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LESSON 23-HURRICANES: The National Weather Service and the Hurricane Forecast Center have the hurricane season from June 1 to November 30. Eastern Hurricanes are born over the Atlantic/African convergence zone where African weather fronts head west out into the cold water Atlantic and develop into new low systems. As these low systems head west into the warmer Caribbean waters they gain strength. At this point the NWS and the Hurricane Center watch, upgrade, name and alert various areas. The low systems become Tropical Depressions, then Tropical Storms to get named and finally Hurricanes when they hit 74 MPH. There are five categories of strength. See www.fdnintelreps.blogspot.com for previous disasters and other events for our newsletters, or send three SASE if in the U.S. to above address. Or, if international send three self-addressed envelopes with your home address with country/postal code with $10.00 US cash or €10.00 for the three envelopes to get 12 newsletters and other important documents. THE CSU at Ft. Collins, CO is forecasting an very serious year for 2020. So prepare now, even if you’re 500 miles inland.

Hurricanes also are born west of Panama in the Pacific and head northwest towards Mexico or Hawaii and they are given another set of names. Typhoons hit around Southeast Asia and the Indian Sub-continent with another set of names.

HURRICANE EVACUATION PLANS: With two to seven days notice on a hurricane watch and warning, at the four-day mark prior to the storm you should been able to secure and board your property and have all ready kits available to evacuate. You should concentrate on items that are not replaceable as well as what the kit lists provide. A couple of new items to buy are detailed atlases (hunter maps) of your state and the state you plan to evacuate to, such as from Florida to Georgia. Using these atlases you can determine alternate evacuation routes that are NOT prone to flooding and hopefully not the interstate.

Take time to explore these routes, make notes of landmarks, street and highway names, lane changes and places that you would want to stay at. Try to evacuate at the three days prior to landfall. Get ahead of the crowds and use alternate routes when possible. Once the highway patrol and sheriffs shut down various thru routes, then you wind up with a one or two day prior to the storm evacuation and stuck on the interstate with everyone else. If you're a FDN member call us 7am-9pm CT at 605-838-9759 prior to hurricane season or at least any known track to get personalized service with your evacuation plan.

If you live on or close to the coast, or in low lying areas to 100 miles inland, then you are at risk. Keep your stock levels at one month. Hurricanes have the most warning time. You have two days actual track for the landing, and to one week for a wide area. Take all proper precautions, tie downs, boarding and evacuation where required. Follow local annexes and authorities. If you don't evacuate as requested you will be on your own. Risk is risk. Make sure to watch The Weather Channel, CNN, Fox News, MSNBC and your favorite local news channel with accurate doppler radar or find the best radio stations with disaster information in your area.

Remember that 2005 had 28 named storms including Alpha, Beta, and the infamous Katrina and Rita plus four hurricanes that stormed FL, GA and AL. August 29, 2012, Hurricane Isaac makes landfall seven years of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and Mobile.

LESSON 24— EARTHQUAKES: If you live in an earthquake prone area-see State and Area Annexes-then you should take all essential precautions and enhance your families and areas survivability to a two weeks or more level. It is highly suggested to have extra cashes of supplies in other areas. It is not just California, the 1823 Madrid, MO fault shook so violently that the mighty Mississippi River flowed backward for 18 minutes and the tremors were felt 700 miles away in Ohio, Virginia and Georgia.

Debbie and I took a trip to Oklahoma on the first week of November 2011 and we had several quakes with the largest being 5.7 on the Richter scale. All 50 states have had or felt an earthquake in the last 100 years. There was also a 6.4 earthquake centered in Virginia on August 23, 2011 which damaged the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C. The WY/MT/ID Yellowstone Area can get an 8.0 earthquake. There are also zones in AK, OR, WA, CO, HI, MO, AR, NY, OK and VA.

You need to secure shelves and brace top-heavy furniture. Store breakables and heavy objects on lower shelves. Anchor overhead lights, heavy art work and mirrors. Strap water heater and gas appliances to the wall. Block the wheels/feet on large appliances such as refrigerators so they won't slide. Store flammable liquids outside the home. Equip gas appliances with flexible connectors. Know how to turn off natural gas, propane and electrical master breaker or fuse and water shut off.

DURING AN EARTHQUAKE: If you're at home, stay indoors, turn off the stove and douse fires. Crouch under a heavy table or desk and hang onto it. If there is no protective furniture, crouch and brace yourself against an inside doorway or corner. As soon as the quake stops quickly assess damage, if you can recover all of your various kits do so, if not, then grab those possible and evacuate the building.

If you're inside a store or office building then don't run for the exit; there may be a stampede. Stay on the same floor and move away from windows. Crouch under a desk, bench or table. Don't use the elevator and expect the fire alarm and sprinkler systems to activate. Use the floor fire marshal to start an evacuation after the quake. Grab office E-Kits and uncovered data if possible, and evacuate per plans and rendezvous.

