WO2008027981A2 - Procédé de mise en œuvre de sécurité civile privée sur abonnement - Google Patents

Procédé de mise en œuvre de sécurité civile privée sur abonnement Download PDF

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WO2008027981A2
WO2008027981A2 PCT/US2007/077135 US2007077135W WO2008027981A2 WO 2008027981 A2 WO2008027981 A2 WO 2008027981A2 US 2007077135 W US2007077135 W US 2007077135W WO 2008027981 A2 WO2008027981 A2 WO 2008027981A2
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  • This invention relates generally to providing survival-related services.
  • Examples of the latter include, but are certainly not limited to: transportation infrastructure such as roads, bridges, railways, and so forth that facilitate the inexpensive and rapid movement of sometimes perishable goods from source to consumer; communications infrastructure such as telephones, television, radio, and the Internet that facilitate the inexpensive and rapid sharing of news, advice, information, and entertainment; and the totality of civil services such as police services, fire fighting services, medical services, and so forth that facilitate a sufficient degree of order and predictability to, in turn, permit the complex series of inter-related actions that modern society requires in order to operate.
  • transportation infrastructure such as roads, bridges, railways, and so forth that facilitate the inexpensive and rapid movement of sometimes perishable goods from source to consumer
  • communications infrastructure such as telephones, television, radio, and the Internet that facilitate the inexpensive and rapid sharing of news, advice, information, and entertainment
  • civil services such as police services, fire fighting services, medical services, and so forth that facilitate a sufficient degree of order and predictability to, in turn, permit the complex series of inter-related actions that modern society requires in order to operate.
  • Such persons are also largely without many options when faced with civilly- catastrophic conditions that create a concurrent need for shelter, evacuation, and/or rescue.
  • the only available shelter comprises a public facility such as a school, auditorium, or sports venue on the one hand or ad hoc accommodations obtained at a hotel or via a charity or one's own social network.
  • a public facility such as a school, auditorium, or sports venue on the one hand or ad hoc accommodations obtained at a hotel or via a charity or one's own social network.
  • such options may be adequate.
  • such options quickly prove inadequate or even dangerous in and of themselves.
  • FIG. 1 comprises a flow diagram as configured in accordance with various embodiments of the invention
  • FIG. 2 comprises a schematic block diagram view as configured in accordance with various embodiments of the invention.
  • FIG. 3 comprises a flow diagram as configured in accordance with various embodiments of the invention.
  • FIG. 4 comprises a flow diagram as configured in accordance with various embodiments of the invention.
  • FIG. 5 comprises a schematic block diagram as configured in accordance with various embodiments of the invention.
  • FIG. 6 comprises a schematic block diagram as configured in accordance with various embodiments of the invention.
  • FIG. 7 comprises a schematic block diagram as configured in accordance with various embodiments of the invention.
  • FIG. 8 comprises a schematic block diagram as configured in accordance with various embodiments of the invention.
  • FIG. 9 comprises a schematic block diagram as configured in accordance with various embodiments of the invention.
  • FIG. 10 comprises a flow diagram as configured in accordance with various embodiments of the invention.
  • FIG. 11 comprises a top plan block diagram view as configured in accordance with various embodiments of the invention.
  • FIG. 12 comprises a flow diagram as configured in accordance with various embodiments of the invention.
  • a plurality of private civil security resources are provided.
  • These private civil security resources comprise, at least in part, civil security provisions, civil security facilities, and civil security services.
  • consideration-based private civil security subscriptions are accepted from subscribers with respect to providing civilly-catastrophic event-based access to at least one life-sustaining or civil security resource. That resource is then maintained pending a need to permit subscription-based access to the resource in the event of a catastrophic event.
  • Authorized beneficiaries are then provided with consideration-based access to this plurality of private civil security resources.
  • the private civil security provisions can comprise various life-sustaining resources as pertain to various categories of life's necessities, including, for example, breathable air, water, food, and protective clothing.
  • the nature of the subscribed-to resource can vary with the needs or requirements of a given application setting but may comprise one or more of a consumable necessity of human life, a non-consumable necessity of human life, shelter, transportation to effect the above-mentioned access, and/or rescue, to note but a few useful examples.
  • Deployable shelters can also be included if desired.
