Your guide to resources that can help you stay safe when disaster strikes.
Emergency Preparedness Book Collection
The Official FEMA Disaster Preparedness Guide: Are You Ready? by Federal Emergency Management Agency
The Ultimate Survival Medicine Guide: Emergency Preparedness for Any Disaster by Joseph Alton, MD
The Prepared Home: How to Stock, Organize, and Edit Your Home to Thrive in Comfort, Safety, and Style by Melissa George
The Encyclopedia of Country Living: The Original Manual for Living Off the Land & Doing It Yourself (Homesteading & Off-Grid Survival) by Carla Emery
Back to Basics: A Complete Guide to Traditional Skills by Abigail Gehring
The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes - and Why by Amanda Ripley
The Disaster-Ready Home: A Step-by-Step Emergency Preparedness Manual for Sheltering in Place by Creek Stewart
The Urban Prepper's Guide: How to Become Self-Sufficient and Prepared for the Next Crisis by Jim Cobb
Prepper's Pantry Handbook: How to Plan and Cook Nutritional Emergency Meals by Kate Rowinski
How to Prepare for Climate Change: A Practical Guide to Surviving the Chaos by David Pogue
Resources:
Caldwell
State Resources
Preparing for Your Pets & Animals:
New Jersey Animal Emergency Response Site
Find Animal Emergency Assistance
NJ Office of Emergency Management
NJ Register Ready - New Jersey residents with disabilities or access and functional needs and their families, friends, caregivers and associates an opportunity to provide information to emergency response agencies so emergency responders can better plan to serve them in a disaster or other emergency.
Helpful Downloads
Emergency Supply List - a printable checklist of essentials to have for an emergency supply kit
Are You Ready? An In-depth Guide to Citizen Preparedness
Hazard Information Sheets - Learn how to prepare, stay safe, and respond to hazards such as: Flooding, Power Outage, Winter Storms, Financial Emergencies, and much more.
Family Emergency Communication Plan - Use this form to create a plan, which you can email as a PDF file once complete.
Articles
Federal Resources
These articles are available in the library or remotely with your Caldwell Public Library card.
How to Keep Your Home Safe (and What to Do in an Emergency)
Consumer Reports Jul/Aug2026, p56-63
The Best Emergency Preparedness Supplies
NYtimes.com, Wirecutter July 30, 2025