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Awareness & Survival provides important steps you can take to prepare for various emergency situations: Weather-related disasters, earthquakes, power outages, terrorism, bioterrorism, pandemics, influenza, radiation emergencies, effects of global warming and other disruptions. Winner of several awards.
 This must-see video can help you make vital decisions which will affect your family's welfare if disaster strikes. Winner of several awards - scroll to the bottom for a complete list.
The threat of a natural or man made disaster is something no one wants to think about. Every day we read of natural disasters such as hurricanes, severe drought, wildland fires, power outages and floods. Media reports of the effects of Global Warming appear almost daily. Solar activity can disrupt power grids and disrupt communications satellites. Chemical spills and transportation accidents can release dangerous elements into the air in seconds. Learn how you can be notified of severe weather, local disasters, dangerous events 24 hours a day. Our world has changed since September 11th. The threat of terrorism with North America. is real. Learn how to prepare for bio-terrorism, dirty bombs, and other acts of terrorism. The threat of a global pandemic such as Avian Influenza Pandemic continues to loom. Learn how a few simple steps can protect you and your family. Knowing what you and your family can do to prepare for any type of disaster will help reduce stress if a natural or man made disaster occurs. Having the proper supplies and knowing how to use them can make a difference between life and death in time of an emergency. Emergency Preparedness - Awareness & Survival DVD is ideal for the public, ham radio operators, parents, businesses, emergency managers, EMS personal, and Community Emergency Response Terms
(CERT) training. Emergency Preparedness - Awareness & Survival is in use today by schools, libraries, emergency services, American Red Cross chapters, local and state governments and the public. Don't wait for a disaster to occur. Learn what options you have today to be prepared for tomorrow. This Emergency Preparedness DVD contains essential information for your
family's emergency preparedness plans including, including: • How to obtain and store safe drinking water
• How to prepare for an Influenza pandemic
• How to use a gas mask
• How to use an escape hood
• How to chose the right flashlight
• How to detect radiation
• How use a particle respirator for influenza and other disasters
• How to cook safely during a disaster
• What food to store for emergencies.
• NOAA All Hazards radio
• How to build an emergency escape kit for both family and business
• How to create a disaster plan for your family and business
• Communications during a disaster
• How to shelter in place or evacuate
• Pandemics - how they get in your body
• How to protect against the influenza
• How to use a fire extinguisher
• What is global warming and the effects on our daily lives
• Emergency communications
• The use of satellite radio in times of emergency
• How to obtain the latest news locally, nationally, and worldwide in a disaster
• What foods to store, and how to store them
• Alternative sources of emergency heat and power
• How to reduce the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning
• Alternative means of communication during telephone or power outages
• What necessary supplies to keep on hand
• How to care for your pet during a disaster
• The use of GPS during an emergency
• What is a dirty bomb?
• What to do during a radiation accident
• Bioterrorism
• ICE (In Case of Emergency) numbers on cell phone
• NOAA weather radio with SAME feature
• Ham radio in emergencies
• International ham radio communications from walkie-talkies to Internet
• Monitoring disaster communications
• Home use of Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
• Learn how solar storms impact communications on earth
  
About Apogee Communications Group: Arthur Levy, Director of Photography and founder of Apogee Communications Group, has won many awards in his 30+ year career as a film & video professional. Major clients have included ABC, CBS, NBC Networks, Paramount Pictures, and countless international corporations. In addition to news and documentaries, Arthur has shot many medical programs, political commercials, training, marketing programs, and video news releases. Arthur is fortunate to have been behind the camera for many historic events. He shot the very first footage of the crater floor of Mt. St. Helens volcano for CBS Network News on May 31, 1981, shot several stories and network specials on the Olympic games in Los Angeles, covered the Pope's visit to the United States for CBS News in 1979, and traveled with many presidential and vice presidential campaigns for CBS News including the Agnew, Bush, Carter, Church, Hart, Humphrey, Jackson, Mondale, McGovern, and Reagan campaigns. He has shot assignments for Australian, British, Italian, and Japanese television, and worked as a freelance cameraman for UPITN and TVN news services. Arthur also covered the events during the occupation of Wounded Knee, South Dakota in 1973 for CBS News. He spent more than 45 days inside the village during fierce gun fire and was the only cameraman to film the events when the 71 day take over of the village by Ogallala Sioux Indians ended. Footage was used in the 1992 documentary "Incident at Ogallala" narrated by Robert Redford. Levy also appeared on camera in the documentary.
Awards: | | |  | | Gold Award, Aurora Awards 2007 | Bronze Award, The Telly Awards 2007 | Award of Excellence, The Communicator Awards 2007 | Videographer Award, 2007 | Gold REMI Award |
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