Download or read book Host Family Survival Kit written by Nancy King and published by Nicholas Brealey. This book was released on 2005-07-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each year thousands of families throughout the United States and the world open their homes and hearts to international high school exchange studentsâ??sharing their own culture and learning about another. As these families face the challenges and joys of hosting, Nancy Kingâ??s and Ken Huff â??s Host Family Survival Kit will provide them with valuable information and advice to help ensure that their experience will be a success. Authors King and Huff provide an overview of hosting, defining the role that exchange students play in the host family, outlining the skills needed by host parents and discussing the effect of culture on the host family/exchange student relationship. They then divide the hosting experience into nine stages, making recommendations on what to expect and how to handle day-to-day situations. Throughout, they include insightful quotes and pertinent examples from experienced host families. In this second edition, they have made major revisions to all of the original chapters. In addition, they have added two new chapters and three new appendices. The Host Family Survival Kit is an indispensable guide to the hosting experience, and will leave readers both excited about and well prepared for their role as host parents.
Download or read book Build the Perfect Bug Out Bag written by Creek Stewart and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2012-05-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Be Ready When Disaster Strikes If an unexpected emergency or disaster hits, are you prepared to leave your home--fast? You will be if you follow the advice in this book. This book shows you how to create a self-contained disaster preparedness kit to help you survive your journey from ground zero to a safer location. Survival expert Creek Stewart details from start to finish everything you need to gather for 72 hours of independent survival--water, food, protection, shelter, survival tools, and so much more. You'll find: • A complete Bug Out Bag checklist that tells you exactly what to pack based on your survival skill level • Photos and explanations of every item you need in your bag • Resource lists to help you find and purchase gear • Practice exercises that teach you how to use almost everything in your bag • Demonstrations for multi-use items that save pack space and weight • Specific gear recommendations for common disasters The book even includes special considerations for bugging out with children, the elderly, the physically disabled, and even pets. A disaster could strike your home at any moment. Are you prepared to face the devastating aftermath? Protect yourself and your family by building a Bug Out Bag today!
Download or read book Survival Mom written by Lisa Bedford and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2012-04-24 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the creator of TheSurvivalMom.com comes this first-of-its-kind guidebook for all the “prepper” moms keen to increase their family's level of preparedness for emergencies and crises of all shapes and sizes. Publisher’s Weekly calls Lisa Bedford’s Survival Mom an “impressively comprehensive manual,” saying, “suburban mom Bedford helps readers learn about, prepare for, and respond to all manner of disasters. . . . From 'Instant Survival Tip' sidebars to a list of 'Lessons from the Great Depression'. . . Bedford's matter-of-fact yet supportive tone will keep the willies at bay.”
Download or read book In Case of Emergency The Family Disaster Organizer written by Allison Stewart and published by Adams Media. This book was released on 2020-12-08 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Be prepared for any emergency situation with this personalized organizer to help keep you and your family safe no matter what the crisis. With the increase in earthquakes, terrible storms, pandemics, and other emergencies, it’s more important than ever to be ready for the unexpected. Owning an emergency kit and stocking up on essentials is a great place to start, but you will also need advice on how to respond to specific emergencies. Keeping yourself organized is key to how quickly you can respond in a worst-case scenario. In Case of Emergency: The Family Disaster Organizer is the perfect way to collect and organize the valuable information that will help you survive a crisis. Featuring expert guidance for real-life emergencies, basic first aid information, as well as places to record everything from evacuation plans to emergency contacts and your family’s medical history, this practical book will ensure that you truly have all the information you need when disaster strikes. Now you can put your mind at ease knowing that you’ve taken the necessary steps to prepare your family for any emergency situation that may come your way.
Download or read book Poor Man s Wilderness Survival Kit written by James Ballou and published by Prepper Press. This book was released on 2018-01-21 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You don’t need to spend hundreds of dollars on the latest and greatest emergency survival gear for your outdoor adventures when you can assemble a functional, well-stocked kit for little or no money! Best-selling preparedness author Jim Ballou shows you exactly how to do it with this guide to collecting no-nonsense, get-the-job-done-in-an-emergency gear and packaging it in self-contained, portable kits that are always ready to grab and go. Instead of expensive tents, sheath knives, sleeping bags, and other conventional outdoor gear, Jim focuses on compact, lightweight, and even disposable, use-once-and-discard emergency equipment, and all of it dirt cheap! Learn how to: - find standard survival kit components at the lowest prices - create a poor man's survival kit for free from common household items - collect or create your own edged tools, water containers, cookware, fire and shelter-making gear, and weapons for very little money - assemble a complete kit of new gear for under $10 Dozens of photos show examples of inexpensive but functional wilderness survival kits, as well as step-by-step instructions for creating your own poor man's gear. If you are a hiker, hunter, camper, preparedness type, homeless nomad, or other wilderness adventurer operating within a narrow budget, this book is for you!
Download or read book A Survival Kit for the Hereafter written by Belinda Silbert and published by Juta and Company Ltd. This book was released on 2010-09 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ms. Silbert, who is a rabbi, opera singer and psychic, brings her unique outlook to the one subject which confronts and enthralls us all: the hereafter.