If you're on foot, stay out of doors, but in the open, and away from trees, buildings-the facades and windows might fall- utility poles or signs. If you're in a building, duck under furniture or inside a doorway to avoid the falling debris.

If you're in a vehicle pull to the side of the road as quickly as possible, but keep away from trees, buildings, utility poles and lines, signs, bridges, and viaducts. Stay in the vehicle until the shaking stops.

IMMEDIATELY AFTER AN EARTHQUAKE: Take First Aid Lessons prior to any event. Treat the injured with first aid. Stop the bleeding and call for medical assistance if there is an emergency. Don't attempt to move severely injured persons unless they are in immediate danger of further injury. Cover with blankets to prevent shock and elevate legs if possible.

Use phones to report injuries if possible, other wise use CB Channel 9 and GMRS Channel 9. Get people to monitor these and other channels. FDN Communications Section should have relay systems set up for emergency dispatch in most situations. Turn on battery-powered radio or vehicle radio for information and instructions. Contact local FDN Command-see Annex. Remember your training in Chapter Two for First Aid and CPR. That is why everyone is responsible to help the Network grow. SURVIVABILITY SYNERGISITICS!!

See the Communications SOP in Chapter 6 and your AREA/METRO ANNEX. Turn on your wind-up/solar/battery powered radio or vehicle radio for information and instructions. See next page for further expansion of information.

LESSON 25-VOLCANOES: If you are in a risk area, stay alert, check Area/Metro annexes and local Emergency Services for most information, and have extra various kits prepared at various locations. Be ready to evacuate upwind up to 100 to 200 miles. Beware that volcanoes start with smoke and earthquakes, then it can go to major lava spewing, throwing of boulders and a pyroclastic flow with a sonic wave that can shred humans, animals, trees, and buildings and has the power of a Hiroshima type atomic bomb (25,000 kt).

During the week of April 4, 2010, the Eyjafjallajokull glacier in Iceland spewed smoke, hot ash, lava and boulders in Iceland. The smoke and ash plume rose to over five miles in height with a 1000 mile long plume of ash went ESE. The weather in Europe, Britain and beyond was affected with less sunshine, gloomy clouds and a retro-pre-view of what a nuclear winter would look like. (Remember the Cold War 1980s.)

This hot ash if taken in by a jet engine would melt into sharp glass and tear up the jet blade fans in the engine causing immediate engine failure. The jet would just drop from the sky killing all on board.

By that Thursday, the five mile high ash plume went east towards northern Europe, the United Kingdom, and all of Europe and Russia. Over 50,000 flights were canceled with hundred of thousands trying to reroute or try another mode of transportation. Ironically with deep regrets, but that Saturday were the State Funeral for the Polish President and his wife and others that died on the Polish Government Airliner flying to Moscow but crashed in thick fog the week prior. That meant that many state heads were not able to go to the funerals in Warsaw.

Remember that there are over 30 major volcanoes on this planet. Most of them on the “Ring of Fire”, skirting the rim of the Pacific Ocean, plus a few in the Mediterranean Sea, Indonesia, the western United States and the Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, Idaho and Montana.

VOLCANO EVACUATION SOP [If your Area/Metro requires it and see your State Annex and staple in.]:

LESSON 26–SALVAGING PRE-BRIEF: After any evacuation it is hard to make a judgement on wether on not to re-enter a building after being damaged. If at all possible try to recover your various E-Kits, and other items as soon as possible. It is a dangerous area, use safety first use boots, leather gloves, rope and hard hats. Get in and out in a matter of minutes. This is why we copy all important documents, pictures and have them in a safe secondary location that is not prone to floods and fire. We also want to keep these kits and boxes in the front closet, garage or outside storage. It is always a judgement call to retrieve kits that will enhance your survivability to a two week or more level. The fire department, police and building inspectors can easily block entrance or easily condemn the property within hours or days. Remember Safety First then speed.

LESSON 27: RECAP ON EVACUATIONS: Double check these items: Quarterly family conferences to discuss procedures on page 27 and hold those drills. Also make yourself a list for all important phone numbers, rendezvous locations and alternates, an out-of-town POC for other queries from friends and family, and include the E-Plans of your work, schools, day care, religious, clubs and other items. Listen to the news and weather more than twice a day. Include your FESOP for all scenarios, see Lesson 9.