  • non-civil security resources such as, but not limited to, luxury items
  • the civil security facilities can comprise various facilities as have application with respect to protecting such authorized beneficiaries from the effects (including the aftermath, if any) of a civilly-catastrophic event and other dangerous or unpleasant environmental or external influences and forces.
  • the facilities can include, for example, such things as civil security shelters (including both short term and longer term facilities), transportation rally points, trans-shipment facilities and/or distribution facilities for civil security provisions, medical services facilities, training facilities, and so forth.
  • the civil security services can similarly comprise any of a wide variety of services as have application with respect to protecting such authorized beneficiaries.
  • Exemplary services include, but are not limited to, civil security information services (including information that is both generally and specifically appropriate for individual ones of the authorized beneficiaries), transportations services, rescue services, and so forth.
  • These teachings then further provide for offering reduced-consideration-based private civil security subscriptions for authorized beneficiaries who have at least a predetermined relationship with respect to a service provider as regards the at least one private civil security resource.
  • This can include, for example, the service provider themselves (and/or an agent thereof), their immediate family members, and/or their extended family members as desired.
  • This reduction in required consideration can comprise, as desired, a discount as compared to the consideration that is assessed other subscribers or can even represent a no-cost subscription.
  • service providers and/or their agents can be assured that they and their family members will have concrete and tangible access to at least one private civil security resource upon the occurrence of a particular civilly-catastrophic event.
  • This can include any of a wide variety of private civil security benefits including, but not limited to, shelter accommodations, civil security provisions, and any of a variety of civil security services (such as but not limited to rescue services, civil security transportation, civil security training, instructions, advice, and information, and so forth).
  • This can mitigate or fully avoid the creation of conflicts of interest for such service providers/agents. In particular, such persons are no longer presented with the difficult decision of choosing their contractual duty or family.
  • a corresponding process 100 provides a plurality of private civil security resources.
  • "private” will be understood to refer to the opposite of public ownership or control (as exemplified by governmental or ecclesiastical ownership or control) but can include such things as ownership or control via publicly traded ownership (via, for example, publicly traded stock or the like), ownership or control via a not-for-profit entity, or the like.
  • the plurality of private civil security resources can vary to some degree with respect to category and kind of resource.
  • such resources will comprise, at least in part, civil security provisions, civil security facilities, and civil security services.
  • civil security provisions and civil security facilities are physical components rather than virtual components or products of the intellect.
  • the civil security provisions will typically comprise physical support and/or protection of one kind or another.
  • the civil security facilities will also typically comprise physical assets such as, but not limited to, physical shelters that provide real, substantive physical protection from physical threats to human life. Additional details in this regard are provided below.
  • the civil security services can comprise either physical real world services or virtual-content services.
  • These civil security provisions can comprise, for example, a plurality of life- sustaining resources as pertain to a plurality of differing categories of life's necessities.
  • examples in this regard include, but are not limited to, such elemental staples as water 201 (which can comprise water in a pure or impure state and/or other water-based palatable fluids), food 202 (which can comprise a wide variety of raw to highly processed food, nutritional supplements, and so forth, and protective clothing 203 (where "protective” will be understood to refer to protection against one or more potentially hazardous environmental influences such as temperature extremes, precipitation, high velocity winds, and the like but not to matters of fashion, social comment, or the like).
  • These civil security provisions 200 can further optionally include such components as breathable air 204 (which may comprise, for example, a fresh air supply, an oxygen supply (including but not limited to oxygen generators such as, but not limited to, chemical oxygen generators that often produce oxygen as part of a corresponding exothermic reaction) that can serve as a source of oxygen to mix with other atmospheric components, and/or personal or area air filters that serve to remove harmful airborne contaminants from the air prior to being inhaled by an authorized beneficiary), deployable shelters 205 (where "deployable” will be understood as referring to portable shelters such as tents, canopies, inflatable structures, and the like), and other items 206 as may be appropriate to meet the needs of a given application setting.
  • breathable air 204 which may comprise, for example, a fresh air supply, an oxygen supply (including but not limited to oxygen generators such as, but not limited to, chemical oxygen generators that often produce oxygen as part of a corresponding exothermic reaction) that can serve as a source of oxygen to mix with other atmospheric components,
  • these civil security provisions can be so provided in an aggregated form. Such might be the case, for example, when accumulating such material at a warehouse or the like.
