Disaster-Specific Playbooks

General preparedness gets you most of the way there; the last mile is disaster-specific. This library gives each hazard its own playbook, built on a shared foundation of universal disaster principles so you are never starting from scratch. Every chapter covers what to do before, during, and after: hurricanes and tropical storms, tornadoes, floods, earthquakes, wildfires, winter storms and extreme cold, extreme heat, pandemics and disease outbreaks, grid failure and infrastructure collapse, civil unrest, and civilian safety during civil conflict. Warning signs, evacuation triggers, shelter decisions, supply differences, and recovery steps are spelled out for each. The final chapter integrates everything into a single all-hazards plan weighted to the disasters your region actually faces — so you know which pages to turn to the moment the alert comes.