Preppers and government are like oil and vinegar. The two of them are never going to mix. This is because they are fundamentally different at their core. We preppers set a course for self-reliance and independence. Government on the other hand seems to lean into creating dependence which grows government size and power.
On one side you have the preppers using their multitools to stab holes in the balloon of bureaucracy while on the other side you have a growing government task force blowing with all their might to keep the balloon inflated and growing.
All that said, there are some prepping diamonds hidden throughout the sewage lines of government. If you are willing to do a get a little poo on your shoes, then you can take advantage of the government for a variety of preps.
Trainings
The CDC, DHS and FEMA all have a variety of training courses on their website. It took a little research to really understand all that is offered by these organizations. What I have found is that if you have a genuine desire to learn about emergency preparedness the training is thorough and FREE!
Homeland Security
DHS offers everything from boating and marine safety to infrastructure protection training. You can even learn about LEO practices. Each of these has multiple modules and sections. The content is dry but deep with information. (dhs.gov)
FEMA
FEMA is the powerhouse of all training programs. It has its own training homepage that focuses on a variety of topics. The FEMA website has a literal Emergency Management Institute.
FEMA offers everything from onsite, hands-on training to more educational opportunities for boots on the ground community members, to higher education and even executive level crisis leadership.
There are you can find 12 independent study courses that are completely free to everyone.
Some courses require you to travel to a specific location and those are most of the costs you incur. The majority of training with FEMA is completely free. (training.fema.gov)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The CDC’s training apparatus is built around 4 core offerings.
- CDC Train
- CDC Learning Connection
- TRAIN Learning Network
- Public Health Stem Activities
All things public health is covered in these various trainings. CDC Learning Connection also offers healthcare training which can be very helpful if you are building on your first aid training. (cdc.gov)
Pandemic training seems to be spread throughout the CDC. Post COVID, there are lots of resources that can help you prepare for potentialities like H5N1. (phlearningnavigator.org)
Tax Holidays
This is often one of those things that sneaks up on you, but I would recommend stowing away some money for larger purchases on the tax-free holidays.
For those of you interested in backup power you might consider this tax holiday the weekend to buy a new generator.
Here are some examples of items that are tax free:
- A portable generator with a sales price of $3,000 or less. If that is not an expense you can afford right now, you can learn here how to build your own power plant for cheap and outlive any long-term blackout.
- A tarpaulin or other flexible waterproof sheeting with a sales price of $100 or less
- Ground anchor system or tie-down kit with a sales price of $100 or less
- A smoke detector or smoke alarm with a sales price of $70 or less
- A fire extinguisher with a sales price of $70 or less
- A carbon monoxide detector with a sales price of $70 or less
- A nonelectric food storage cooler with a sales price of $60 or less
- A portable power bank with a sales price of $60 or less
- A gas or diesel fuel tank with a sales price of $50 or less
- A portable self-powered radio*, two-way radio, or weather-band radio with a sales price of $50 or less
- A package of AA-cell, AAA-cell, C-cell, D-cell, 6-volt, or 9-volt batteries, excluding automobile
- and boat batteries, with a sales price of $50 or less
- A portable self-powered light source* (powered by battery, solar, hand-crank, or gas) with a sales price of $40 or less
- Flashlight, lanterns, candles
These can vary by state. These items were pulled from Florida’s recent tax holiday. Do your research but know that many states offer these tax holidays for preparedness items.
Grants
It’s hard to believe but FEMA offers pages of emergency preparedness grants. (FEMA.gov)
Many of these are designed for state run operations but you can sift through them all to see what fits for you.
Look for grants that fortify communities.
You can use them to make your area much more prepared in general.
One great example is the Nonprofit Security Grant which is designed to harden targets against terrorism. If I lived in North Carolina where people keep putting bullet holes in power substations I would apply for this loan.
The government is largely a behemoth that is growing out of control. The old restraints have been dissolved in the name of public safety. Between a terrorist attack and a pandemic, we have allowed the government to grow completely out of control.
That doesn’t mean there aren’t diamonds in the rough. As you can see there are lots of opportunities for you to learn. Take full advantage of these government preps. We need every advantage we can muster for the days that are ahead of us.
However, while the government offers a surprising amount of free resources and training, sometimes you need more practical, boots-on-the-ground advice. That’s why I highly recommend this guide. It goes far beyond what those free courses can provide, offering comprehensive strategies and actionable steps for bugging in during prolonged crises.