Have a building evacuation map and floor plans with two rally points. Have a business, club, church, or organizational fire or evacuation marshal for different departments or floors. Business’ can use GMRS channels 2, 5, 12 and 15. See Chapter Six for Communication Codes. Keep your vehicle, front closets, backpack, and off-site kits stocked and rotate items specified. Don’t forget a wind-up or portable radio and flashlights with extra batteries, a first aid kit with manual, basic tools and wrenches, bleach, emergency food, water and water purification tablets with filters, spare eyeglasses, prescriptions and medicines, baby, feminine, pet and special needs items, can opener, all hygiene items, blankets, shelter, camping gear, cooking equipment and portable toilet with extra bags and two weeks of tissue per person. Chapter Five will tell you how to set up Evacuation and Field Sites with shelter, water, food and triage.

HOW ABOUT IF I CAN’T AFFORD A WEEKS WORTH OF GROCERIES, NO LESS SIX MONTHS? No worries, do what you can do or afford. Work with the Metro Kit Supervisor and the Metro Warehouser. They can make sure that you are involved and in the loop as much as possible and have rations or supplies available for volunteering your efforts of about ten hours a month. If there seems to be no Metro Personnel, then contact me at 605-838-9759 (7am-9pm ct, Monday to Saturday) or email me at redbecker2016@gmail.com .

COMMUNICATION AND COORDINATION: I’ll say it again, it is best to have CB radios, anyone can use them and they’re inexpensive. Also try to get a small programmable scanner to provide you with all sorts of information for emergencies. Use CB Channels 31 and 32, GMRS Channel 7–not scrambled, and the Metro/Area Annexes will have scanner frequencies for Fire, Ambulance, Snow plows, Search and Rescue, Civil Air Patrol, HAM Radio and stay out of harms way and use alternate routes.

Check on the elderly and housebound neighbors, family, and friends to join FDN. SYNERGISITICS SURVIVABILITY! Buy a Manual for them and help them with Chapters One and Five and Lessons 6 to 9. Have the Area/Metro Trainer or Kits Specialist to help them also. Will they need transportation in an evacuation? Ask Area/District/Metro Managers and Metro Transportation Supervisor.

ANNEXES IN CHAPTER EIGHT AND SOPs: Your Area/Metro/State Annexes will be most useful in that they will be more specific on how to respond to various scenarios in your area. Your Area/Metro/State Planning/Operations/Training Supervisor will have Metro/State printouts for you to staple into your Manual in the various pages that have SOPs or ANNEXES.

PROCEDURES FOR MAN-MADE DISASTERS

Review page 63 (questions 51-60) for review on Man-Made Disasters. They come in various forms but all would create an evacuation and disrupt your life, your job or business. In all instances that you have to evacuate, but you will not know how long that you might be away (five hours or five days), then make sure that you have all ready kits, bags or boxes complete from pages 17-19.

LESSON 28–COMMERCIAL LEAKAGE RISKS: Various leaks could be a backhoe that digs up a gas line, gas station leaks, propane tanks, semi-trucks that jack-knifed with Hazmat material, or train derailments of petroleum products or other chemicals and refinery leaks, etc. Do your Leak Risk Assessment on pages 24 and 65, develop evacuation routes for two and ten minute time frames. Know which directions to evacuate, don’t forget uncovered documents if a business or priceless photographs, office or home kits, evacuation leaders, the response frequency-CB Channel 32, GMRS Channel 2 or business frequency. If there is an explosion, what will be other procedures? Review CODE TOPAZ–less than a mile evacuation or CODE EMERALD-LOCAL–over a mile wide evacuation zone. Using the Leak Risk Assessments, ask how far away are the threats and develop the plans.

LESSON 29–RADIATION LEAKS OR ATTACKS: These could be Hazmat cargo, Nuclear storage facilities or nuclear plants that are local, regional, or international that have or could suffer a major leak. Review page 64, questions 63-70. The Metro/State Annexes will cover more on this subject.

Know which way the fallout will travel, and what the expected dosages rates will be. Evacuate to the flank (90 degrees) and go upwind over 50 miles from the radiation cloud. Be ready to move supplies to the new evacuation sites. National and State Network will set up Evacuation Sites.

FAMILY/GROUP/FIRM RADIATION LEAKS SOP: As reported in the “USA Today”, on September 22, 2011 they announced that 108 million Americans live within 50 miles of a Nuclear Plant. That translates that one-third of the U.S. is close proximity to a nuclear plant. That also means that one-fourth (25%) of you have a chance of exposure to the radation plume cloud. Whoops–I just scared the bejebbers out of you. Oh, Nuclear Plants have a less than 1% chance of having a leak. The Japan disaster showed the IAEA that making the industry upgrade their safety and contingency plans to a 2% failure rate.

CODE EMERALD–BOUNDARY OR REGIONAL–STATUS BLACK SOP (RADIATION):

Staple copy of extended version to this page and copy to your Metro Annex on in Chapter 8.