  • These teachings will also accommodate, however, forming such civil security provisions into corresponding units of civil security provisions.
  • one such unit of civil security provisions as intended, for example, for a single authorized beneficiary might comprise, at least in part, consumable fluids, foods, medical supplies, personal hygiene supplies, and environmental threat abatement supplies (such as, for example, breathing masks, hazardous materials handling garb, and the like).
  • Such a unit of civil security provisions might comprise, for example, a short term unit that comprises a quantity and variety of civil security supplies that are adequate to sustain life for that one authorized beneficiary for, say, at least about thirty days but no more than, say, about one year.
  • adequacy of any food contents can be determined as a function of a particular target caloric intake per person on a per day basis.
  • the adequacy of any consumable fluid contents could be determined as a function of a particular target quantity intake per person on a per day basis.
  • emergency provisions, supplies, or sundries in one or more locations for the purpose of permitting an authorized person to access those emergency sundries in order to obtain immediately needed supplies during, for example, an evacuation event.
  • an evacuation can be general and publicly organized or personal to a given individual or organization.
  • the emergency sundries themselves can vary widely with a variety of attending circumstances.
  • Some examples might include, but are certainly not limited to, nourishment provisions, hydration supplies, first aid medical supplies, anti-viral supplies, ionizing radiation protection (such as potassium iodine), environmentally-borne hazard threat abatement items (such as protective clothing, breathing masks, and so forth), threat detection equipment, wireless communications equipment, portable lighting items, tools, weapons, navigation equipment, directions, maps, or guides, and so forth.
  • ionizing radiation protection such as potassium iodine
  • environmentally-borne hazard threat abatement items such as protective clothing, breathing masks, and so forth
  • threat detection equipment wireless communications equipment
  • portable lighting items such as tools, weapons, navigation equipment, directions, maps, or guides, and so forth.
  • these supplies are not pre-aggregated into ready-to-go modules that a given authorized beneficiary can just grab and go (though certain sub- modules might be so pre-aggregated, such as a food sub-module, a first aid sub-module, and so forth).
  • one or more containers can be provided that the authorized beneficiary can use when selecting the particular items that are presently needed.
  • a variety of such containers can be provided if desired.
  • the containers are personally carriable (such as a backpack, waist pack, briefcase, purse, bag, or the like) and by another approach such containers are personally towable (as when the container has wheels, skids, or the like to facilitate its movement over a floor or the like).
  • a pre-provisioned supply of emergency supplies could be controlled and/or metered, at least in part, through use of a pre-paid card, account, or the like.
  • a pre-paid card could function, at least in part, as a so-called gift card and might have a corresponding denominational value (such as $100, $500, $10,000, or the like) and/or a corresponding counterpart value with respect to a particular quantity and/or type of supplies.
  • a corresponding denominational value such as $100, $500, $10,000, or the like
  • a corresponding counterpart value with respect to a particular quantity and/or type of supplies.
  • such a card might be valid in exchange for 25 pre-packed meals, 50 gallons of gasoline, 2,000 square feet of '/_ inch plywood, or the like.
  • Such an approach could be used with authorized beneficiaries of consideration-based private civil security subscriptions as are mentioned herein or could be employed for use with non- affiliated third parties as desired. It would also be possible to limit the use of a card to a particular place (such as, for example, a given city or a given building (such as a hotel)), to a particular time (such as a given calendar year, the duration of a guest's stay at a given hotel, and so forth), and so forth. [0090]
  • civil security provisions 200 can be stored, delivered, and/or used by corresponding authorized beneficiaries.
  • the aggregated provisions as represent a given period of time (such as one year) can be subdivided into five parts.
  • the parts can each represent a suitable quantity of provisions for a given number of authorized beneficiaries for a given fraction of the given period of time (such as, for example, three months each when the given period of time comprises one year).
  • the fifth part can then represent what amounts to extra provisions (at least when viewed from a temporal perspective).
  • a family of four authorized beneficiaries can have sufficient supplies to meet their needs for an entire year while also having additional supplies to supplement those basic needs.
  • the fifth part can comprise, at least for the most part, a base unit having non-consumables that will not typically be used up during an ordinary working life. These might comprise, for example, cooking tools, clothing, shelter items, hand tools, and so forth.
  • the remaining four parts can then each contain a sufficient quantity of consumable items as will meet the needs of the authorized beneficiary for a given period of time, such as three months.
