Don’t be scared—be prepared.

Does your family have the basic skills to survive without heat, electricity, or a supermarket? How will your family stay warm, fed, and sheltered? Do you have an evacuation plan if you are forced to leave your home? Disaster can strike at any time. Make sure you are prepared by following this practical plan for emergency self-sufficiency.

Bill Fulton and Jeanne Devon have spent a lifetime preparing. Bill, an Army veteran turned undercover FBI agent, spent more than a decade running an Army surplus store in Anchorage, Alaska, while learning to live off the land with his family. Jeanne, a longtime Alaska resident who forages and preserves wild plants while cooking, camping, and traveling across the Last Frontier, has survived earthquakes, volcanoes, and power outages in subzero temperatures. Here, they harness their collective expertise and training to provide families with practical advice on how to stay healthy and safe when catastrophe strikes.

The good news is there are real, simple, and fun ways that you can be ready for anything. Learn how to evaluate, organize, and rotate your food and water supply; pack a customized evacuation kit; protect important documents from fire and flood; develop a communications plan; make easy and nutritious foods with canned and dried pantry staples; and entertain the kids, even when the power is out.

The unthinkable may soon become all too real—climate change may soon affect your daily life; normal commodities may become scarce, public services may fail—but everything you need to know to survive and thrive is covered in this essential guide to family preparedness. Are you ready?