Preparedness Works

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The Preparedness Guy, Nat Sellers, will focus on the stories of those who utilized emergency preparedness to improve their lives. Nat is a professional emergency manager and will lead conversations that help the everyday prepper to do it right.

JAN 7

Baby its cold outside

Baby, it's cold outside, but you don't have to be. Follow these winter weather preparedness tips and stay nice and cozy inside, even with a power outage. Let's talk about meeting your basic needs during a winter weather emergency. Please visit our sponsors! L3Harris Technologies' BeOn PPT App. Learn more about this amazing product here: www.l3harris.com Visit The Readiness Lab and learn about our Next Level Emergency Management training! https://www.thereadinesslab.com/ Impulse: Bleeding Control Kits by professionals for professionals: www.dobermanemg.com/impulse Doberman Emergency Management Group provides subject matter experts in planning and training: www.dobermanemg.com Check out how you can use digital twins in your training, exercising, and planning using RSET https://rset.com/ For sponsorship requests, check out our Sponsorship Portfolio here or email us at contact@thereadinesslab.com

22 min
03/04/2025

The Secret Nuclear Bunker at The Greenbrier Resort

I toured a former Cold War era secret government bunker under The Greenbrier Resort. Formerly known as Project Greek Island, this bunker was meant for members of Congress to wait out nuclear war, before emerging to legislate whatever remained. Let's talk about the bunker, its development and features, and the dedicated team who secretly kept the bunker ready to use for over 30 years until it was exposed by journalist Ted Gup in an article cleverly titled "The Last Resort." Please visit our sponsors! L3Harris Technologies' BeOn PPT App. Learn more about this amazing product here: www.l3harris.com Impulse: Bleeding Control Kits by professionals for professionals: www.dobermanemg.com/impulse Doberman Emergency Management Group provides subject matter experts in planning and training: www.dobermanemg.com The Readiness Lab Podcast Network Prepaerdness Works is part of The Readiness Lab Podcast Network For sponsorship requests: contact@thereadinesslab.com or visit our website: www.thereadinesslab.com Please visit our sponsors! L3Harris Technologies' BeOn PPT App. Learn more about this amazing product here: www.l3harris.com Visit The Readiness Lab and learn about our Next Level Emergency Management training! https://www.thereadinesslab.com/ Impulse: Bleeding Control Kits by professionals for professionals: www.dobermanemg.com/impulse Doberman Emergency Management Group provides subject matter experts in planning and training: www.dobermanemg.com Check out how you can use digital twins in your training, exercising, and planning using RSET https://rset.com/ For sponsorship requests, check out our Sponsorship Portfolio here or email us at contact@thereadinesslab.com

41 min
06/28/2024

Necessary Dependence

Self-reliance, personal responsibility, and a spirit of independence are valuable attributes, but what do you do when you must be reliant on someone else? Nat talks about the times of necessary dependence, and how to maintain a spirit of independence while embracing the power of community. Join us for a next level communications workshop for first responders! Learn from top experts, enjoy a provided lunch, and participate in a hands-on exercise. Limited to 100 attendees. Sign up today and join The Readiness Lab and L3 Harris at this exciting event! Registration is free: https://l3harristechnologies.regfox.com/vancouver-wa-mci-at-the-parade The Readiness Lab Insider Subscription: https://www.thereadinesslab.com/the-eoc Major Endorsements: L3Harris's BeOn PPT App. Learn more about this amazing product here: www.l3harris.com Impulse: Bleeding Control Kits by professionals for professionals: www.dobermanemg.com/impulse Doberman Emergency Management Group provides subject matter experts in planning and training: www.dobermanemg.com The Readiness Lab Podcast Network Prepaerdness Works is part of The Readiness Lab Podcast Network For sponsorship requests: contact@thereadinesslab.com or visit our website: www.thereadinesslab.com Please visit our sponsors! L3Harris Technologies' BeOn PPT App. Learn more about this amazing product here: www.l3harris.com Visit The Readiness Lab and learn about our Next Level Emergency Management training! https://www.thereadinesslab.com/ Impulse: Bleeding Control Kits by professionals for professionals: www.dobermanemg.com/impulse Doberman Emergency Management Group provides subject matter experts in planning and training: www.dobermanemg.com Check out how you can use digital twins in your training, exercising, and planning using RSET https://rset.com/ For sponsorship requests, check out our Sponsorship Portfolio here or email us at contact@thereadinesslab.com