RADIATION PROTOCOL: FAMILIES AND SMALL FIRMS:

SCENARIO ONE: This scenario is most likely to happen. There are tons of non-weapons grade-but medical and research radioactive material in hospitals, universities, and on the roads each day to be stored or re-processed. How many of you have had a medical procedure using radioactive barium or other tracer? The hospital or medical facility has to have a secure storage for unused medical radioactive materials. These materials are sometimes shipped to other facilities that have long term storage for used medical or research waste.

If a semi-truck was to jack-knife or roll over with these materials, most likely there would be a one to five mile containment area. Most likely that there would be very little Hazmat cleanup to do because of the strength of the steel alloy containers. If you are in an area where this would or did just happen then grab what kits that you can and call Metro Control on CB Channel 31 or GMRS Channel 7. Contact other family members and friends to coordinate rally points. Make sure to be self reliant as much as possible. Remember to have secondary location kits.

Know which way the fallout will travel, and what the expected dosages rates will be. Evacuate to the flank (90 degrees) and go upwind over 50 miles from the radiation cloud. Be ready to move supplies to the new evacuation sites. National and State Network will set up Evacuation Sites. Pay attention to the Emergency Alert System (EAS) on CATV, Radio, and DTV. Find a clear channel (long distance) local or metro AM station (540khz to 1050khz) that would guide you to safety zones.

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INTRODUCTION TO FAMILY DISASTER NETWORK (FDN)

Dear Friends and Members;

Family Disaster Network (FDN) has emerged from the old ashes of Synergistic Planning, Inc. (Non-Profit). Here is a Manual for your family. This is the FAMILY PRE-DISASTER PLANNING MANUAL, copyright 2015.

This Manual is written as a public benefit to educate the families across America on the importance of being PREPARED for the UNEXPECTED! You can buy this Manual on thru various channels and platforms. e-Versions are $3.95.

This Manual lists for $22.95 plus $6.95 S&H, and SD Tax for $31.70 if mailed to you from FDN. Just send a check payable to DBLT-FDN. As the network grows, then we as a group of individuals can do more than a group than as one or two people. SURVIVABILITY SYNERGISTICS!

THIS IS PERSONALIZED SERVICE. YOU HAVE FIVE MEMBERSHIPS. There is a Registration Form on page 119 to fill out if you have not done so. Please fill out the form as much as possible. We will respect your privacy as much as possible. But we need some sort of contact information for new FDN phone and address updates and Newsletters. PLEASE DON’T BE IN THE DARK. WE WILL NOT SELL TO THIRD PARTIES. See the Privacy Statement on the Registration Form. You will have a Membership Number.

Businesses learn how to get a free hour of Business Continuity Consulting, see pages 67 and 121.

If you are comped (given) a Manual, a donation of several bucks would be appreciated to cover some costs. Make checks payable to DBLT-FDN. Eventually local areas or groups will come together to form Districts/Metros/States. See Chapter Five and Chapter Six.

Enjoy the 69 Lessons in the Manual and please help the Network. THIS IS PERSONALIZED SERVICE: If you are a member you may e-mail or call with your questions between 7am-9pm, ct, Monday to Saturday. If your get five more families to join then you can get your fees refunded, see Chapter 13 in Version Two of “A Families’ Comprehensive Pre-Disaster Planning Manual”, $22.95, ISBN: 9781477604137.

RETURNING VETERANS (Cold War, Desert Storm, 1990s+, GWOT, OEF, OIF, OND, OOD, anti-ISIS): Check out Chapters Two, Four, Six and Chapter Eleven in Version Two or www.FDNINTELREPS.blogspot.com

We are looking for Initial Contact Persons in your Area, we also need Managers, Trainers, and Staff in your Area. E-mail or mail your resume for any position in Chapters Nine or Thirteen in Version Two. HELP US SAVE DISASTER DOLLARS FOR FEMA and The American Red Cross! Don’t forget to Donate!

Please call or e-mail us with any questions.

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CHAPTER ONE

Family Disaster Network’s MISSION STATEMENT

Family Disaster Network is a close knit association whose primary objective is to help inform the public more about Pre-Disaster planning. Its members give and care more about disaster preparation and world events. Using what is called “Survivability Planning”, the amount of instability and stress to you and your family from the trauma from emergencies can be lowered. This is also called “Mitigation”. So get Mitigated by also using this128 page Manual with 69 lessons.

***IF ANYTHING IN AN EMERGENCY IS IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO WORRY ABOUT AND SAVE, IT IS YOUR LOVED ONES AND THEIR ABILITY FOR SURVIVAL DURING AND AFTER ANY TYPE OF EMERGENCY EVENT!!***

THERE IS ONLY ONE PERSON ULTIMATELY RESPONSIBLE FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES’ PREPAREDNESS, SAFETY AND SURVIVABILITY, THAT PERSON IS YOU!!! ALSO SINCE THAT IS WHY WE ARE A NETWORK; WE WILL HELP EACH OTHER IN AS MANY WAYS AS POSSIBLE.

