What's New

1. Support iOS7 and all previous iOS5.1 and above
2. Bug fixes

App Description

Hurricane? Earthquake? Wildfire? Please Be Prepared!!! A MUST for all iPAD Owners!! No Ad, instant on, instant reference, completely offline. Remove the fear of unknown. 1 minute to download this app, quickly find any information before, during and after any disasters. Do it for your family, friends, and for yourself.

This app is an adaptation of the 200-page “Are You Ready?” guide by FEMA. This app is designed with family and school in mind and takes full advantage of the iPad, turning the guide into rich media format. Some of the highlights are:

-Menu Driven: a few taps will take you to the exact page you wish to read
-Offline: run completely offline with minimal battery consumption
-Global Search: search by topics or keywords and find all relevant information quickly
-Separation of Pages: convert into 200 separate PDF pages, load faster, read easier
-Email: direct email any page, note, image, longitude, latitude information to family & friends
-Audio Annotation: you can annotate each page with your own voices, in any language
-Video Supplement: you can add video from other sources, or record directly from device camera
-Image Addition: add images from multiple sources, including doodling
-Customization: rearrange your presentation, add new information, present in a slide show
-Build your own family plan: document supplies, communications, shelters, escape route, etc.
-Build your school, business or community plan: teach students, neighbors and employees
-Use Video Mirroring to teach a large group of people (iPad 2 only)
-Activate location based service to document all local shelters for later offline use
-Document all your important records, password protection included
-In-App Browser: support online research to keep yourself informed of the latest information
-Self Demo Mode: and automatic slide show to be deployed as kiosk or unattended display
-And more….

Are You Ready? An In-depth Guide to Citizen Preparedness is FEMA’s most comprehensive source on individual, family, and community preparedness. The guide provides a step-by-step approach to disaster preparedness by walking the reader through how to get informed about local emergency plans, how to identify hazards that affect their local area, and how to develop and maintain an emergency communications plan and disaster supplies kit. Other topics covered include evacuation, emergency public shelters, animals in disaster, and information specific to people with disabilities.

Are You Ready? also provides in-depth information on specific hazards including what to do before, during, and after each hazard type. The following hazards are covered: Floods, Tornadoes, Hurricanes, Thunderstorms and Lightning, Winter Storms and Extreme Cold, Extreme Heat, Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Landslide and Debris Flows (Mudslide), Tsunamis, Fires, Wildfires, Hazardous Materials Incidents, Household Chemical Emergencies, Nuclear Power Plant, and Terrorism (including Explosion, Biological, Chemical, Nuclear, and Radiological hazards).

Future release will also teach the visually impaired with audio annotations. We will also accept translations of the entire document in any language.

Those who download the app are encouraged to share, to teach, and to contribute to your community.

***** This app is also great for group presentation. Hook up to a projector or large TV and teach preparedness to a large group of people. Feel free to request any customization. We will do it for free!

Earthquake preparedness!!! Now it is FREE! For Southern California residents and earthquake prone area residents, Get it now. From main menu, go to 2. Natural Hazards and scroll down to Earthquake information. Or, you can simply search "Earthquake" from Home Menu. Read it offline. Read it to your family, students, and do the drill. NOW! Please. If you have extra time, use the app as a checklist, prepare the escape route, or organize/document your possessions.

iPad Screenshots

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Disaster Preparedness Guide - Family and School Edition screenshot 1 Disaster Preparedness Guide - Family and School Edition screenshot 2 Disaster Preparedness Guide - Family and School Edition screenshot 3 Disaster Preparedness Guide - Family and School Edition screenshot 4

App Changes

  • July 01, 2011 Initial release
  • July 02, 2011 Price increase: FREE! -> $1.99
  • July 05, 2011 Price increase: $1.99 -> $2.99
  • July 13, 2011 Price decrease: $2.99 -> $0.99
  • July 16, 2011 Price increase: $0.99 -> $2.99
  • July 19, 2011 Price decrease: $2.99 -> $0.99
  • August 12, 2011 Price decrease: $0.99 -> FREE!
  • November 04, 2011 New version 1.2
  • December 14, 2013 New version 1.3
  • January 22, 2014 Price increase: FREE! -> $2.99
  • March 30, 2014 Price decrease: $2.99 -> FREE!
  • May 03, 2014 Price increase: FREE! -> $2.99
  • May 12, 2014 Price decrease: $2.99 -> FREE!