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Description
What are you really preparing for? What is your level of preparedness or resiliency? What supplies do you have? What skills do you have?
This workbook will take you through a process to determine what threats and hazards are in your area and what you are at most risk from. Once you have done that it will take you through an assessment of how well prepared you are for those threats and hazards that are most likely to impact you and your family, both in terms of items (thinks) as well as knowledge, skills and abilities. Once you have completed that you will then identify what you need to do to improve in the areas that need improvement.
The workbook also gives you unique access to a web page where you can download a couple of spreadsheets. One provides you a basic (stable) food inventory program: enter the number of adults and children and the number of months of supplies you want on hand and it will tell you the basic supplies of grains, legumes, fats etc. These then calculate your percentage of supplies of each item as well as the category and display on a summary table. It also includes a tab to create a list and inventory of other supplies, like canned goods. Some a pre-populated but you can add others.
If you do not already have the Family Emergency Plan Workbook you can bundle the two books for a discount.
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“One of the most common questions I get when it comes to preparedness is, where do I start? Being awake comes with much responsibility. Because once you know and are aware, you cannot unknow or easily go back to sleep. The mind immediately goes into overdrive, and paralysis by analysis quickly sets in. Knowing where and how to begin as well as laying out a roadmap with which to move forward, is critical.
And this is where Nick Meacher comes in. Nick is certainly one of the smartest guys I know and, more importantly, has the ability to boil down complex concepts of how to get things done. Be it communications or workbooks that will help you on your path to preparedness, he is the authority on this subject.
Take the time necessary to create your plan. You can’t phone this one in. Follow the steps listed in this workbook and take heart in the fact that, no matter where you are in your preparedness journey, you will, once you complete the tasks set out in this resource, have a real plan to move forward. We’ve all heard the axiom, make a plan, work the plan. And that is critical. Once you have developed your plan, resist the temptation to step outside of it because you were at the gun show and someone was selling the latest gizmo, and you really need that ballistic calculator that will figure out the Coriolis effect for your AK. Instead, stick to your plan!
One last piece of advice. Be brutally honest with your assessments. The only person you’ll be cheating is yourself and those that rely on you. Be honest when it comes to your capabilities and inventories. If you’re basing your food storage on the manufacturer’s stated serving count, you are in for a terrible realization when the day comes that your family must rely on food. You do not have the amount of time you think you do.
That is where this workbook comes in. Nick has put a lot of time and effort into these, and I honestly cannot think of a better person to look to for advice on the subject. Nick is a tremendous asset to this community, and I, for one, am honored to call him a friend and brother. Thanks for all you do for us, Nick.”
Angery American
Semper Paratus
In 2013 I started writing The Borrowed World, a work of post-apocalyptic science fiction that ended up launching my writing career. As of this moment, there are ten books in the series and multiple spinoff series that take place in the same universe. One of the things I tried to do in The Borrowed World was to include a lot of actionable information that readers could take away and apply in their own lives if they were interested.
I used gear and weapons that I owned since I could accurately write those. I also used techniques that I employed in my own life since I was writing this book in the philosophy of “write what you know”. One of the most popular concepts in the book was that the main character, Jim, left a manual in his gun safe that would explain to his family how to use their gear and preparations in the event that he was gone when the emergency took place.
At the time, my job required what felt like a lot of travel. This was in the months and years following 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina and it was fresh in mind that life could change quickly for people on the road. I tried to explain to my wife how to use all the emergency preps and survival gear that I owned but sometimes she would glaze over. It was information overload. So, I arrived at the idea of compiling it into a manual that would be available if she needed it.
When I wrote The Borrowed World, I wanted to include the same idea for the fictional family in the book. The idea of compiling a manual came about from my day job, where I was a project manager for a local government agency. Part of what my job duties involved overseeing construction of facilities. When I turned a facility over to the program that would occupy it, I compiled a manual that told them the basics of operating the building. It included everything from where valves and breakers were located to how the alarm system operated. The manual described in The Borrowed World would essentially be a “home version” of the manuals I compiled at work.
Over the years I’ve taught a lot of classes at prepper events detailing how to build such a manual for your own home. Hundreds, if not thousands, of people have taken the classes. I also got email from readers of The Borrowed World asking that I write a book explaining how to create such a manual. Non-fiction was never my specialty, though. I never felt that adept at organizing this concept into something that would be useful for preparedness-minded folks.
Fortunately, there are writers who are good at this and Nick Meacher is one of them. When he released his first Family Emergency Plan Workbook, that was immediately where I sent people asking me about a resource for organizing their own home emergency preparations. Nick has the background and skills to present the information in a way that is logical, informative, and actionable. Anyone interested in compiling their personal emergency information into a comprehensive plan should be able to take his books and create a plan.
One of the things I like best about the way Nick presents information is that people often find the task of organizing their personal emergency preparedness to be overwhelming. As a result, they can delay it to the point it never gets done. Throwing too much information at them can only make that problem worse.
Instead, Nick Meacher has produced a very user-friendly volume that combines text and graphics in an easy to grasp format. This isn’t a book where the author wants to impress you with how knowledgeable he is on the topic. It’s a workbook where the author takes the reader by the hand and meticulously leads them through the process of evaluating their own family’s emergency preparedness on all levels. I think it’s essential reading for anyone who wants to optimize their personal response to the crises that can take place in an uncertain world.
Franklin Horton
October 30, 2022