"The best preparation guide available, bar none. A must have for anyone concerned about man-made and natural disasters. Mayer points out that preparation is key and he walks the reader through it, each section building on the one before. From page one, I felt more prepared. Get it!" Assembly Magazine.

2. This book is designed for all of
us. It lays out a path to get
adequately prepared.
It also includes the information
necessary for survival should
an accident or disaster strike.

3. The Flow
The book is broken down in two parts:
the first half is focused on the
preparation you can do now, in a step
by step manner.
There are numbered tasks and
checklists.
Also links to free apps, web sites and
suggested equipment.
The second half is focused on survival.

4. The Flow
PREPARATION
Do Your Area Study
Immediate Rally Point (IRP) Emergency Rally Point
(ERP) and Location Apps
The Area Study
Your Survival A-Team
Prepare the Five Key Elements for Survival
Water Food First Aid Shelter Fire
The Places For Which To Plan
Home Work/School Car/Traveling
The Grab-n-Go bags you need
Mild Grab-N-Go Mod/Ex Grab-N-Go

5. The Flow
First Five Things To Do In An Emergency
Key Phrase To Remember: Survival
First Aid
Breathing Bleeding Broken—Bone and Joint
Injuries
Water and Heat First Aid Cold Weather Injuries
Bites and Stings Personal Hygiene
Water Procurement
Food Procurement
Building Shelter & Starting a Fire
Navigating and Tracking
Specific Environments
Cold Weather Desert Tropical Water

6. The Flow
Urban Environments
Burglary, Robbery, Car-Jacking Civil Unrest and Riots
Terrorist Attack
Active Shooter Power Outage
Specific Man-Made Threats
Car Plane Crash Train Crash Boat, Ferry, Cruise
Ship, etc.
Tall Building Fire Firearms Nuclear Weapons and
Accidents
Infectious Diseases, Pandemic and Biological and Chemical
Weapons and Accident.
Specific Natural Threats
Tornado Hurricane Heat Wave and Drought Wildfire
Blizzard Earthquake Tsunami Volcano Mud

7. The Flow
Bugging Out and the Hide Site and Caching
Should I Stay or Should I Go?
The Bug Out Hide Site (BOHS)
Caching
Stockpile, Scavenge, Sustain
What Can Cause the Collapse of Civilization?
Scavenging
Appendixes
Appendix A: All Tasks/Checklists
Appendix B: Useful APPs
Appendix C: Useful Web Sites

8. There are numbered tasks,
laying out what needs to be
done and in what order.
Also, levels of preparation from
a mild, base level, to a more
advanced level are delineated.

9. Checklists are included.
There are over one hundred
links so you can find more
information, free downloadable
apps, and examples of
equipment you should have to
be prepared.

10. One size does not fit all.
Everyone’s situation is different.
Thus the book begins with the
Area Study, which allows us to
tailor our preparation for our
specific situation.
Then an overview of preparation
in the five key areas of survival.

11. The Five Key Elements
of Survival & Life
Food
Fire
Water
Shelter
First Aid

12. A key to preparation is, of course, that
you can’t prepare after the fact.
But, as importantly, is the peace of mind
that comes with knowing you have done
this.

13. Includes
19 FREE First Aid,
Emergency,
Communication, Location
and Survival Apps You
Need To Download Right
Now!

14. THE ACRONYM SURVIVAL
S Size up situation, surroundings, yourself & your equipment.
U Use all your senses; undue haste makes waste.
R Remember where you are.
V Vanquish fear and panic
I Improvise
V Value Living
A Act like the natives
L Live by your wits

15. Biological Warfare,
Viruses, and
Pandemic Survival

16. Chemical Weapons
and Accidents &
Survival

17. Preparing For and
Surviving

18. The Average American
Spends 101 Minutes a
Day In Our Car.
What Should We Have
In Our Car To Be
Prepared?

19. SOLAR POWER
BASICS
TO GET STARTED

20. All this and more.
Overwhelmed?
Remember, the book is set up with tasks
that you accomplish one at a time at
your own pace.
But just doing Task One, on page one,
will make you better prepared than you
are right now!

21. More Free Information
I constantly update free, downloadable
slideshows like this on my web site for
preparation and survival and other
topics.
FREE SLIDESHOWS
Also, I conduct Area Study workshops
for those interested in properly
preparing for their specific
circumstances.

22. AMAZON
This book walks you through your personal situation,
your home, and your Area of Operations.

23. AMAZON

24. AMAZON

26. New York Times bestselling author, is a graduate of West
Point and former Green Beret. He’s had over 80 books
published, including the #1 bestselling series Green Berets,
Time Patrol, Area 51, and Atlantis. He’s sold over 5 million
books. He was born in the Bronx and has traveled the world.
He’s lived on an island off the east coast, an island off the
west coast, in the Rocky Mountains, the Smoky Mountains
and other places, including time in East Asia studying martial
arts.
He was an instructor and course developer/writer for years
at the JFK Special Warfare Center and School which trains
Green Berets and also runs the SERE school:
Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape.
www.bobmayer.com