Preparedness Resources (Books, Videos, PDFs, etc.)
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Anca, Andrei | Lead From Any Seat | Leadership |
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Brunacini, Alan | Fire Department Customer Service | Fire Department Customer Service |
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Brunacini, Alan | Fire Command | Incident Management System |
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Canterbury, Dave | Bushcraft 101 | Wilderness Survival |
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Canterbury, Dave | Advanced Bushcraft | Wilderness Survival |
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Collins, Jim | Good to Great | Leadership |
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Covey, Stephen | 7 Habits of Highly Effective People | Leadership |
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Coyle, Daniel | The Culture Code | Leadership |
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Cross, Kim | What Stands in a Storm | Disaster Response (Tornados) |
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Cullen, David | Columbine | Disaster Response (Active Shooter) |
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De Becker, Gavin | The Gift of Fear | Disaster Preparedness & Response |
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Doerr, John | Measure What Matters | Leadership |
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Fink, Sherri | 5 Days at Memorial | Disaster Response |
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Forstchen, William R. | One Second After | Disaster Response (EMP) |
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Frank, Pat | Alas Babylon | Disaster Response |
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Gehring, Abigail | Back to Basics | Homestead Skills |
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Gladwell, Malcolm | David and Goliath | Leadership |
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Gladwell, Malcolm | Outliers | Leadership |
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Gladwell, Malcolm | Talking to Strangers | Leadership |
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Goleman, Daniel | Primal Leadership | Leadership |
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Gottlieb, Brian | Beyond the Hammer | Leadership |
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Green Leaf Leadership | Leaders Don’t Make Excuses | Leadership |
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Hasson, Gil | How to Deal with Difficult People | Leadership |
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Keller, Gary | The One Thing | Leadership |
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Mast, Herb | Intentionality for Leaders | Leadership |
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Maxwell, John | The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership | Leadership |
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McDowel, Kyle | Begin With We | Leadership |
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Patterson, Grenny, et al | Crucial Accountability | Leadership |
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Pollard, Matthew | The Edge | Leadership |
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Ripley, Amanda | Unthinkable | Disaster Response |
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Sinek, Simon | Leaders Eat Last | Leadership |
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Sinek, Simon | Start with Why | Leadership |
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Shannon, Jeff | Lead Engaging Meetings | Leadership |
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Sherwood, Ben | The Survivors Club | Disaster Preparedness |
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Snavely, Geoff | Disruptive Discovery | Leadership |
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Sullivan, Dan Hardy, Dr. Benjamin |
Who Not How | Leadership |
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Sun Tzu | The Art of War | Leadership |
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Voss, Chris | Never Split the Difference | Negotiating |
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Wiseman, John “Lofty” | SAS Survival Handbook | Wilderness Survival |
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Wiseman, Liz | Multipliers | Leadership |
| Backpack Contents and Kits | |
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| Small Essentials Toolkit (Video) | CERT Go Bag Contents (Video) |
| Emergency Response Backpack Contents (Video) | Disaster Response Kit (Video) |
| CERT Backpack & Contents (Table) |
| Disaster Psychology |
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| Kristina Anderson “Lessons Learned as a Survivor of the Virginia Tech Tragedy” (Video) |
| Leadership Videos | |
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| Simon Sinek’s Start with Why (video) |
| File of Life – Personal Medical Information | |
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| File of Life (PDF) |