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Gil Patton’s Planning for Emergencies Will start soon Please have a seat. The ASSET Center. -The American Survival School and Emergency Training Center-. Are Proud To Present. Retired DHS Agent Gil Patton’s. Planning for Emergencies. Gil Patton Department of Homeland Security
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Gil Patton’s Planning for Emergencies Will start soon Please have a seat
The ASSET Center -The American Survival School and Emergency Training Center-
Retired DHS Agent Gil Patton’s
Gil Patton Department of Homeland Security Oakland Coordination Center 21 California Counties Emergency Management Coordinator Executive Coordination Center Officer Designated COMSEC Representative & HSDN Trusted Agent
Teaching Emergency Preparedness and Response since 1971 Ham Radio operator & ‘Ham Cram’ Instructor Teaching Wilderness Survival since 1973 Written; over Thirty Tactical Response Plans for DHS; multiple handbooks on Emergency Preparedness and both Fiction and Nonfiction books
Teaching Style. Orations, Visualizations, Q&A If you have questions.....Ask Wait, You’re here because you have questions.....So Ask
Objectives: • How to Make Plans • For What? • Time Frame? I) Budgeting II) Location • S-I-P • Bugout III) Training VI) Supplies
Ground Rules There are certain things you must understand There are only two rules; ‘what a man can do and what a man can’t do’
The biggest problem in getting prepared for emergencies is that most people go at it piecemeal without planning. Characterized by unsystematic partial measures taken over a period of time. Proper Planning and Preparation Prevents Poor Performance
The Second Biggest Problem is That 99% of People, Don’t Realize That Emergency Preparedness is Like a Spider Web
Could have waited on this and Should have started that sooner
Could have waited on that and should have started this sooner
The First Thing That You Are Going to Need is a Pencil and a Notebook. The Second Thing That You Need is a Co-Planner(s) Two minds are better than one
The Third Thing That You Are Going to Need is an Open Mind.Use a ‘Parking Lot’ for Ideas. The Fourth Thing That You Need is Patience.
So, What Type(s) of Emergencies Are You Preparing For? Give Me Examples ......
So, What Type of Emergency Are You Preparing For? Accidents, Asteroid Impacts, Avalanches, Bad knees, back, hips, etc., Biohazards, Births, Cancer, Contagions, Crime, Deaths, Droughts, Earthquakes, Economic Collapse*, EMP, Famines, Fires, Floods, Fuel Shortages, Heat Waves, Ice Storms, Infestations*, Infectious Diseases, Loss of Job, Mud Slides, Old Age, Pandemics, Power Outage*, Robberies, Serious Illnesses, Shootings, Tornados, Vehicular Malfunctions, Water Shortages, Wild fires, Winter Storms, Zombie Apocalypse,
LocationS-I-P or Bugout Shelter In Place – Stay where you are at. Home, Work, School Bugout – Get out of Dodge, Have a place to go to, A Redoubt, A Shelter elsewhere.
The Type(s) of Emergency(s) You Want to Prepare For Determines Your Plan of Action. What is a Plan of Action .....
Plan of Action is a Written Chronological Step by Step process by which a Goal is Obtained
Plan of Action Needs to have SMARTGoals that it is going to achieve
Basic Goals Water Food Shelter Clothing
Non Basic Goals Comforts Entertainment Thrive Luxury
The Type(s) of Emergency(s) That You Want to Prepare For, Determines the Goals You Need in Your Plans. Needs vs. Thineeds Prioritize your Needs Prioritize your Wants Write Everything Down
The Type(s) of Emergency(s) You Want to Prepare For Determines the Type Supplies You Need to Get. Because of who you are and where you are will also affect what supplies you will need to get. Not Everybody can be MacGyver
Write it down Computers can help – Excel Spreadsheets
Your Prioritized Needs and Wants will Determine theBudgeting for Your Plan of Action. Prioritize your Timeframe Time vs. Sale Quality vs. Inexpensive
Training and Skills You Need to Learn, Based on Your Plan. The Timeframe of your Plan and Skills you need learn, will affect how and when you learn them.
Just what type of Skills might you need? First Aid, Animal Husbandry, Aquaponics, Archery, Auto Mechanics, Bee Keeping, Canning, Carpentry, Concrete Working, Cooking, Dehydrating, Electrical Wiring, Firearms Safety, Freeze Drying, Gardening, Herbalist, Horsemanship, Hunt & Fishing, Hydroponics, Ham Radio, Knife Work, Plumbing, Sewing, Self-defense, Shooting, Trapping, Welding, Zombie Killing
Just what type of Skills might you need? Can you learn it/them for free? If not, how much will it cost? How long will it take? Can I teach it to others? Which skill is the mostimportant?
Spreadsheets are a great tool Use them.
When disasters turn you south you need a plan to go north. Other Plans – Plan B, C, D
They grow, change, need to be taken care of, if they are to take care of you. Plans are living things. Annual Review.