25 min
06/14/2024

Building Preparedness Communities

Who are the people you want around you in an emergency? Someone shows up asking for people with a particular set of skills and says they’re looking to put together a team. Of course they want you to he a part of it. Sounds realistic, right? Well, maybe not. Do we choose our friends because they can benefit us or because we like them? On paper, you might be able to choose an expertly skilled team to have around, but in real life, it’s not so simple. Join us for a next level communications workshop for first responders! Learn from top experts, enjoy a provided lunch, and participate in a hands-on exercise. Limited to 100 attendees. Sign up today and join The Readiness Lab and L3 Harris at this exciting event! Registration is free: https://l3harristechnologies.regfox.com/vancouver-wa-mci-at-the-parade The Readiness Lab Insider Subscription: https://www.thereadinesslab.com/the-eoc Major Endorsements: L3Harris's BeOn PPT App. Learn more about this amazing product here: www.l3harris.com Impulse: Bleeding Control Kits by professionals for professionals: www.dobermanemg.com/impulse Doberman Emergency Management Group provides subject matter experts in planning and training: www.dobermanemg.com The Readiness Lab Podcast Network Prepaerdness Works is part of The Readiness Lab Podcast Network For sponsorship requests: contact@thereadinesslab.com or visit our website: www.thereadinesslab.com Please visit our sponsors! L3Harris Technologies' BeOn PPT App. Learn more about this amazing product here: www.l3harris.com Visit The Readiness Lab and learn about our Next Level Emergency Management training! https://www.thereadinesslab.com/ Impulse: Bleeding Control Kits by professionals for professionals: www.dobermanemg.com/impulse Doberman Emergency Management Group provides subject matter experts in planning and training: www.dobermanemg.com Check out how you can use digital twins in your training, exercising, and planning using RSET https://rset.com/ For sponsorship requests, check out our Sponsorship Portfolio here or email us at contact@thereadinesslab.com

27 min
02/09/2024

The Ambulance Down in the Valley

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Nat usually draws attention away from the hazards, but today he gives two areas where understanding and focusing on the hazard are helpful, but you can still do it in a positive way. He also shares The Ambulance Down in the Valley, a poem written by Joseph Malins in 1895, which explores the relationship between prevention/mitigation and response. Major Endorsements: L3Harris's BeOn PPT App. Learn more about this amazing product here: www.l3harris.com Paladin by Acela: Move into recovery with mobile MCI refrigerated morgues: www.paladinprepare.com Impulse: Bleeding Control Kits by professionals for professionals: www.dobermanemg.com/impulse Doberman Emergency Management Group provides subject matter experts in planning and training: www.dobermanemg.com The Readiness Lab Podcast Network Prepaerdness Works is part of The Readiness Lab Podcast Network For sponsorship requests: contact@thereadinesslab.com or visit our website: www.thereadinesslab.com Please visit our sponsors! L3Harris Technologies' BeOn PPT App. Learn more about this amazing product here: www.l3harris.com Visit The Readiness Lab and learn about our Next Level Emergency Management training! https://www.thereadinesslab.com/ Impulse: Bleeding Control Kits by professionals for professionals: www.dobermanemg.com/impulse Doberman Emergency Management Group provides subject matter experts in planning and training: www.dobermanemg.com Check out how you can use digital twins in your training, exercising, and planning using RSET https://rset.com/ For sponsorship requests, check out our Sponsorship Portfolio here or email us at contact@thereadinesslab.com

13 min
01/16/2024

Preparedness Works 19 - Food Storage Basics

Many of you wonder about food storage. How much should I store? What kinds of foods should I store? We'll take a look at the FEMA 2023 National Preparedness Report to see what they say, then I'll give you the real answer... which may or may not be to stack it to the rafters! Enjoy this food storage primer while you munch on a US Coast Guard approved ration bar...or some chocolate. Your choice. Major Endorsements: L3Harris's BeOn PPT App. Learn more about this amazing product here: www.l3harris.com Propper Apparel: From the outdoors to the EOC, wear Propper. www.propper.com Paladin by Acela: Move into recovery with mobile MCI refrigerated morgues: www.paladinprepare.com Impulse: Bleeding Control Kits by professionals for professionals: www.dobermanemg.com/impulse Doberman Emergency Management Group provides subject matter experts in planning and training: www.dobermanemg.com The Readiness Lab Podcast Network Prepaerdness Works is part of The Readiness Lab Podcast Network For sponsorship requests: contact@thereadinesslab.com or visit our website: www.thereadinesslab.com Please visit our sponsors! L3Harris Technologies' BeOn PPT App. Learn more about this amazing product here: www.l3harris.com Visit The Readiness Lab and learn about our Next Level Emergency Management training! https://www.thereadinesslab.com/ Impulse: Bleeding Control Kits by professionals for professionals: www.dobermanemg.com/impulse Doberman Emergency Management Group provides subject matter experts in planning and training: www.dobermanemg.com Check out how you can use digital twins in your training, exercising, and planning using RSET https://rset.com/ For sponsorship requests, check out our Sponsorship Portfolio here or email us at contact@thereadinesslab.com