  • these teachings will accommodate supplementing a given basic package of survival provisions through the addition of one or more additional sub-units or the like.
  • additional content can reflect and accommodate, for example, a given authorized beneficiary's desire, need, or preference for more of something that is already provided in the basic package and/or something that is not otherwise represented in the basic package.
  • a given aggregation of provisions for a given authorized beneficiary can be broken up into specific categorical units.
  • a unit of supplies can itself comprise sub-units for each of: a 72 hour sub-unit that contains at least necessary items to survive a given consecutive 72 hour period of time; a basic communication sub-unit that contains such things as a pre-paid cellular telephone, a pair of walkie talkies, a signal mirror, and so forth; a nutritional supplement sub-unit that contains vitamins and other dietary supplements; a shelter sub-unit that contains useful shelter items such as a tent, sanitary facilities, tarps, and so forth; an entertainment sub-unit that contains recreational materials such as games, reading materials, audio and video platforms and content, and so forth; a seven day sub-unit comprising necessary items to survive a given consecutive seven day period of time; a sundries sub-unit that contains useful sundries such as personal hygiene items, laundry products, and so forth; a food sub-units for each of: a 72 hour sub-unit that contains
  • a portion of such supplies can comprise entertainment-based materials and resources.
  • such material is likely not classifiable as life-sustaining but is certainly classifiable as life-enhancing.
  • certain playback platforms and/or content can itself comprise information, guidance, cautions, or instructions that is, in and of itself, of a life-sustaining quality (such as information regarding medical care and so forth).
  • These materials can be relatively general and intended for a fairly wide audience and/or can be highly specific and customized with respect to a particular group, subscriber, or authorized beneficiary.
  • Such materials can comprise games of various kinds (including both solitary games as well as multi-player games), puzzles (including crossword puzzles, soduko puzzles, and so forth), and toys of various kinds and nature.
  • Such materials can also comprise a wide variety of reading materials (in any form factor whatsoever including standard printed materials, digital copies, microfilm, microfiche, and so forth) including fiction and non-fiction, periodicals and non-periodicals, classics and modern materials, and so forth.
  • reading materials in any form factor whatsoever including standard printed materials, digital copies, microfilm, microfiche, and so forth
  • Such materials can also include a wide variety of prerecorded playback platforms including audio-only devices, video-only devices, and audiovisual playback devices of various analog and digital form along with the content to be rendered perceptible to a user.
  • Such provisions could also comprise sports equipment of various kinds and hobby materials for any of a wide variety of pastimes and pursuits.
  • such provisions are delivered to a given authorized beneficiary in response to the occurrence of a triggering civilly-catastrophic event.
  • This will typically comprise, in many instances, providing a collection of survival resources (such as food, water, clothing, and the like) to a predetermined location such as the authorized beneficiary's home.
  • survival resources such as food, water, clothing, and the like
  • a predetermined location such as the authorized beneficiary's home.
  • a series of pre-planned drop points can be established such that, in such a case, the delivery of the required provisions can be automatically shifted to a next-to-try address or location until the authorized beneficiary has been located and the resources successfully delivered.
  • such coverage can be provided to include times during which the authorized beneficiary has possession of the resources.
  • cryogenic or near-cryogenic storage conditions can be used to store certain food and medicinal supplies in order to extend the useful life of such commodities.
  • Such provisions are stored in a somewhat centralized setting such as a warehouse or the like.
  • This storage facility may, or may not, appear to the casual viewer as such a facility but will typically comprise a manned, secured facility. If desired, however, at least some such provisions can be purposely hidden in untended caches.
  • Such caches may contain sufficient provisions for a number of authorized beneficiaries or may contain only enough supplies for a single person as desired. These caches can be, for example, buried in the ground, placed inside of walls, and so forth.
  • Such hidden caches would not likely be intended for general usage in a time of need; instead, these caches could comprise something of a second or third resort that may provide help when other resources or efforts have, for whatever reason, failed.
  • the locations of such caches could be shared with only specific authorized beneficiaries or with the entire population of such authorized beneficiaries. By one approach the authorized beneficiaries are apprised of the location of at least some such hidden caches prior to the occurrence of a civilly-catastrophic event. By another approach, the location of some such caches is revealed only on an as-needed basis.
