31 Days of Emergency Preparedness {Apps}
Disaster Alert (by Pacific Disaster)
“PDC Active Hazards currently includes:
– Global events (Observational Sources): Hurricane/Tropical Cyclone, Drought, Earthquake, Tsunami, Volcano. Major events (News Sources): Floods, Manmade, Marine, Storms, Wildfires.
– Hawaii Only (Observational Sources): National Weather Service High Surf, High Wind, Flood.”
WISER
“WISER (Wireless Information System for Emergency Responders) is a mobile application designed to assist first responders in hazardous material incidents.”
Red Cross
Tornado, Hurricane, Earthquake, WildfireShelter Finder
Ub Alert Disaster Alert Network
“Our ubAlert app gives you all the information you need when it comes to disasters happening across the world. With data collected from both verified sources and users like you, you’ll instantly have access to everything you need to know about an event. Alerts contain basic event details, impact statistics, maps, images, videos, and more. You can instantly share alerts with friends and family members to get them out of harm’s way via email, Facebook and Twitter.”
Disaster Readiness ($1.99)
“Disasters hit when you least expect it and this guide will help you and loved ones be ready to rebound from almost any DISASTER quickly and safely.”
Reunite
“Use ReUnite ™ as a post-disaster family reunification aid. The app enables the user to report to and search for missing or found person information on U.S. National Library of Medicine’s PEOPLE LOCATOR (R) Web site, (http://pl.nlm.nih.gov).”
5-0 Scanner
“Tap into the largest collection of live police, firefighters, aircraft, railroad, marine, emergency, and ham radios. Be the first to know about important news, events, or any major crime waves happening in your town.”
Survival Skills $2.99
“The best survival content from the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Marine and U.S. Coast Guard for one low price. We combed through hundreds of publications and found the best content for each survival skill and compiled it into a comprehensive app. Survival Skill has over 800 topics, 1,500 images, and 40 calculators. This is twice the content of most survival apps.”
You know I have to add the Zombie apps.
Survival Guide in Case of Zombies .99
“The Survival guide in case of a zombie apocalypse is your trusty companion app – keep it on your device always, you never know when it might end up saving your life!”
Doomsday Survival Guide $1.99
“Welcome to the largest collection of DOOMSDAY SURVIVAL books in THE WORLD with OVER 45 References !!
No extra purchases!!!! ALL REFERENCES ARE INCLUDED!!!!
Doomsday Survival is a collection of Military and Government created field manuals which focus on survival and personal protection.
Contained here are over 27,000 pages and illustrations preparing you to be able to survive if necessary.”
Zombie Survival $1.99
This one looks to be a combo app of Zombies and the above Doomsday
“Are you Prepared for the ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE?
Welcome to the WORLDS largest collection of ZOMBIE SURVIVAL References.
No extra purchases!!!! ALL REFERENCES ARE INCLUDED!!!!
Zombie Survival is a collection of Army, Military AND ZOMBIE field manuals which focus on survival and personal protection.
Contained here are over 32,000 pages and illustrations preparing you to be able to survive if necessary.”
Survive
“Find and notify loved ones during a disaster with SURVIVE! app’s:
ONE BUTTON BROADCAST. Our app’s unique transponder-like function. With just the touch of a button, you can simultaneously send an SMS message, email and push notification to all your closest friends and family, telling them you’re location, if you’re okay or in need of help.*
TACTICAL MAP. Gives you an overview of what’s going on around you by displaying last known locations of loved ones (if they are also using the SURVIVE! app) and any warnings, rally points and survival kits shared to you by other users.”
5 Level of Preparedness
Acronyms
Apps
Bug Out or Bug In
Communications
Cooking
Dictionary
Family Plan
Farm Animals
First Aide
Food
Got Power
Got Shelter?
Kids or No Kids
Op Sec
Practice What You Preach~Power Outage Practice
Resources
Sanitation
Skills to Have
Tools
Urban vs Rural
Water

I’m a new Smartphone owner and this is exactly what I’m looking for! After holding off on getting one I can’t believe what a powerful tool they are. Thanks for a good read. -Mike