Download or read book Emergency Food Storage Survival Handbook written by Peggy Layton and published by Clarkson Potter. This book was released on 2012-05-30 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Always Be Prepared What if your life was disrupted by a natural disaster, food or water supply contamination, or any other type of emergency? Do you have the essentials for you and your family? Do you have a plan in the event that your power, telephone, water and food supply are cut off for an extended amount of time? What if there were no medical or pharmaceutical services available for days, weeks, or months? How prepared are you? With this guide by your side, you and your family will learn how to plan, purchase, and store a three-month supply of all the necessities—food, water, fuel, first-aid supplies, clothing, bedding, and more—simply and economically. In other words, this book may be a lifesaver. Inside you'll find 10 steps to an affordable food storage program plus how to: •Prepare a home "grocery store" and "pharmacy" •Use what you store and store what you use •Store water safely and provide for sanitation needs •Create a first-aid kit, car kit, and 72-hour emergency kit for the whole family •And many more invaluable hints and tips "This clear, concise, step-by-step program is not only affordable and doable, it's essential in these uncertain times. Now, everyone from apartment dwellers to basement owners can store a three-month supply of the essentials, including peace of mind!" — Joni Hilton, author of Once-a-Week Cooking Plan and Cooking Secrets My Mother Never Taught Me
Download or read book Build the Perfect Bug Out Bag written by Creek Stewart and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-05-18 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Be Ready When Disaster Strikes If an unexpected emergency or disaster hits, are you prepared to leave your home--fast? You will be if you follow the advice in this book. This book shows you how to create a self-contained disaster preparedness kit to help you survive your journey from ground zero to a safer location. Survival expert Creek Stewart details from start to finish everything you need to gather for 72 hours of independent survival--water, food, protection, shelter, survival tools, and so much more. You'll find: • A complete Bug Out Bag checklist that tells you exactly what to pack based on your survival skill level • Photos and explanations of every item you need in your bag • Resource lists to help you find and purchase gear • Practice exercises that teach you how to use almost everything in your bag • Demonstrations for multi-use items that save pack space and weight • Specific gear recommendations for common disasters The book even includes special considerations for bugging out with children, the elderly, the physically disabled, and even pets. A disaster could strike your home at any moment. Are you prepared to face the devastating aftermath? Protect yourself and your family by building a Bug Out Bag today!
Download or read book The Exchange Student Survival Kit written by Bettina Hansel and published by Nicholas Brealey. This book was released on 2011-01-11 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The much-awaited second edition! Study abroad has never been so popular. Students are embarking on life-changing adventures, and they need some tried and true advice. The Exchange Student Survival Kit has become the essential guide for young people traveling abroad, helping them better understand the unique experience of international exchange programs. More important, it shows students how to avoid many common misunderstandings and problems that can occur in the course of their adjustment to a new culture, a new family, a new school and a new community. Based on her years of research and professional involvement with AFS Intercultural Programs, Dr. Hansel has filled the book with examples taken from the experiences of dozens of exchange students from a broad spectrum of cultures. This much-awaited new edition includes: - New communications technology as it affects the experience: e-mail, instant messaging, cell phones, online games and blogs and information searches. - Important advice on personal safety and pressing concerns for parents and students in light of war, terrorism and crime. - Changes in society and family life that affect travelers: fast food replacing family meals, a new emphasis on religious beliefs, consumerism and globalism. For students going abroad, the Survival Kit is the first thing to pack!
Download or read book Build the Perfect Survival Kit written by John D. McCann and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-12-05 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your Kit, Your Survival When an unexpected emergency situation rears its ugly head, will you be up to the challenge? "I wasn't prepared for that!" will no longer be a valid response with the survival-kit-building methods in this book from survival expert John McCann. This fully revised and expanded second edition includes all new information for building bug out bags, get-home bags and vehicle kits that are fully customized to meet your family's specific survival needs. Inside you'll find: • Advice for building complete kits that include: fire and light sources, signaling equipment, water and food, shelter and protection, knives and tools, first aid items, and multi-purpose and miscellaneous gear. • Hundreds of detailed photos and gear description of essential kit components. • Sample packing lists for kits of all sizes and functions. • Survival tips and skills that prepare you for emergency survival situations. This book makes building the perfect kit a straightforward and manageable task--no matter what your activity. It is a must for anyone who ventures outside the home. Armed with the kit-building techniques found within, you will be prepared to survive!
Download or read book Disaster Preparedness written by Keith Eckernwood and published by Speedy Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 5 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No matter where people live, the potential for a natural or man-made disaster exists. This 5 page reference guide is a way to have the basics quickly at hand when disaster strikes. It includes what needs to be done immediately in the case of heat waves, fire, flash flood, winter storms, tornadoes, landslides, chemical emergencies. You need only to check it and to take action. The Disaster Preparedness Reference guide makes learning how to prepare your family and home for emergencies simple. It explains what you need to put in your emergency evacuation supply kit, and the basic disaster kit. It also offers the simple steps for creating a family disaster plan. Have you ever considered how you might take care of yourself or your loved ones if a disaster strikes in your area? Do you know whether you would have food to eat or even clean water to drink when it's desperately needed? This laminated 5 page pamphlet is designed to be an emergency preparedness guide for beginners. It explains common natural disasters, how to protect yourself and your loved ones when disaster strikes, and how to ensure you have adequate supplies until life gets back to normal.