FDN’S FOUR-FOLD MISSION STATEMENT

The FIRST MISSION is Personalized Planning and Preparation for all Disasters and Evacuations for your family, work, school, religious, daycare and organizations.

Your family can learn about the facts of disasters: when, where, and why they happen. We have written this Manual to help everyday folks, such as you, understand more about these matters. IN ALL HONESTY, WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME--if ever–that you considered what would you do if there was an emergency? With the writing of this Manual–we can all aid in keeping the price of your insurance down, whether it is homeowners, rental, life, health or auto. Take the time to review and practice what is contained in these next 98 pages. It is easy reading and the food for thought could be an invaluable tool towards your survivability and self reliance. We hope in writing this Manual that you will, in all actuality never have to use any of these lessons, but if you should, then you will be better prepared. HELP SAVE DISASTER DOLLARS FOR FEMA, THE AMERICAN RED CROSS, THE SALVATION ARMY and other NGOs. Make sure to donate to your local American Red Cross Chapter or to the Salvation Army or USO or any other NGO (Non-Government Organization). 1-800-RED-CROSS.

The SECOND MISSION is Education for your family with the Manual and using continuous training, we hope to further lower the risk of losing everything in an emergency. We provide training in the home or in group classes. There will be weekly or monthly training seminars, exercises on Saturday afternoons at 2pm or on some evening. Please contact your Metro/Area/Group Trainer. Included with your membership are free basic classes. There are also Advanced Classes with a fee.

The THIRD MISSION is Advanced Planning with Advanced Site set-ups, Food Stability and Safety, a two-week supply list, advanced survival cashes, a complete overview of FDN, Advanced Scenarios and a Training Record that you can use with your family or firm.

The purpose for Family Disaster Network (see Chapter Six) is to be a fully Self-Contained/Self-Reliant Network that will take care of Family Disaster Network members and their families as well as businesses, religious, clubs and organizations. These Networks are set up by States, Metros/Districts and Areas/Groups. The Network has two-way Radio Control dispatch, Management, staff, support, communications, medical, logistics, supply, food service, construction, engineering, maintenance, mechanics, transportation, security and safety and other positions in pages 92 to 96 in this Manual. We can take care of ourselves through self-containment and self-reliance and help FEMA, the American Red Cross (www.redcross.org) 1-800-RED-CROSS and other non-government organizations (NGOs) save Disaster Dollars by getting our members to pre-prepared, mitigate and be self-reliant for disasters and evacuations. FEMA website is at www.ready.gov .

Please send us some sort of contact sheet, we will have Newsletters on PDF, HTML or mailed to you, with new FDN phone numbers, address, contact names and e-mail changes at FDN as we grow in 2015 and 2016. We will need your names, e-mails, social media, mailing addresses, geographic area and phone by using the Family Registration Sheet page 122 or use the BRCO Form 12-28 (on page 121) to register five to twelve names from your firm or organization. See the Privacy Notice on both forms. Learn how to get a free hour of Survivability Consulting in Chapter Four. Get FDN ALERT CODES and ALERT HISTORY on www.fdnintelreps.blogspot.com.

The FOURTH MISSION are your State, Metro and Area Annexes and how they will control when disasters and evacuations happen in Chapter 8.

ORGANIZATION: Family Disaster Network’s organizational capabilities are defined in the Fourth Mission starting with National, Regional and State Control. Different radio call signs are assigned for each State, Metro, District, Area or Group. Family Disaster Network’s control frequency is on CB Channel 31 or GMRS Channel 7 (See Chapter Six). It is helpful if FDN members get their family either a Citizens Band (CB) or Family Radio Service (FRS) or General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS) two-way radios. When disasters strike or when the power goes out, some cell towers can go down and two-ways are the only way to communicate effectively (see Communications SOP in Chapter Six). Don’t forget extra batteries or buy a nickel-cadmium charger and extra nickel-cadmium batteries. You can purchase two-way radios at Radio Shack, Wal-mart, K-mart, outdoor stores, pawn shops and on-line. Make sure that these radios are new or that you have checked that they work properly. Call us for further information. Make sure that you have chargers, batteries and generators.

After the initial alert has gone out, then emergency contact times will be ten (10) minutes after the hour to conserve batteries. Listen to the news first (see pages 30 and 89). See page 30 for Requested Reading and Listening for FDN Network. See Chapter Eight in Version Two for contact times for various scenarios. DURING NORMAL TIMES e-mail and/or Twitter WILL BE USED TO ITS MOST EFFECTIVE USE FOR CONTACTING MEMBERS (See Chapters Nine and Twelve in Version Two). See www.fdnintelreps.blogspot.com .

