Review
By John McCarthy
Format:Paperback
Straight forward, well researched, EZ to read
CHECKLISTS to refer back to that are very adaptable to my family's needs
A must read if you care at all about your family...after reading this guide I now believe if I live prepared, I'll be prepared to live!
CHECKLISTS to refer back to that are very adaptable to my family's needs
A must read if you care at all about your family...after reading this guide I now believe if I live prepared, I'll be prepared to live!
About the Author
Matt Lawrence: Author, consultant, public speaker & media personality, is president of Paratus International LLC; a firm dedicated to providing disaster preparedness, continuity of business and security planning for the public and private sectors.
Lawrence has been an invited speaker before members of Congress, conducted preparedness seminars at conferences sponsored by state and federal agencies and provided endorsements for various new life saving technologies marketed today.
A Florida native, Lawrence first witnessed the plight of Cuban refugees as a child in the early 1960s. Thirty years later, life would lead him to fly search and rescue missions with both Brothers to the Rescue and a similar group, Freedom Flight International where he served as both Director of Special Projects and Chief Mission Specialist.
Matt's co-author and editor, Thomas Van Hare is the former Chairman of Freedom Flight International and was previously operations director, mission director and command pilot for Brothers to the Rescue.
Van Hare has served with three Administrations in Washington. During the Reagan administration, he was with the United States Agency for International Development. He also served President George H.W. Bush (Bush 41), as Special Assistant to then Assistant Secretary of Defense Richard Armitage and later to then Assistant Secretaries Dr. Harry Rowen and Ambassador James Lilly.
In 2004, Thomas Van Hare was requested to return to the Office of the Secretary of Defense and work with the Coalition Provisional Authority. Thereafter, he served as Director, Organizational Assessment, in the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
Thomas Van Hare is currently executive director of a company involved in the global development and direct commercial sales of sophisticated military aircraft.
Lawrence has been an invited speaker before members of Congress, conducted preparedness seminars at conferences sponsored by state and federal agencies and provided endorsements for various new life saving technologies marketed today.
A Florida native, Lawrence first witnessed the plight of Cuban refugees as a child in the early 1960s. Thirty years later, life would lead him to fly search and rescue missions with both Brothers to the Rescue and a similar group, Freedom Flight International where he served as both Director of Special Projects and Chief Mission Specialist.
Matt's co-author and editor, Thomas Van Hare is the former Chairman of Freedom Flight International and was previously operations director, mission director and command pilot for Brothers to the Rescue.
Van Hare has served with three Administrations in Washington. During the Reagan administration, he was with the United States Agency for International Development. He also served President George H.W. Bush (Bush 41), as Special Assistant to then Assistant Secretary of Defense Richard Armitage and later to then Assistant Secretaries Dr. Harry Rowen and Ambassador James Lilly.
In 2004, Thomas Van Hare was requested to return to the Office of the Secretary of Defense and work with the Coalition Provisional Authority. Thereafter, he served as Director, Organizational Assessment, in the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
Thomas Van Hare is currently executive director of a company involved in the global development and direct commercial sales of sophisticated military aircraft.
