Survival 9: Free Preparation and Survival Apps

Bob Mayer
2 min readAug 29, 2024

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Free Apps

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.

https://ecrumbs.roadid.com

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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Bob Mayer
Bob Mayer

Written by Bob Mayer

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