Family Disaster Network is SYNERGISTIC: The sum of the parts is more than the whole. We can do more as a group than as one or two. That is we have daily contacts. If everybody knows the majority, then we can react as a Group/Area/Metro, rather as individuals. This can be for disaster missions, personal, family, counter-crime, home safety or whatever, as necessary. If you belong to a small group, then you can visit us on twitter or Facebook or your local two-way radio use CB Channel 31 or GMRS Channel 7. Pages 92 to 96 has information on how to set up small Groups or Areas.

LOYALTY: As far as Family Disaster Network is concerned, you have to be interested in the Survivability of your family, friends, neighbors, co-workers, affiliates and the Network and also be willing to help in whatever way asked. Self-Reliant Network positions need volunteers of a few hours a month and training of two hours a month. Management and Staff have around 5-15 hours a month of volunteering. See pages 90 to 93 for Networking and Network Positions with a few hours a month of volunteering.

This will be discussed in much detail in Chapters Nine and Thirteen in Version Two. If you want or have taken a Group, Area, District or Metro Network Position and call sign, then you will held responsible to maintain that position. Meetings are usually held on Saturday afternoons at 2pm or any evening as needed, ask your Area/Metro Management or Trainer for further information. Help us out in your Area/Metro if you are one of the first to join FDN to be an Initial Contact Person (ICP).

            

It is imperative that you read and adhere to the next sixty pages of step-by-step information

to increase your own Survivability!

HISTORY OF Family Disaster Network: Family Disaster Network was created on September 1, 1984 and it was first named Citizen’s Emergency Network (CEN), by me and several (#15) other veterans, and we were also CBers and thought along the lines of survival. To our line of thinking, the Mid-1980s were turbulent times. The Cold War was at its height, terrorism was rampant and there were situations in the Middle East and Central America that could create a possible WWIII with the Soviet Union as we saw it, so we prepared for these contingencies and increased our Survivability. Some historians now believe that WWIII started with Korea on June 25, 1950 and ended with the Berlin Wall falling on October 7^th 1989. (NOTE: Kim Jong-Il, the “Dear Leader” of the DPRK–North Korea–died of a heart attack December 17, 2011, a day before the U.S. got out of Iraq/OIF/OND).

On August 1, 1985 at about 8 PM, Cheyenne had its worst 100 year flood ever and the 911 system had flooded as well as all of downtown, east and south of downtown. That night many of CEN’s members as well as a lot of other CBers helped in the initial control, relief and rescue efforts. I became one of four CBers to become a 911 dispatcher to help first responders get their information re-dispatched and since I knew most of the 911 operators, law enforcement and other responders; I took the lead since I had a stronger CB and matched antenna. All of the CBers took a position next to a stationary law enforcement unit, fire truck, ambulance, Red Cross, National Guard, CAP, HAMs and other units.

As calls for help came and I usually heard them first since I was on a hill, I told which CB relay to tell the right agency to re-dispatch to that scene. Seven people lost their lives that night, but scores were saved from the rising waters because of our quick thinking by relaying (10-5 CB code) and re-dispatching. Wyoming Disaster Response and the National Guard took over at midnight. (Note: CB radios were still being used by 15 to 20 percent of the population in the mid-1980s.) For ALERT HISTORY see www.fdnintelreps.blogspot.com .

This event and a few others caused CEN to convert the CEN Operations Manual to have more family disaster planning for public use and a total rewrite was done to the OPSMAN to include more on disasters and Civil Defense. 1990 and 1991 brought us the First Gulf War (see Chapters 10 and 11 for history in Version Two) and we upgraded again to add for more anti-terrorism and home safety pages. Citizens Emergency Network was renamed Contingency Planning Network (CPN) on September 1, 1989 which was the 5^th Anniversary and the First Edition Disaster Operations Manual had over 100 copies printed in November 1989. Also in 1989, I was Medically Discharged from the Army (see Biography on page 6).

During the 1990s there were plenty of disasters, two no-fly zones over Iraq, the Bosnian War, the Serbian President’s orders for genocide against the Bosnian peoples and other ethnic groups plus there was a U.S. Military attack against Serbia in 1999 to pressure the regime to stop. There was also plenty of trouble at home from Waco; Ruby Ridge, ID; Oklahoma City; Columbine HS in Denver (1999) and other spots (see Chapter 10).

As you will see in Chapters 10 and 11 in the Version Two Manual, that the 1990s were not a nice time for the U.S. Military or law enforcement. Just because President Reagan outspent the Soviets on defense spending and the Berlin Wall fell, that did not mean that the world would be a nice place. The breakup of the Soviet Union (C.C.C.P./U.S.S.R.) and the Warsaw Pact made that whole region unstable for a few years until the satellite C.C.C.P. nations learned what democracy is supposed to be about. So go read some history in Chapters 10 and 11 in Version Two. I also buy a World Almanac every year to re-fresh history and data for myself. Hey who remembers the “Hanging Chad” in the November 2000 election?