  • such a cache could be revealed to a particular beneficiary who is traveling via their own means to a shelter to which he or she has the right to access as per the terms of their consideration- based private civil security subscription and with whom the civil security services provider is communicating at least on a time-to-time basis.
  • the location of such a cache could be identified using, for example, GPS coordinates, a map, and so forth.
  • furniture can be comprised, in whole or in part, of edible material. In some cases this can comprise using edible material that requires no further processing to prepare it for human consumption.
  • the edible material may benefit from further preparation (such as heating, boiling, and so forth) to render it more fit for human consumption.
  • the edible substance can, if desired, be provided with a protective coating to keep it relatively sanitary during use as an item of furniture.
  • a protective coating can be comprised of paper, foil, wax, or the like, to note but a few examples in this regard.
  • dietary fiber can be added to peanut butter.
  • peanut butter is a well- known useful source of protein.
  • Dietary fiber on the other hand, often assumes a less palatable form (at least in the minds of many consumers).
  • Potassium iodide has known protective benefits for persons exposed to radioactive conditions.
  • potassium iodide when consumed, helps to block the thyroid gland's absorption of radioactive iodine. Effective dosing quantities comprise a well-understood area of study.
  • potassium iodide tends to be available in traditional medicinal packaging such as pills or capsules. Children and some adults may balk at consuming such a product.
  • potassium iodide is available in a fruit flavored liquid carrier that is administered by a medicine dropper.
  • an appropriate dose of potassium iodide can be placed in an individual serving fruit juice box (where "box" will be understood to correspond to any number of individual serving containers as are presently known in the art).
  • box will be understood to correspond to any number of individual serving containers as are presently known in the art.
  • the fruit juice itself can comprise a well received and tolerated carrier and, in many cases, the child or other recipient will be well familiar with how to access such a container and consume its contents.
  • the survivors of a civilly-catastrophic event may face new and/or increased challenges as compared to their pre-event experiences.
  • specialized clothing may assist in overcoming such challenges.
  • clothing can be comprised of an internal capillary system that permits a liquid of choice to be disseminated via the clothing itself. This would permit, for example, an insect repellent to be exuded to thereby protect the wearer from annoyance and/or dangerous diseases that have insects as their dispersal vector.
  • a pre-provisioned store of survival supplies for a given authorized beneficiary (or group of beneficiaries) can be stored and/or delivered using one or more general containers.
  • a container can be equipped with electrical power. The source of this power can vary with the needs and/or opportunities as correspond to a given application setting.
  • Examples include but are not limited to batteries, photonically-based sources (which can include, for example, solar cells that are arrayed along the sides and/or cover of the container or that are arrayed on deployable wing-like surfaces that can extend away from the container and thereby become better oriented to collect light from a source such as the sun), thermo-electrically-based sources, alternating current sources such as inverters and/or generators or so-called external shore power sources, and so forth.
  • the corresponding electrical power can be used to facilitate storage requirements, inventory control, delivery requirements, and/or alternative purposes of the deliveree.
  • on-board power can be used for heating, cooling, security control, identity confirmation, access control, inventory monitoring and metering, location determination and/or telemetry, insect control, lighting, tool usage, container movement, contents inspection, and so forth.
  • such a unit can itself be comprised of a plurality of sub-units that each comprise a discrete container.
  • such containers can be configured and arranged to fit together in a nested and/or interlocked manner to thereby yield a relatively stable overall unit. So configured, the aggregated unit may be moved, hoisted, positioned, and otherwise manipulated during storage, transport, or delivery without necessarily requiring supplemental binding materials such as tarps, tie-down straps, or the like.
  • a store of aggregated supplies for a given authorized beneficiary comprises sub-units
  • the quantity of such sub-units as are initially delivered or otherwise provided to a given authorized beneficiary may vary with the need.
  • the severity of the triggering civilly- catastrophic event can serve to inform this calculation.
  • the more severe the event and hence the greater the likelihood that society's infrastructure and ability to provide life's requirements by normal and traditional means will be significantly impaired
  • the longer-lived one expects the effects of such an event to persist the greater the number of sub-units that might be initially delivered to a given affected authorized beneficiary.
