
A crisis can strike at anytime
How Prepared Are You?
Crisis Preparedness Handbook gives you everything you need to confidently handle any crisis and feel the peace that comes with being prepared.
Watch this one-minute video to learn more about
Crisis Preparedness Handbook.
Protect your family from any disaster—natural or man-caused
- Find out how to purify and store water
- Design a food-storage plan tailored for you
- Take care of sanitation, communication, and transportation
- Protect against civil unrest and terrorism


Unique benefits you will get in Crisis Preparedness Handbook
- Master Action Plan - Everything you need in one place to plan for a crisis
- Personally Speaking - Patricia's unique hints and tips
- Additional Resources - Unique products to help you prepare
- Choose just what you need from a wide-range of information about all aspects of preparedness
Solves the problem of
"Where do I start?"
- Five Things You Can Do Now - A quick start in each chapter to get you going
- Everything broken down into small manageable tasks.
- Quick checks and charts that highlight and consolidate important information
- Worksheets to help you create and organize your preparedness plan
An absolute must for anyone serious about preparing for and surviving during perilous times.

Preparedness Tips
Latest Blog Posts

Time to Add Canned Fruits to Your Food Storage
Canned fruit is an easy food to store and convenient in an emergency. It requires no more than a can opener to have ready-to-eat food. Typical canned fruits include applesauce, peaches, pears, apricots, cherries, plums, pineapple, mandarin oranges, and many varieties of berries. Watch for them when they are on sale and stock up.

What Can You Do to Protect Yourself in a Fuel Crisis?
Clearly, among other things, we have a fuel crisis in June 2022, and you are probably frustrated paying so much for fuel right now. Higher prices may signal that a fuel shortage is coming. How can you protect yourself if there is a fuel shortage and it’s hard to get fuel. There are a couple of things you can do. Make a habit of keeping your gas tank at least half full. When the gauge starts getting close to the half way mark, start planning your next fuel purchase. Second, store extra fuel.

Time to Stock Up on Canned Vegetables!
Preparedness Challenge Week 23 The preparedness challenge this week is to add canned vegetables to your food supply. Why Are Canned Vegetables a Good Choice
A comprehensive guide to
Home Storage and Physical Survival
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Be sure to also take a look at the Table of Contents and The Story Behind the Book for more detailed information.

DID YOU KNOW? There are 9 different ways to purify water including ultraviolet light and ozone?
DID YOU KNOW? You can go 3 minutes without air, 3 hours without protection or shelter, 3 days without water, and 3 weeks without food.


DID YOU KNOW? There are three levels of preparedness: minor disruptions, significant emergencies and large-scale catastrophes.
DID YOU KNOW? Not all crisis come from a natural disaster. Often, they are man-caused. It is just as important to plan for these.


Meet the author
Patricia Spigarelli Aston
Originally, I set out to update and make a few revisions to the original Crisis Preparedness Handbook written by my late husband, Jack A. Spigarelli. I wasn’t into it very far when I realized I was doing more than making some simple changes. I found that I had something important to say about being prepared. After all, I had practiced preparedness principles my whole life, even as a kid, and self-reliance was second nature for me.
I have felt the peace and confidence that comes from being prepared. I knew I could help people who understand they live in a dangerous world and who know they should be prepared, but are in a panic or confused about what to do about it. I knew I could give them guidance and a little encouragement to help them get it done.
And that’s my goal – to help people get prepared for whatever crisis they may face next.