The Second Edition: After my father died in late 1996, I founded Synergistic Planning, Inc. (Non-Profit) in Cheyenne with Pam Paisley as Marketing Director. As my health declined she became a Director and Corporate President. We created a 80 page booklet with the first title of “A Families’ Comprehensive Guide to Pre-Disaster Planning” and is now known as the Second Edition. We had plenty of orders from Disaster Trade shows, FEMA conferences and other sources, but the powers that be didn’t want to sign the checks to purchase the Booklet. So 50,000 of total units sales vaporized in a matter of a month. The corporation folded in late 1997.

FDN’s Third Edition: In 2005, as Family Disaster Network (FDN) thoughts started back up to do a bigger re-write and the first drafts of the 120 page Third Edition were started and FDN was born on September 1, 2005. FDN had a website and printed 100 Manuals and sold many and comped about 20. FDN went into hiatus in 2008 for a few months to breathe.

FDN’s Version One: Started back up in August 2010 and massive re-writes were done with over 135 pages. The 136 page, 87 lesson Version One is created in April 2012 with an e-version for Amazon.com for $1.95 .

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2011 Disasters cost $140 billion worldwide-FEMA and USA Today: In April there were over 753 tornadoes and 320 in May with 549 killed in 2011. Of those 549, 248 were killed on April 27 in Alabama and 162 were killed in Joplin, MO on May 22. It was also a very dry year with droughts and wild fires in AZ, NM and TX with over 2,000 homes lost. There was a new surprise 5.8 earthquake in Mineral, VA causing tremors up to 600 miles away. Several very old buildings as well as the Washington Monument were damaged. The North Anna nuclear plant was 11 miles from the epicenter and was shut down for checks and maintenance.

Hurricane Irene showed up as the only U.S. landfall in NC up to ME from August 27 to 30 with 44 killed in 13 states with a $7 billion cost. The Missouri and Mississippi Rivers both had major flooding that summer with hundreds of thousands of acres flooded and billions of dollars in damages. When we were on vacation in Enid, OK, my wife’s hometown, and on Saturday, November 5 there was a new set of earthquakes on a unknown fault with the highest magnitude of 5.6.

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U.S. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DEBT CEILING: On August 2, 2011, the $14.2 Trillion debt ceiling was had reached its limit. The Congress waited until the last few days to pass a new debt limit of $15.7 Trillion. They created a Super committee of 12 to create a new spending and debt reduction plan in four months. Due to a lack of moderation both the Conservatives and Liberals did not reach a solution and now deep cuts in all aspects of governments will take place in the next few years. See January 2013 Fiscal Cliff on our blogspot.

Even Europe and the Eurozone were not with out fiscal problems. Greece, Spain, Ireland and a few others are having various problems with their economies or governmental debt or fiscal problems. See various FDN newsletters for further information.

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HURRICANE/SUPERSTORM SANDY: In late October, 2013, affecting 70 million Americans in 25 states and was 1000 miles wide at one point with the lowest millibar readings. It had a large surge tide, flooding, snow, tornados and just a pain. Millions without power. Welcome to the future of storms.

There are many major and minor disasters around the world this last decade and from 2011 to 2016. Sometimes it seems to be worsening. Hundreds of thousands have died in these disasters. There have been many calls to end pollution and global warming which may be causing some of these various disasters. Well Mother Nature and Mother Earth will do want they want when they want. Log on to www.FDNINTELREPS.blogspot.com to see a list of disasters, military actions, terrorism and other events.

IT WILL BE US (FDN), THEM OR THE LOST, LET’S GET THE LOST INTO FDN TODAY!!

AT Family Disaster Network, we will be ready for anything, anywhere at anytime. Although Family Disaster Network has had a few names over 30 years, the concept is the same: prepare the individual and family survivability and help grow the network to be more self-reliant so that we can help ourselves; also help FEMA, The American Red Cross, the Salvation Army and other disaster agencies or NGOs save disaster dollars by our mitigation and self-reliance efforts.

SURVIVABILITY SYNERGISTICS!!

FIRST MISSION: Planning--The Nuts and Bolts of Survivability

The original question: IF YOU HAD THREE MINUTES TO EVACUATE YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS, COULD YOU SURVIVE FOR SEVEN DAYS WITHOUT OTHER HELP? How about a worse situation, no home to come back to?

Family Disaster Network will help you prepare for all disasters, including fire and burglary. These questions will assist you to make your home or business safer and have a lower risk potential–also called mitigation. See pages 114 to 118 for forms to help you inventory and protect your assets and safeguard your important documents.

