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5 complete public-domain handbooks (66 MB) stored on this server. Open them now, or save them for offline use.
Plan & prepare
Are You Ready? An In-depth Guide to Citizen PreparednessFEMA (IS-22, 2004) · 204 pages · 22.1 MB · works offlineFEMA's complete family preparedness handbook: emergency plans, supply kits, shelter, utilities shutoff, and chapter-by-chapter guidance for floods, winter storms, wildfire, earthquakes, and more.
Water & food
Food and Water in an EmergencyFEMA, with the American Red Cross & USDA (FEMA 477) · 16 pages · 0.7 MB · works offlineShort brochure on storing water, treating questionable water, building an emergency food supply, and keeping food safe without power.
Skills
Survival (ATP 3-50.21)U.S. Army, 2018 · 228 pages · 23.7 MB · works offlineThe Army's current survival manual: survival mindset, shelter, water procurement and purification, fire craft, wild food, navigation, signaling, and survival medicine.
Health
First Aid (FM 4-25.11, with Change 1)U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force & Marine Corps, 2002/2004 · 227 pages · 2.6 MB · works offlineMilitary first aid manual: bleeding control, fractures, burns, heat and cold injuries, bites and stings, shock, and moving a casualty. Clear step-by-step illustrations.
Preserving food
Complete Guide to Home Canning (2015 revision)USDA, Agriculture Information Bulletin No. 539 · 193 pages · 17.3 MB · works offlineThe official, tested reference for safe home canning: principles, equipment, altitude tables, and tested recipes for fruits, tomatoes, vegetables, meats, pickles, and jams.
Free to read online
Excellent resources we link to rather than copy, because their publishers haven't given permission to redistribute them:
- Ready.gov: FEMA's official preparedness site: plans, kits and hazard guides.
- Red Cross: How to prepare: Checklists for outages, winter storms, wildfire and more.
- National Center for Home Food Preservation: Tested recipes and methods for canning, drying, freezing and fermenting.
- Hesperian Health Guides: Free-to-read medical handbooks, including Where There Is No Doctor.
- Washington State Emergency Management: Washington-specific preparedness, including the 2-week kit campaign.
- Avista outage map: Live outage map and restoration times for the Spokane area.
- Spokane County Emergency Management: Local alerts, sign-up for ALERT Spokane, and hazard info.
These handbooks are U.S. government works in the public domain. Older editions may not reflect the newest guidance; when they disagree with this guide or with local officials, follow the newer advice.