  • Such a weapons mount can facilitate, for example, the use of relatively large caliber weapons in a relatively accurate manner by even somewhat inexperienced users should such an action be unfortunately warranted. It would also be possible to form the container (or to supplement the container) using materials that offer ballistic protection from small arms fire, larger caliber ammunition, shrapnel, or the like as desired. Materials such as Kevlar, steel, ceramic, and so forth can be useful in this regard.
  • all or part of the container can be coated with a substance (or substances) that change color when the substance comes in contact with a material or energy of concern, such as ionizing radiation, chemical agents, biological agents, and so forth.
  • a material or energy of concern such as ionizing radiation, chemical agents, biological agents, and so forth.
  • a civilly-catastrophic event that entails a release of ionizing radiation can unfortunately occur with little or no notice and can impact and effect a relatively large area.
  • Lead is one such substance. Even a relatively small thickness of lead can provide some protection in this regard. It can be quite inconvenient to carry lead objects around for this purpose, however.
  • particularized lead or other radiation blocking materials can be combined with pressurized foam or the like in a spray can form factor. So configured, the foam/blocking material can be sprayed where needed, in whatever shape is required or convenient. It would also be possible to spray multiple coats of such a material to thereby increase the radiation blocking capacity of the deposited material.
  • such containers can be comprised, in whole or in part, of flame proof, flame retardant, or flame resistant materials.
  • fiberglass made with borax pentahydrate can be used to form the container's floor, walls, and/or lid and offer flame retardant properties in a manner well-understood in the art.
  • part or all of such a container can be comprised of a material that renders it suitable for use as a fire pit. So configured, the container can provide a ready mechanism to facilitate provision and containment of a fire that can be used for warmth, cooking, lighting purposes, and so forth.
  • a civilly-catastrophic event is not unlikely to yield human casualties.
  • the container of survival supplies as are provided to a given authorized beneficiary can also be configured and arranged to serve as one or more burial units for the remains of event victims. This may comprise using the container in its original form factor or this may entail reconfiguring at least portions of the container to make a suitably sized burial unit.
  • a container for a considerable quantity of survival supplies can comprise a relatively large and weighty item. Such bulk can represent a challenge during storage, delivery, and post-delivery usage of the corresponding provisions. Accordingly, if desired, the container itself can be equipped with wheels to facilitate easier movement of that container. By one approach, one or more of these wheels can be configured and arranged to readily attach or detach from the container as needed. A lever mechanism could be employed to lift the container a sufficient distance from the ground as necessary to permit such wheels to be attached to the container. By another approach, one of more of these wheels can be configured and arranged to extend from and/or retract into the container bottom or sides. Such action may, if desired, be hydraulically actuated.
  • this container can comprise internal lighting (powered, for example, by on-board batteries or the like). Such lighting can be actuated automatically (using a corresponding switch or other sensor of choice) and/or can be switched on and off by a user (by providing, for example, a corresponding switch).
  • this lighting can be at least dual-mode lighting, with white lighting being provided for daytime use and red lighting being provided for nighttime use. The mode selection itself can again be automatically determined and/or selected by a person accessing the container.
  • a self-contained motor to permit self-locomotion using such wheels.
  • this motor may comprise a part of the container itself.
  • a linkage mechanism (including, for example, a corresponding drive train or the like) might be employed to permit a motor to be temporarily coupled to the container's wheels in order to effectuate the desired movement. Having completed such an action, the motor could then be decoupled and used, for example, to move another container.
  • the motor comprises a part of the container's constituent elements, it may be useful to configure and arrange that motor to also work in conjunction with other tools, such as saws, drills, lathes, and so forth.
  • such a container may be delivered to the home of a given authorized beneficiary.
  • the container or containers, as the case may be
  • such a container can be configured to be readily placed within, and retained within, an average vehicular garage as comprises a part of many typical residences. This will typically mean, for example, that the container should be no higher than the lowest part of an average garage door opening and should not have a length or width that conflicts with average garage space dimensions.
  • camouflaging the container in some appropriate manner. This can be as simple as coating the container with a disruptive pattern using colors appropriate to accommodate a given likely deployment setting and/or covering the container with camouflage netting as is known in the art. This can also accommodate disguising the container to appear to be something else, such as a furniture container, a recycling container, a dumpster or other trash collection container, a hazardous materials container, and so forth.
  • the floor, walls (including both exterior walls and interior compartment walls), and/or Hd of such a container can have preformed areas formed therein to hold specific items of interest.