This is the first mission: Planning!! PREPARE FOR IT NOW, READ THE NEXT SEVERAL PAGES, FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS, AND ALSO PREPARE YOUR READY KIT TODAY! Finish the rest by tomorrow. Within three hours you could be prepared enough to survive the seven days out of your vehicle. If you don’t have a vehicle, have a couple of backpack ready kits and also have ready kits at secondary locations.

HOME SAFETY: Fire Brief: The key to surviving a fire is preventing one from happening in the first place. Most fires are the result of carelessness and start with overloads or faulty or old electrical outlets, extension cords or appliances, fireplace or barbecue sparks or candles and irresponsible smoking habits. See Chapter Five for Fire Safety and Home Safety. IF YOU CAN’T GET THE FIRE OUT IN TWO MINUTES WITH AN EXTINGUISHER, CALL 911 IMMEDIATELY AND EVACUATE, YOUR FAMILIES’ LIVES ARE FIRST AND THEY ARE IRREPLACEABLE, kits and bags are secondary, however they should be placed to grab on the way out or have in a secondary location.

DO, DO, DO... have several “ABC” class fire extinguishers available, smoke and fire detectors on all floors, and each sleeping room. Detectors over five years should be replaced. Test alarms monthly. Replace batteries when the clock springs forward and falls back an hour. Set up an evacuation plan with at least two exits and practice quarterly on the first week of January, April, July and October. If a two story house, then have window ladders on at least one bedroom window. Have a place for all family/household members to meet across the street and a place a block away just incase the fire is larger than expected.

We will help out on all evacuation plans. That’s why we have CB or FRS/GMRS two-way radios to supplement the cell phones just incase the cell phone or land lines fail. We use CB Channel 31 or GMRS Channel 7. See Lesson 54.

As you read the next 75 pages, we will guide you step-by-step to prepare for any evacuation. First we will get you prepared with a vehicle Ready Kit or Backpack Kit on the next few pages. This way you can leave you home with more than the shirt on your back. So get your initial Ready Kits together today.

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Total casualties for 9-11-2001 plus GWOT (WWIV), OEF, OIF and OND is now over 9,860 for 13 years. For information on World Wars One through Five and other events see www.fdnintelreps.blogspot.com .

So as you can see there are many events that can shape history, prices at the pump or to feed your stomach or just can affect you in some indirect way, so just be aware of current events and read our newsletters. That is why we need your e-mail or a mailing address. Check Chapter 8 in Version Two of “A Families’ Comprehensive Pre-Disaster Planning Manual”, $22.95, ISBN: 9781477604137 for disasters, military and terrorism histories.

There are many major and minor disasters around the world this last decade and during 2013 and even more deadly more thru early 2015. Sometimes it seems to be worsening. Hundreds of thousands have died in these disasters. There have been many calls to end pollution and global warming which may be causing some of these various disasters. Well Mother Nature and Mother Earth will do want they want when they want.

IT WILL BE US (FDN), THEM OR THE LOST,

LET’S GET THE LOST INTO FDN TODAY!!

AT Family Disaster Network, we will be ready for anything, anywhere at anytime. Although Family Disaster Network has had a few names over 30 years, the concept is the same: prepare the individual and family survivability and help grow the network to be more self-reliant so that we can help ourselves.

THERE will be FOUR PARTS to your PERSONAL SURVIVABILITY CHECKLIST by Family Disaster Network:

ONE: READY KITS for your vehicles, backpacks or storage. TWO: INVENTORY ASSETS RECORD on page 117. THREE: SAFEGUARDING IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS on pages 118-120. FOUR: READY BAGS AND BOXES in your home for quick evacuation or STORAGE KITS on page 21.

These are step-by-step, fill-in-the-blank forms in Chapter Nine that will help YOU lower your risk of possibly losing it all, if a disaster or evacuation should occur to your loved ones or business. See Chapter Four for Business Survivability.

If you have noticed that during most disasters, that most people are affected deeply and maybe you are one of them. Hundreds of thousands were affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy, AND THAT WAS WITH NOTICE. Sometimes the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), local emergency agencies and the American Red Cross will help you on the initial effect of the storm to give you shelter, food, and clothing, but until your insurance arrives or if you have no insurance then you may have lost everything. This includes disasters are California Earthquakes, fires, riots, southern hurricanes, flash floods, hail, tornadoes, blizzards or all disasters in between and even that backhoe that tore up a gas main or a rail car carrying chemicals or Bakken crude that derails.

THERE ARE MORE PAGES OF THE FAMILY PRE-DISASTER MANUAL ON THIS BLOGSPOT PAGE. NAVIGATE PLEASE.