Download or read book The Survival Kit written by Donna Freitas and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2011-10-11 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After her mother dies, sixteen-year-old Rose works through her grief by finding meaning in a survival kit that her mother left behind.
Download or read book Prepare Your Family for Survival written by Linda Loosli and published by Page Street Publishing. This book was released on 2015-12-08 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Practical Plan to Prepare Your Family for Real Emergencies Prepare Your Family for Survival is a unique beginner resource and advanced storage guide to get your family totally prepared for the unexpected. Linda Loosli—of FoodStorageMoms.com—is a prepping expert who’s spent decades researching emergency preparedness, food storage, and first aid for families with kids. She’s compiled her hard-earned knowledge into easy-to-follow storage plans that cover everything from water and food to alternative cooking devices, emergency toilets, 72-hour kits for every member of the family (even babies and pets), first-aid kits, and more. You’ll learn exactly what you need to store for a family of two, three, four, or five—whether you’re preparing to survive for three days, seven days, or a month. The book is packed to the brim with information, but Linda presents it in an easygoing and practical manner. Beginners find step-by-step plans for getting started frugally, while veteran preppers gain tips and advice for advanced preparedness and the top products on the market. Prepare Your Family for Survival is a book like no other with preparedness guides and storage methods that are tried and true, used by Linda and her family throughout the years. It’s an unfortunate fact that emergencies, power outages, and natural disasters happen around the world every year, but with Prepare Your Family for Survival, you’ll be ready when it happens to you.
Download or read book 150 Survival Secrets written by James C. Jones and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-02-19 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the world gets more dangerous, you have to be prepared for anything, even the worst. In 150 Survival Secrets, seasoned survivalist James C. Jones provides insider tips to help you and your family survive any catastrophe. Divided into practical sections, 150 Survival Secrets answers every question you’ve ever had about disaster preparedness. One section lists the practical details of making it through any kind of emergency situation. Some topics include: How to survive extreme winter conditions How to put together a homemade survival kit in the case of an emergency How to safely evacuate from an urban area during a disaster How much and what type of food to store at home for long-term emergencies How to survive an active shooter situation How to treat common injuries. Other sections answer everything you’ve ever wondered about disaster prepping, including what being a survivalist entails, how to equip your home for survival situations, what gear is essential for a survivalist to own, what elements are essential in a good emergency plan, what types of disasters you can expect to face in your lifetime, and more. So what are you waiting for? With 150 Survival Secrets, you’ll be prepared for anything and everything.
Download or read book The Idealist s Survival Kit written by Alessandra Pigni and published by Parallax Press. This book was released on 2016-12-27 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 75 brief self-care reflections that will aid workers, activists, and volunteers prevent burnout, renew their sense of purpose, and achieve fulfillment Heal from over-exhaustion, prevent burnout, and regain your motivation with these short readings from a psychologist who has spent many years in the field working in conflict and disaster areas. Gathered from Alessandra Pigni’s interaction with humanitarian professionals and backed up by cutting–edge research, these concrete tools offer new perspectives and inspiration to anyone whose work is focused on helping others.
Download or read book The Family Preparedness Buyer s Guide written by Living Ready Magazine Editors and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-08-26 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essential guide to survival plan essentials! The key to being prepared is to have the things you need ahead of time--before an emergency happens. During these uncertain times, there is no such thing as being over prepared. With the huge range of potential disasters to prepare for, it can be overwhelming trying to decide which items are best to include in your survival plans. The Family Preparedness Buyer's Guide is an all-in-one guide to essential equipment that meets all basic survival needs. Applying this information to your survival plans will ensure your loved ones will be provided with adequate shelter, water, food and then some in a variety of emergency situations. Inside you'll find: • Chapters arranged by survival category--survival kits; emergency shelter, fire and clothing; lighting and power sources; hydration and water purification; emergency food and cooking gear; multipurpose tools, first aid and hygiene; survival knives and cutting tools; communication and navigation tools; and survival guns. • Lists of specifications for various disaster products so you can compare across brands and models and select the gear that is right for you • Detailed feature articles for each gear type so you understand why the gear is essential before purchasing anything • Reviews of specific gear and survival-related products When you are prepared, you're not just hoping for the best, you're planning for the best possible outcome no matter what life throws at you. Begin preparing today.
Download or read book The Survival Medicine Handbook written by Joseph Alton and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 671 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Are you prepared to deal with medical issues in a disaster or epidemic if the ambulance is heading in the OTHER direction? What if YOU were the end of the line when it came to your family's health and well-being"--Page 4 of cover.