Whether you’re facing a natural disaster, civil unrest, or a total grid collapse, this guide is designed to help you create a secure, self-sufficient home environment. You’ll learn how to stockpile food and water, fortify your home against looters, and keep your family safe in any scenario.
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It is best to stay far away from the government and all of
it’s alphabet agencies.
They don’t have our best interests in mind. Providing jobs
for their employees is their job.
The Hawaiian second attempt shooter has never spent a day in jail yet has multiply rap sheet offenses. Hawaii has a lot of well known liberals in that state, Oprah, Obama and others, was their a connection to why this individual is not in prison for past deeds?
Did he go to Ukraine to promote former USA military to fight in the Ukrainian-Russian war?
What would a Harris-Walz world war look like if God forbid she won?
Are you willing to find out, I sure as heck don’t want to find out, period.
Sounds like this author is a big fan of big government. We need to shrink the size of the bloated agencies and some need to be disbanded like DHS the umbrella for overspending abuse of the agencies under it’s protection.
America needed to back to the basics, strong border wall, drill for oil and remove all anchor baby daisy chained families who need to go back a come into America legally.
Screeching pitch voice of “Word Salad” for four years or more?
Another thing on the horizon is the reactivation of the shuttered nuclear power plants. The AI and crypto mining server farms need power through an already collapsing electrical grid that is suffering from EV plugin charging.
AI will suck up every available watt of electricity, mostly to do the storage for government social credit surveillance system being hooked up.
At least 30 years ago we did not need or have use for the internet and computers. Today people are handcuffed to their internet computers and smartphones. Many office workers are electronically paper pushing data just like they did with physical paper pushing. The difference is electronically ID theft is easier to do to steal your life and home to criminals here and overseas.
AI, politics of the hard left and organized religion will be the downfall of America.
These religious organized NGO’s are the foundation of these illegals flooding our open borders and making small towns bare the financial of freeloaders, Springfield?
Isn’t it time to reevaluate what is important?
Harry, having been involved with some of the above mentioned agencies, I agree completely. Stay off of those lists of enrollee’s. Period.
What good is DHS when there is a huge open border and Haitians and others, being flown in on USA govt approved plane flights into our American cities?
The useless DHS lets in foreign invaders through the open southern border, what good is DHS?
Think it is bad, wait for a Harris-Walz reformed America, if you don’t vote for Trump.
God bless America!
How did the VP get elected to be the “D” presidential front runner when the demoncrat voters did not have say in their choice of candidates?
The deep state is being exposed everyday to what their real plans are about.
Stay tuned for more only a few days left.
I have asked this question and still have no answers. She did NOT appear on the primary ballot biden did. We The People (the Democrats) did NOT elect her to run for anything let alone dog catcher! This is unconstitutional for her to run, no one elected her. My ballot for March 12th contained only Trump, biden, and a local who was running for President. That is it NO harris.
It’s fine Scripture warned us things of this and more will happen pushing us ever closer to Jesus’ return. Fine, let it roll the prince of this world was already condemned 2000 years ago we’re just waiting for all to come to pass in God’s time.
Danel’s book is opening so it won’t be long now. WATCH for Psalm 83 alliance that’s closely related to Lebanon’s misery from port bombing as of late. The French President already visited the scene. Very interesting what the people said to him! This Pslam 83 alliance has NEVER been in any world history. Iran is out. This is truly prophetic so keep watching it! Come now, Lord Jesus!
Mr Walton’s first three sentences are correct, and Chuck is right keep a lot of distance between you and the government.
There is at least one good government program that I can support and that is CERT (Community Emergency Response Team). This is a FEMA program that prepares civilians to assist in mass casualty events. Usually sponsored by a local Fire Department, the training is excellent. One does not have to join CERT after taking the training (tho’ this is recommended for two (2) reasons). First you are now an insider when SHTF and can be alerted to local information that might not be readily available to the civilian community and 2nd, you will train regularly to keep your skills honed Additionally you will receive a “Go Bag” containing emergency equipment to keep on hand in the event of a call-up.
CERT is the fixer of govt programs like FEMA that screw things up.
Time to clean our American house, Spring clean all departments, all the bureaucrats who are waiting for their retirement do nothings.
The so called pillars of liberal fraud, waste and abuse of American taxpayers must be disbanded.
Homeland Security Department transfer political power back to their original better functioning agencies. Three letter agencies need an overhaul of the department heads gone that are influenced by Clinton, Obama currently.
Department of Education is nothing more than a monopoly for the female version the teacher’s union trying be like the real Teamsters Union. Bring the education standards and power back to each state of the union. Quit wasting taxpayer’s federal money.