  • Such preformed areas can be formed relatively easy when the container surface itself is formed using, for example, a plastic molding technique. These preformed areas can be shaped when possible to both receive and retain the item of interest.
  • additional elements such as straps, tabs, hooks-and-loops fixtures, hinged or snapped lids, and so forth can be employed to tend to retain the item within the preformed area.
  • the items themselves can vary with the needs and/or opportunities presented by a given application setting. Some examples include, but are not limited to, tools, weapons and/or ammunition, medical supplies, communications equipment, instructions and guides, lighting items, hazardous condition detectors, and so forth.
  • Such a container can also be configured and arranged so as to be openable and/or internally accessible via a plurality of doors or the like.
  • These various portals can be provided, if desired, on various sides and/or the top of the container to permit entry into the contained supplies from a variety of vantage points.
  • a given such door may itself have a smaller door nested therein.
  • at least one such door may hinge downwardly and come to rest in a substantially horizontal state in order to provide a table surface for the convenience of the person accessing the container.
  • a map, schematic diagram, or listing of items can be provided with at least some of the doors to provide a guide as to the items that are stored near that door and/or that are generally accessible via that door.
  • Such a container may also comprise, or carry within itself, detachable walls and/or internal walls or the like that are themselves usable as an extra pallet upon which additional such supplies can be placed and moved, stored, and so forth as may be useful or necessary in a given application setting.
  • the container in which such supplies are provided to a given authorized beneficiary can itself serve, when at least partially emptied, as a temporary or longer-termed shelter (depending at least in part upon its size).
  • a container can be coupled with an air filter and an air drawer to thereby permit external air to be filtered and then drawn into the container itself.
  • airborne contaminants will tend to remain outside the container. So configured, an authorized beneficiary can take refuge within such a container for some period of time and have at least some safety from such airborne contaminants.
  • the container (or containers) as are used to deliver a supply of survival provisions to an authorized beneficiary can be comprised of materials that are amenable to ready and friendly recycling and/or to ready and friendly biodegradation or assisted degradation (by combination, for example, with another influence such as heat, one or more chemicals, electricity, pressure, and so forth).
  • one or more walls or the floor of a container as is used to deliver survival provisions as per these teachings can itself comprise a fluid container.
  • a given wall of the container can be, at least in part, hollow and be comprised of (or lined with) materials that are suitable for use in storing potable water.
  • a faucet or other related valved mechanism can be provided as desired to facilitate drawing the fluid out of the container in order to use that fluid.
  • such a container can serve to contain a wide variety and a relatively large number of items. At least some of these items are likely to be relatively weighty. These circumstances can lead to challenges when seeking to properly pack such a container and particularly when looking to access and utilize such provisions during a time of need.
  • a container can be configured with one or more hydraulically-operated shelves that can be selectively raised, lowered, or otherwise moved in order to better facilitate loading, reviewing, and unloading of the container.
  • such a container can also be configured and arranged to include one or more rotating platforms (such as turntables). These rotating platforms can be readily spun in order to better facilitate packing, viewing, and/or unpacking the container. By one approach these turntables can be provided with a locking mechanism to prevent unwanted rotation during, for example, transport of the container.
  • rotating platforms such as turntables
  • the provisions provided to the authorized beneficiary of a given consideration-based civil security subscription could include weather sensing, tracking, and analysis equipment. This could include equipment to facilitate gathering local data (such as accumulative rainfall, wind velocity and direction, relative humidity, and so forth) as well as equipment to gather data from further afield (such as via a weather balloon system to facilitate the gathering of higher altitude weather information).
  • the container for such survival provisions can also have a personal computer formed integrally therewith.
  • the computer display for example, could be built into a wall of the container while the keyboard/cursor controls could comprise a part of a fold-down table or other work surface. It would also be possible to provide an antenna to facilitate wireless coupling of the computer to a local area network, a wide area network, a satellite signal, or the like.
  • the aggregated contents of such a container can be selected to represent the general or specific needs of a given authorized beneficiary (or group of authorized beneficiaries) for a corresponding period of time, such a three months, one year, and so forth.
  • a container can be comprised, at least in part, of compartments, where each such compartment provides for anticipated needs for some lesser period of time (such as one fourth of the total time for which the container is designed). So configured, when an authorized beneficiary only requires, for example, a few weeks worth of provisions in order to successfully move past a given civilly-catastrophic event, it may be considerably easier and more practical to accept a return of the unused provisions for storage and availability against some future event.
