Praise for Crisis Preparedness Handbook
Step-by-ste P GUIDE
The survival instinct has been part of us since the first humans walked the planet. Unfortunately, crisis preparedness has not. My own journey to prepare has been a hodgepodge of fits and starts. The Crisis Preparedness Handbook has changed that for me. It has provided me a logical, step-by-step guide on what to think about, how to prepare for, and how to survive anyusually unforeseencrisis.
Lew Mason, Kirkland WA
Managing Broker, Windemere Yarrow Bay
Timing could not be better
Crisis Preparedness Handbook delivers a comprehensive how-to guide for home storage and physical survival in all types of natural and man-made disasters.
Chapters are filled filled with well-researched content, worksheets, and getting-started tips. The systematic approach truly makes the process of preparing manageable instead of overwhelming.
This comprehensive guide moves well beyond water and food storage to include information on how to manage a medical or dental emergency, how to select and store survival firearms and other survival weapons, and how to plan for a terrorist attack or nuclear crisis.
The timing of this book could not be better. In this turbulent world fraught with pandemics, natural disasters, and riots, it is a must-have resource for every family!
Janet Anderson
Distinguished Professor of Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Sciences, Utah State University
Saves You countless hours of research
As a former CERT coordinator, local emergency-preparation specialist, and avid gardener, I have found Crisis Preparedness Handbook to be invaluable. It provides just the right amount of detail in a single book, especially in those areas where detail is important. It will save me countless hours of research. I highly recommend this book for anyone at any level of interest in preparing for an emergency for the family, group, or community.
Kelly Strong, Cache County, UT
Former CERT Coordinator
Best preparedness information in a single volume
You face many choices in trying to accomplish the arduous task of planning, executing, acquiring, storing, and utilizing all the aspects of essential preparedness products, equipment, and supplies. Crisis Preparedness Handbook will help you make decisions without having to learn from your mistakessaving you time, money, and frustration.
This book is divided into sections and subsections, with accurate information detailing what to do, how to do it, and how to utilize all the parts and pieces of a serious preparedness inventory. Patricia is thorough, smart, and organized in sharing how to implement and integrate your preparedness goals step-by-step. Her timely information will accelerate your preparedness efforts by distilling them into easily digested, bite-size chunks.
All things considered, Crisis Preparedness Handbook provides the most practical and best preparedness information in a single volume for new preppers, experienced survivalists, and for all individuals, families, or groups practicing preparedness.
James Talmage Stevens
Author, Making the Best of Basics
Gives You the Necessary Steps to Prepare
Preparedness planning requires commitment and knowledge. Crisis Preparedness Handbook provides an organized and extensive review of the necessary steps to get a household prepared for almost any crisis. In this new edition, author Patricia Spigarelli Aston includes some of her own experiences that will inspire you to get busy and do something to ensure you are prepared for the next crisis.
Von T. Mendenhall
Professor of Food Science Emeriti, Utah State University
Filled with Practical Ideasa Reference Guide
I have been using the Crisis Preparedness Handbook since 1984. The knowledge I gained from it helped me through many emergency-preparedness quandaries when I was a young mother, such as how to store food, water, and clothing; where to locate emergency essentials; and how to prepare our large family for various challenges.
Now that we are empty nesters, this new, updated version of the Crisis Preparedness Handbook is helping me reevaluate our preparedness for emergencies, our food-storage methods, and how to feel prepared for the trials the two of us may encounter.
I like the way the topics are organized in this current and relevant update. The topics are organized so each is easy to find, and each section suggests five things I can work on today! Filled with practical ideas, this book can be used as a reference guide so I can look up whatever I need when I need it.
Rosemary Lind, Alpine, UT
Community volunteer and dedicated mother
Teaches you not just what, but why and how to do it
No one can afford to be without the knowledge in Crisis Preparedness Handbook. This new revised and updated edition is pertinent to what all of us are going through, and no responsible member of society should go another day without having this information readily available so they can start applying its knowledge.
Clearly, Aston takes preparedness seriously and teaches you not just what to do, but why and how to do it. This handbook has all the information of a master-course textbook without the yawn-inspiring boredom of academic books. And a quick look through the table of contents shows that this book is more than a bunch of regurgitated facts from a broad Google search.
The information in this handbook is invaluable whether you live in a dormitory with roommates, a sprawling estate with a bunker, or anything in between. Including plans for both long- and short-term scenarios, Crisis Preparedness Handbook includes both an easy-to-use quick reference guide as well as the foundation for new useful skills and knowledge.
By helping me avoid buying the wrong things over and over, this book will save me hundreds of dollarsdollars I can spend to improve my crisis plan and level of preparedness.
Jasen Chandler, Outdoor Enthusiast
Director of Sales and Market Development, Custom Installation and Design
Helps you at all levels of preparedness
Crisis Preparedness Handbook is a great resource for everyone, not just preppers. It helps you target your preparedness actions by breaking preparedness down into palatable work portions using a risk-based-approach worksheet for rating your likelihood of experiencing a disaster. The book is not designed to be read cover-to-cover; instead, it uses a self-guided approach. Simply select the areas that interest you, and then do as much or as little as youd like using the levels of preparedness outlined in this guide. This book underscores the truth that something is always better than nothing when it comes to emergency preparedness.
Carl Farley, Preparedness Specialist
MS in Public Health, Certified Industrial Hygienist, Certified Safety Professional
Copyright 2020 by Patricia Spigarelli Aston
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