We can see the pattern as many of these federal “Micro-soft bloated ware” agencies are nothing more than govt waste of money. We can clean house and reduce our tax and spend bureaucrats that have constricted our American freedoms.
It is up to the average American citizen to vote this presidential election or drown in a foreign invasion that this country has never seen before. With Liberals in charge of no accountability for their actions.
Your vote matters, this is a fight for our country, illegals go home.
God bless America.
This article is just a taste of what could happen if the conservatives loose 11-5-24.
You won’t own any prepping like food storage if we have Harris-Walz than Trump.
We are in a mess with way back for short term memory public of Jan 6th. Trump asked for National Guard back up, Pelosi at that time turned down the extra law enforcement and National Guard troops to prevent the Jan 6th political prisoners.
The Biden-Harris team has given billions in funding to Iran who was bankrupt then. Iran wants Harris-Walz in office to complete Israel destruction and America as we know them.
Right now Harris say she is a gun owner, how many times does she go to the range, what store did she buy the gun? What kind of gun is it?
Many unanswered questions and her reversal to a gun confiscation program.
Harris promises to fix the border, economy, well what was she doing for the past 3.5 years? She is going to fix the problems Biden-Harris created by Obama’s puppets, she says stuff to get the corrupt votes of freeloaders.
The Demoncrates for years have badgered Trump calling him everything but American. Now the whacked out followers have attempted two near live terminations.
Currently by a whistleblower there are five hit teams three foreign and two domestic teams hunting Trump and others.
Harris-Walz administration will be like the “Time Share” real estate industry of a “Hotel California” once in you may never get out, except by death.
Agree Lisa, we have an American coverup going on. I dislike all the politics since Obama came unto the political scene of his changing America campaign, who actually has, is funding him?
We have clowns or puppets of the Demoncrat party that have taken America left of center to what was the old Soviet Union before it imploded. The same is happening in western countries, especially the way America has gone that road too.
Can we turn our country back on course with illegals being DMV motor voter signed up not being legal American citizens to vote?
Will we get cheated out of a fair election?
Out in California; so goes the rest of the country.
Can we imagine what America will be like as we see what Harris did as the California state DA that pushed a law for criminals to steal up to a $1000.00. Many businesses have gone under or moved out of state, shopping malls are a homeless ghost town of ruin. Thank you CA Gov Newscum and his “French Laundry” buddies. Newscum kept his businesses open while mom & pop businesses had to close up shop.
He just made law against any misinformation being promoted other than the CA Sacramento misinformation promoted by Demoncrats.
We the people have ZERO obligation to these freeloading illegals since Biden and Harris let the border wall go to hell!
It ‘is time to activate the illegal’s smartphones given out by Obama’s puppet politicians. What could happen or not in this “Matrix” world we live?
I’d pay Good Money to see 28 million illegals blown up all at once!
Yep, I’d empty my retirement fund for that!
Believe it will be 50 million by the end of the year.
These mass shootings only took one to make a mass panic of the sheeple.
Imagine the 50 million illegals do a mass shooting of Americans all at once.
This is what DHS and Biden-Harris compromised DOJ does not want us to know.
Harris owns a gun and wants to confiscate yours?
There’s nothing like using your enemy’s own tools against them!
How can I find 500mg pennicilian tabs?
Ask a Mexican drug dealer they have all you need, that’s were your drugs will be, Dah!
My spouse is essential personnel and had to take a FEMA.class on continuity of government planning. I was able to attend the class as well and found it informative.
The presenter went around the room asking who everyone was and why they were there. Some were first responders, some healthcare workers, some bankers, some from municipal departments, e.g., sewer department, water department. I said as I was married to someone considered essential personnel, I thought it might behoove me to see how to keep the home fires burning, so to speak. A few of the attendees named classes tailor-made for that. They over spoke each other so I didn’t get the exact names. It’s on my list to research.
While much of the class didn’t pertain to me directly, it certainly provided food for thought. I could check with my own municipality to see what they had planned. Parts of the class could be scaled down to apply to a single home or neighborhood as well.
I wanted to write a comment but why, I would only say the same things you all did. Time will tell.
The election will set the course of this country.
God Bless you all and keep your eyes towards heaven. JESUS IS COMING
This election is up in the air, for reasons you already know.
If Trump wins, things will be a little easier for a little while. It would be an extra blessing from God to have that reprieve for a while. Use the time wisely to prepare.
If Harris wins, things will rapidly deteriorate.
Either way, God is still good.