What is crisismapping? Crisismappers are online teams of people who gather and provide data online to people responding to and people caught up in disasters. Crisismapping has been around for a while, but for most people it started with the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, where all the government and NGO information needed to respond to the earthquake was lost in the earthquake. We created online maps from satelllite images, put SMS and media reports onto an Ushahidi map, got documents into Sahana, …

Fathers, mothers, accountants, doctors, investment advisors, brokers, attorneys, teachers, business executives, business owners, machinist, mechanics, artist and………… There is a movement of self-sufficiency, preparedness, self-reliance and survival. These people have many names ranging from self-reliant, preppers, homesteaders, and survivalist. All share a need for quality of life, economic adaptation, and if necessary survive a catastrophic local or global event. New and wanting to learn how to …

Central Massachusetts Preppers is the local Chapter of the Massachusetts Preppers Network, and the American Preppers Network. We are about homesteading, survival, preparedness and sustainable living.

When the unthinkable happens in your city, are you prepared to survive? Disaster is a subject like taxes or death, no one wants to talk or think about it. This group is NOT about and totally DIFFERENT from alarmism or paranoia. Western cultural is biased against advance preparation outside times of active warfare. "It's preferred and viewed normal for people to avoid disaster safety."  But, Megadisasters have become part of our modern reality. Too many people mistakenly believe there is no pre …

Economic hard times are coming: Let's get ready! We may not be able to stop job losses, bankrupt city & state budgets, cutbacks in essential government services, bank failures, worldwide economic collapse, civil unrest, power grid failures, increased severe weather occurrences or other natural and man-made disasters but we can have a back-up plan! The purpose of our group is to get people together to learn and practice basic and advanced survival skills, gardening, foraging, alternative energy …

All are welcome! With thousands of responsible and concerned New Yorkers residing on Long Island, it is time to join together and proclaim "we are preppers"! Whether your motivation is to put aside some extra food to tide you over in the event of a job loss or medical emergency, prefer to be able to sit tight for a few days following an extended Long Island weather emergency or you have noticed the world is a mite unstable these days and are looking for a bit of personal sustainability - this i …

We are a group of Concerned Citizens meeting weekly at a dojo on 14th Street in Manhattan. We are learning and teachings many aspects of Urban Survival and Wilderness survival. Classes are taught classroom style and in the fields on site. We deal with Emergencies, Disasters and Self Suffiencies in general. Skills we are learning are: Gardening; food prep, canning and storage;alternate energy; fishing, hunting, tracking, orienteering; using hand tools; archery; stick fighting, self defense; first …

Survival, Preparedness, and Sustainable Living Organization for Connecticut.

Time's are getting Gritty. 72 Trillion dollars lost world wide in last years recession, then Greece Spain Britain in protest, Solar Flares abounding, heat waves in June, plus on going contamination in water and food... Prepared people with common sense.... For the time being this group will have to be exclusive. We don't have secret handshakes but we might have log cabins. We suggest finding Apps for your computers or phones that inform you when A Tsunami, Solar Flare, EarthQuake or other natura …

This is a Back-Up site for the original (APN Chapter) site. After having issues with the original site. We took it upon ourselves to develope a back up site.

This group is for anyone interested in learning more about Emergency Preparedness. What you can expect from any kind of survival situation, and how to protect/provide for yourself & family when circumstances arise. Always... "Be Prepared"! -Boy Scout Motto

Welcome to the Original Long Island Tactical Preppers: the original tactical prepping group. Like many other prepping groups, our primary goals are disaster preparedness and survival! However, we have added a tactical aspect to our prepping approach. As such, we place and elevated emphasis on defending our prepping efforts from those who would threaten our survival and the survival of those we are responsible for. We are looking for likeminded preppers to share their information and expertise in …

What we are about The Orange County NY Preppers Group is seeking members who wish to organize with us and prepare for possible major disasters that lay ahead. Optimally, we would like to organize a meet monthly to discuss how our group could survive and live beyond a major disaster.  All of us have the survival instinct, and learning together will enhance our chances of protecting our families and loved ones. Feel free to join our group if you know this group would suit your interest, and have …

We seeks to form and inform a community of individuals who are concerned about the direction of our Constitutional Republic, the global economy, the fragility of the current banking, currency, food, energy, medical & political systems as well as the general abandonment of traditional American values such as self reliance, self sufficiency, neighbors helping neighbor, and individual charity. The purpose of the group is to create a forum for the sharing of knowledge, skills, mistakes, resources, c …

There are plenty of amateur (ham) radio groups, nets, gatherings, and events in the area between Western Massachusetts and Central Connecticut (the so-called Knowledge Corridor). However, there isn't a Meetup group about Amateur (Ham) radio in the area. We will be visiting local groups, participate on the nets, get informed about local gatherings, and meet in person. This will be a one-stop resource about all things Amateur (Ham) Radio and Emergency Preparedness!

Participate in the muck out and mold suppression of homes in the Rockaways, Staten Island and Brooklyn with World Cares Center. Volunteers will be matched with an experienced team lead and perform basics of muck out of homes. Basic personal safety items and muck out equipment will be provided. On occasion, tools (wrenches, screwdrivers, etc.) are useful for mucking out homes. If you have access to this equipment and are willing to use them for this task, please bring them to the site. These oppo …

This group has been created to meet like minded individuals in the ways of survival , combatives, tactical training, and prepping in Urban Environments during ANY type of disaster either natural  or un-natural. WE ARE DEALING & LIVING IS VERY SERIOUS TIMES. WE NEED TO GET ORGANIZED & PREPPARED! We are looking at the world scenarios that are unfolding right under our noses and realize the importance of a team of American Citizens who have a group/team that they can truly rely on. If you have cer …

This group is for anyone who wants to store food for a rainy day. I will teach you to store 1 to 2 months of food for 25 years. while having drinks. Let's have fun and not worry because we are covered.