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FORTUNE FAVORS THE PREPARED Ready TrainerThe whole FFTP training library on one USB drive. 86 courses, no internet needed. Semper Paratus, Semper Gumby |
Launching with Ready Ledger at Mountain Readiness, Harmony, NC, October 23 to 25. Stop by the Fortune Favors the Prepared booth to look through the library.
Learn the skill. Check your work. Put it to use.
Ready Trainer is the Fortune Favors the Prepared course library, on a USB drive you own. Planning, communications, medical, intelligence, security, navigation, logistics, food storage and mutual assistance group operations, taught the way emergency services actually work, and adapted for households and groups.
Every course was built by an emergency manager with 30 years in law enforcement, EMS, search and rescue, 911 dispatch and emergency operations. Each one ends with something you can use: a report you can send, a plan you can print, a drill you can run with your family or group.
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86 courses on the drive |
9 specialist tracks |
6 foundation courses everyone takes |
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190+ hours of online instruction |
2 printable PDFs with every course |
0 internet needed to take a course |
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No install Copy the folder to your computer or run it from the drive. Open the launcher and pick a course. |
No internet Every course, guide and one-pager works offline. Learn when the cell towers are down. |
No account No login and no subscription server. Your progress stays on your computer. |
START HERE
Track 0: the universal foundation
Everyone in your household or group takes the same six courses, in this order. It gives everyone one vocabulary: lifelines, SALUTE, MARCH-PAWS, PACE. Specialist courses and group practice never have to stop to explain the basics.
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1 · PLN-01 Community Lifelines |
2 · SEC-02 OPSEC Baseline |
3 · INT-03 SALUTE & SPOT Reports |
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4 · MED-01 MARCH-PAWS Assessment |
5 · COM-01 PACE Planning |
6 · NAV-01 Grid Coordinates & Map Reading |
NINE TRACKS
Then pick the role you fill
Filter the library by track and take its courses in code order. Each one assumes you finished the one before it, and most tracks end in a capstone that puts the skill to work for the whole group.
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Communications 14 courses PACE, COMSEC and the ICS-205 comms plan; net procedures and prowords; NTS message formats; authentication, one-time pads, DRYAD sheets and CRYPTOSEC; EMCON, direction finding, mesh networks, NOAA Weather transmitters, dead drops and couriers. |
Security 12 courses OPSEC baseline and applied OPSEC; surveillance detection and operations; member vetting; internal security and counterintelligence; grey man, cover and consistency; the surveillance state; evasion and safe haven; recognizing recruitment; immediate actions after compromise. |
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Intelligence 12 courses SALUTE and SPOT reports; ACE/LACE readiness reporting; competing hypotheses and the most dangerous course of action; radio traffic analysis; OAKOC terrain; pattern of life; area intelligence; weather threat assessment; OPSEC for households. |
Medical 10 courses MARCH-PAWS, DCAP-BTLS and START triage; medical history as a preparedness skill; patient care documentation; wound care and infection; wilderness and extended care; IFAK contents; CASREP and MEDEVAC requests. |
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Planning 11 courses Community lifelines and the Community SITREP; METT-TC; PREP-CON, COMCON and CONCON; GOTWA; the Family Emergency Plan; FEMA CERT overview; ethics under pressure; shock, grief and recovery. |
Logistics 8 courses Logistics and supply; cache planning and inventory; needs, acquisition and receiving; household and shared food planning; activation and the annual drill; fuel, power and mechanical; property accountability; a capstone. |
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MAG Operations 8 courses MAG formation and governance; activation and PREP-CON; ICS/NIMS for groups; OP/LP; MAG security assessment; and MAG medical, communications and food planning. |
Food Storage 6 courses Starting a program; inventory management; bulk buying; strategic couponing; extended and long-term storage; food preservation. |
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Navigation 5 courses Grid coordinates and map reading; map and compass; GPS; signaling and ground-to-air signals; rally points, linkup and route contingencies. |
EVERY COURSE, BUILT THE SAME WAY
You always know what you are getting
- Lessons in order, short and building on each other, with a course map so you always know where you are
- Knowledge checks through the course. Miss one and it tells you which lesson to go back to
- A completion certificate to print when you finish
- A companion guide (PDF): the full course in print, for the binder, the go-bag, or a group that trains without screens
- A one-pager (PDF): the sheet you tape to the wall or keep by the radio, with the steps, formats and key terms
- Related articles from the Fortune Favors the Prepared library, one click from the course card
HOW IT WORKS
Four steps, every course
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1 · Pick a track Start with Track 0, then filter by the role you fill. |
2 · Learn it Work the lessons with the companion guide open beside them. |
3 · Check it Pass each knowledge check, then print your certificate. |
4 · Use it Log the certificate in Ready Ledger and drill it with your group. |
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COMPANION TO READY LEDGER Learn it here, keep it in your LedgerPlan it in Ready Ledger, learn it in Ready Trainer. The PREP-CON ladder, Community SITREP, PACE contacts, ICS-205 comms plan and supply targets you keep in the Ledger are the ones these courses teach you to use. Every Ledger page links to its related course, and each certificate goes on the person’s training record. |
TRAIN YOUR GROUP IN PERSON Same content, hands onCourses are built with an in-person version for your MAG, church, CERT team or workplace: the same material, with time to practice it together. Contact us through fortunefavorstheprepared.com to schedule an instructor-led session. |
FOR HOUSEHOLDS AND GROUPS
Everyone speaks the same language
Have every member finish Track 0 before your first group session, then assign specialist tracks by role. ICS, SALUTE, START and PACE are the terms your county emergency manager, CERT team and ARES net already use, so your group can work alongside them. Take the full library, or just the tracks you need; courses outside your package show as locked.
Ready Trainer is available October 23
86 courses on one USB drive, licensed to the purchaser. See it with Ready Ledger at Mountain Readiness in Harmony, NC, October 23 to 25.
AVAILABLE OCTOBER 23, 2026
Semper Paratus, Semper Gumby
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Ready Trainer · built by an emergency manager with 30 years in the field |
fortunefavorstheprepared.com |