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When Everything Fails: Surviving Any Disaster

Series: When Everything Fails: Surviving Any Disaster
3.8
(10)
Episodes
14
Rating
TVPG
Year
2020
Language
English

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When Everything Fails: Surviving Any Disaster offers a practical guide for protecting yourself, your family, and your community. Taught by Professor Stephen Owen of Radford University, these 14 fast-paced episodes will arm you with information for planning ahead so you can prepare for the effects of a disaster or catastrophe.

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1. How Prepared Are You for a Disaster?

31m

Welcome to your journey of preparedness! Begin your series with a self-assessment. Explore the different types of disasters and reflect on your baseline. Do you know the hazards around you on a regular basis? Do you have plans for shelter or evacuation? What about communication?

2. Developing a Preparedness Plan

31m

After reviewing a few basic concepts (such as the difference between an emergency, a disaster, and a catastrophe), Professor Owen walks you through the fundamentals of a good preparedness plan. From identifying risks around you to building physical and digital "go kits," you are on your way.

3. Identifying Hazards and Responses

31m

Prevent, protect, mitigate, respond, recover: This simple framework is a way of thinking, designed around FEMA's National Preparedness Goal, a recipe for identifying and preparing for potential hazards. From here, the next step is to equip yourself and establish a few practices that will serve you if (or when) disaster strikes.

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