30 min
01/02/2024

Preparedness Works 18 - Prepare for the Unpreparable

To close out 2023, in a quick message Nat talks about how this year was like nothing he could have imagined. How do you prepare for what you can't prepare for? Major Endorsements: L3Harris's BeOn PPT App. Learn more about this amazing product here: www.l3harris.com Propper Apparel: From the outdoors to the EOC, wear Propper. www.propper.com Paladin by Acela: Move into recovery with mobile MCI refrigerated morgues: www.paladinprepare.com Impulse: Bleeding Control Kits by professionals for professionals: www.dobermanemg.com/impulse Doberman Emergency Management Group provides subject matter experts in planning and training: www.dobermanemg.com The Readiness Lab Podcast Network Prepaerdness Works is part of The Readiness Lab Podcast Network For sponsorship requests: contact@thereadinesslab.com or visit our website: www.thereadinesslab.com Please visit our sponsors! L3Harris Technologies' BeOn PPT App. Learn more about this amazing product here: www.l3harris.com Visit The Readiness Lab and learn about our Next Level Emergency Management training! https://www.thereadinesslab.com/ Impulse: Bleeding Control Kits by professionals for professionals: www.dobermanemg.com/impulse Doberman Emergency Management Group provides subject matter experts in planning and training: www.dobermanemg.com Check out how you can use digital twins in your training, exercising, and planning using RSET https://rset.com/ For sponsorship requests, check out our Sponsorship Portfolio here or email us at contact@thereadinesslab.com

6 min
10/26/2023

Preparedness Works 17 - Preparedness As a Civic Responsibility

From the era of American Civil Defense to the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program, and basically nothing in between, before, or after, preparedness was recognized as a civic responsibility, but those times focused on specific threats for their day. Is individual preparedness, outside a structured government system, a benefit or detriment to society? You can guess my answer, but let's see if you agree (if you don't, then we should chat sometime on the show). The Readiness Lab Podcast Network: For sponsorship requests: contact@thereadinesslab.com or visit our website: www.thereadinesslab.com L3Harris's BeOn PPT App. Learn more about this amazing product here: www.l3harris.com Contact Nat: Nat - The Preparedness Guy contact@preparednessguy.com http://www.preparednessguy.com Doberman Emergency Management owns and operates the Readiness Lab Podcast Network. Contact us here at: www.dobermanemg.com or email us at: info@dobermanemg.com. Please visit our sponsors! L3Harris Technologies' BeOn PPT App. Learn more about this amazing product here: www.l3harris.com Visit The Readiness Lab and learn about our Next Level Emergency Management training! https://www.thereadinesslab.com/ Impulse: Bleeding Control Kits by professionals for professionals: www.dobermanemg.com/impulse Doberman Emergency Management Group provides subject matter experts in planning and training: www.dobermanemg.com Check out how you can use digital twins in your training, exercising, and planning using RSET https://rset.com/ For sponsorship requests, check out our Sponsorship Portfolio here or email us at contact@thereadinesslab.com

26 min

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11 Ratings

Great show

06/29/2024

DoRights

Realistic advice on preparedness. Most shows are too extreme.
Good Information

08/25/2023

Blah1468643780

It’s great info from someone who’s got a variety of experience and expertise with wilderness survival, the military, emergency management/rescue work, with a balanced and reasonable perspective. Advice and information is focused on a very practical approach to common disasters (personal and larger-scale). Great guests as well. No crazy conspiracy theories or zombie apocalypse fantasies, which I appreciate. My constructive criticism is that the sound balance & editing could use some work. It’s a little slow and pretty quiet, which means that even as a person with good hearing, and even at full volume, I struggle to understand the dialogue if I’m listening in the car or other environment with background noise. Editing to make the episodes more streamlined and concise, by cutting out the “umms” and repetition that are normal while monologuing but draw out the episode length unnecessarily.
Great show by a pro

10/06/2022

Taika0608

I really like how down to earth this show is, excited to keep listening. The Preparedness Guy keeps making fun my knife choices :)