Protect Your Home From a Natural Disaster

When you hear about storms, tornadoes and hurricanes they usually destroy certain areas that they have been to. These are some of the terrible natural calamities that happen very often in most of the places in world. Homeowners who stay in prone areas must be prepared enough in case calamities visit them.

First Aid Training – Necessity of Everyone

Injuries and accidents are always unexpected and unpredictable; it is a necessity for each one us to learn about basic first aid techniques so that we are able to provide instant help to any casualty. There are certain relevant procedures that are to be followed at the time of any emergency. The main motive of first aid training includes saving life, forbidding further injury, promoting retrieval moreover, the training includes restraining initial injury, safety and treatment stages.

Using High Availability to Build Disaster Tolerance

The very first step ITIL managers need to consider in building a highly-available infrastructure is to decide, quite firmly that you want to do it. This is the essential message that will have been emphasized when you studied for your ITIL certificate. As good as your ITIL training was, it needs to be reinforced with practical experience.

Why Are Temporary Shelters Important?

Temporary shelters are used in some crisis or urgent sort of situations. They often become a real blessing for the victims of an emergency or a disastrous situation. They usually include tents, military tents, or yurts. Some of these temporary shelters are available at low rates while others are quite expensive.

To Be Prepare Or Not That is the Question

Although there can be no argument towards the value of being properly prepared for any disaster or emergency one has to take a very close look at each scenario as it is being presented. The point I would like to make here is whether a survivalist should be more concerned and prepare for those situations that are more likely to occur rather then those which may or may not ever happen at all. If you were to prepare for the most likely emergency scenario that you can imagine you will probably have most of the equipment and supplies that you would require for the more unlikely crisis.

Disaster Response Contingency Planning

Inherent within disaster management is developing response, and an essential element of response is contingency planning. Developing appropriate response to mitigate the impact of natural disasters calls for crafting well thought out contingency plan with the involvement of all concerned stakeholders.

Outdoor Survival Guide – The Knife

At its most basic form, you can keep a pocket knife with you at all times, after all, when disaster strikes, you may never know when you need it. Most outdoor enthusiasts agree that the knife is by far the most important tool of all.

Survival Guide – An Introduction to Survival

The further we advance as a human race, the more we are at odds with nature. Global warming, lack of natural and an ever growing population rate, these factors and many more make it extremely important that we know how to deal with nature’s unpredictability and ferocity.

What on Earth is This 2012 I Keep Hearing About?

You may have heard about it on the news, or maybe you were flipping through the channels and found an end of the world program on the History channel; maybe you heard about Emmerich’s new movie 2012, or maybe you read it in a magazine or newspaper. Wherever you heard it, you may be wondering why the date 2012 keeps coming up.

Seven Steps to Earthquake Safety

Scientists now agree that the likelihood of a major earthquake (magnitude of 6.7 or higher) hitting Southern California within the next 30 years is almost inevitable. Such an event could have a catastrophic impact on our future, but with proper preparation we can avoid some of the destruction.