A Word On Using Apps!
Don’t just download an App and ignore. Open it. Most require some form of sign in which could be awkward during an emergency.
Explore it. How does it work? What does it do and what doesn’t it do?
Some apps are battery intensive, especially locator apps.
You can never rely 100% on any app because they are dependent on your phone which is dependent on:
-You having your phone
-The phone working
-the battery
-often apps require getting a signal to work properly
APPS and Web Pages (free unless otherwise noted)
Location Apps Topographic Map. Gaia with 20% discount
https://www.gaiagps.com/discounts/?fp_ref=bob-94
CDC App Center For Disease Control (Apple) (Android) Of limited use, but better to have than not have.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cdc/id487847188
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=gov.cdc.general&feature=search_result#?t=W10
Medical Apps Red Cross First Aid (Apple) (Android)
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/first-aid-by-american-red/id529160691
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cube.arc.fa&hl=en
Medical Apps CPR and Choking (Apple) (Android)
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/resuscitate-cpr-aed-choking/id363393502
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.heart.microlearning&hl=en_US&gl=US
Location Apps Family Locator-GPS Tracker for Android. GPS Tracker for Android.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.life360.android.safetymapd
Location Apps Emergency Alert System for Apple.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/silent-beacon-emergency-alert/id933730960
Location Apps Road ID eCrumbs App for Apple and Android.
Location Apps Google Earth (Apple) (Android)
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/google-earth/id293622097
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.earth
Disaster Apps Red Cross Hurricane App (Apple) (Android)
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hurricane-by-american-red/id545689128
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cube.arc.hfa&hl=en
The Wildfire APP: Apple Android
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/fires-wildfire-maps-and-info/id1143862825
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.davidgrossapps.wildfire&hl=en_US&gl=US
Wildfire Status web page: https://www.esri.com/en-us/disaster-response/disasters/wildfires
Disaster Apps Earthquake Alert for Android. Quake feed for Apple.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.joshclemm.android.quake&hl=en
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/quakefeed-earthquake-map-alerts/id403037266
Disaster Apps Weatherbug (Apple) (Android)
https://apps.apple.com/app/weatherbug-forecasts-radar/id281940292
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aws.android
Disaster Apps Disaster Alert (Apple) (Android)
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/disaster-alert-pacific-disaster/id381289235
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=disasterAlert.PDC
Disaster Apps FEMA (Apple) (Android)
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/fema/id474807486
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=gov.fema.mobile.android
Miscellaneous Apps Flashlight (Apple) (Android)
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/flashlight-o/id381471023
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ihandysoft.ledflashlight.mini
Knots 3D ($4.99) (Apple) (Android)
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/knots-3d/id453571750
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nynix.knots3d
Miscellaneous Apps Wild Edibles ($5.99) (Apple) (Android)
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wild-edibles-full/id431504588
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.andromo.dev58263.app71191&hl=en_US&gl=US
Miscellaneous Apps Scanner Radio (Apple) (Android)
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/scanner-radio-deluxe/id498405045
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.scannerradio
FEMA flood map search to determine this by entering your address:
https://msc.fema.gov/portal/search
FEMA safe room guidelines web site: https://www.fema.gov/residential-safe-rooms
List of nuclear power plants: http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/map-power-reactors.html
National Geographic 1:24,000 maps: http://www.natgeomaps.com/trail-maps/pdf-quads
USGS maps: http://nationalmap.gov/ustopo/
Home facts: http://www.homefacts.com/
Red Cross on line First Aid Courses: http://www.redcross.org/take-a-class/first-aid/first-aid-training/first-aid-online
Gaia App (with 20% discount for the PRO version which I recommend): https://www.gaiagps.com/discounts/?fp_ref=bob-94
Excerpted from The Green Beret Preparation and Survival Guide
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