Edwards has been featured on many national and international television and radio programs. Edwards and IPN are currently involved with assisting reconstruction of small towns in Katrina-deluged Mississippi.

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This emergency survival guide provides the tools for self-sufficiency and personal protection at a time when extreme weather, terrorist attacks, and economic uncertainty have become the new realities of 21st-century life.
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About the Author

Aton Edwards is Executive Director of the NYC-based International Preparedness Network. He has trained thousands of New Yorkers and international civilians to help mitigate and respond to disasters and emergencies.
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Erika Wolfe Burr, March 24, 2008 (view all comments by Erika Wolfe Burr)
It covers a lot of areas with a comfortable amount of expertise. The author leans towards surviviaIism instead of a focus on general preparation.I thought the section on self defense was a little over the top also.
The reference section was thourough and helpful.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780976082255
Subtitle:
An Emergency Survival Guide for Civilians and Their Families
Author:
Edwards, Aton
Author:
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Author:
Aton Edward
Publisher:
Process
Subject:
General
Subject:
Personal & Practical Guides
Subject:
Natural Disasters
Subject:
Emergency management
Subject:
General Reference
Subject:
Survival skills
Copyright:
2006
Series:
125 Brain Games
Series Volume:
1
Publication Date:
April 2006
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
336
Dimensions:
9.00 x 6.00 in
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