  • Such a container may experience a fair amount of jostling and bumping during transport to a given authorized beneficiary. This can include handling at the original storage site, manipulation to place the container on one or more transport vehicles, jostling en route to the delivery site, and the act of delivery itself. Such circumstances present risk that the items packed within the container will be dislodged, crushed, leak, or otherwise damaged or impaired.
  • an inflatable bladder system could be interwoven amongst such items. Once in place and inflated, these items would then tend to be held more firmly in place by the bladder itself. Following delivery, that bladder could then be partially or fully deflated, in whole or in part, to facilitate removing desired items. The bladder itself would likely contribute little to the overall weight of the container and the air used to inflate the bladder would add effectively nothing to such weight.
  • the supplies provided to an authorized beneficiary of a consideration-based private civil security subscription can include an oxygen tank filled with oxygen.
  • This can comprise a standalone oxygen tank or the oxygen tank can comprise an integral part of the container within which the survival provisions for the authorized beneficiary are stored.
  • Aggregated units of survival provisions can be stored at a shelter or stored in a manner to hold those provisions available to an authorized beneficiary during a time of need.
  • such units could be stored at a hotel, motel, inn, or other traveler's accommodation. These units could be used for the benefit of all registered guests, if desired, or could be offered only to those guests who purchase or are otherwise entitled to such civil security benefits (via, for example, a particular level of membership in a corresponding loyalty program as is operated by that particular lodge).
  • hotel-based provisions could also be offered to guests as a selectable option for which the guest will pay an additional amount when selected.
  • these provisions in effect become a kind of insurance that the guest can either accept or refuse as they see fit.
  • units of survival provisions can be offered for purchase or rent to persons who are traveling. These might comprise, for example, a seven day supply of provisions, a two week supply of such provisions, a one month supply of such provisions, and so forth. Such a supply might be offered, for example, as an option to people who are renting a car while visiting another area.
  • the provisions as are gathered together for a given authorized beneficiary of a given civil security benefits program will likely contain a relatively large number of items as well as a relatively large number of different items.
  • Such numbers suggest a significant challenge with respect to the logistical management of such provisions.
  • Such challenges can increase as the aggregated supplies themselves become customizable, in whole or in part, to suit the individual needs of specific authorized beneficiaries.
  • Such challenges can be further elevated when various constituent items within such supplies have varying freshness dates and/or shelf life expectations.
  • Radio frequency identification tags RFID tags
  • each aggregated unit of materials for a given authorized beneficiary can have a corresponding RFID tag.
  • Such an RFID tag can contain, for example, information such as the name of the authorized beneficiary, a subscription number or code, a pack date, a delivery protocol (such as one or more addresses or locations to which the supplies are to be delivered during a time of need), and/or an inventory listing of the supplies themselves, to note but a few.
  • a delivery protocol such as one or more addresses or locations to which the supplies are to be delivered during a time of need
  • an inventory listing of the supplies themselves to note but a few.
  • Such an RFID tag could be used, for example, to facilitate grouping such units in a manner that may better facilitate their organized delivery during a time of need.
  • Such an RFID tag could also be used to track the present location of the corresponding units during storage and the delivery process.
  • tags could contain information regarding the authorized beneficiary, the identity of the commodity itself, a shelf life indicator or the like, and so forth. Such RFID tags could then be used to effect a relatively quick inventory of the contents of a given unit of provisions and/or to ascertain which, if any, supplies within a given unit require replacement due to impending shelf life expiration. If desired, a container for such a unit of provisions can itself be provisioned with an RFID tag reader. So configured, an authorized beneficiary could employ that reader to obtain a quick inventory of available supplies.
  • This information could also be used in conjunction with other onboard or outboard computational capabilities to facilitate an orderly and effective use of such supplies during a time of need, to suggest use of particular constituent items as a response to a particular indicated need (such as a particular physical, medical, environmental, or other concern), and so forth.
  • RFID tags can be simply attached to an outer (or inner) surface of the corresponding container, item, or the like. If desired, and particularly when employed for wireless tracking purposes, such an item (or other similar-purpose item such as a global positioning system receiver) can be molded into or other comprise an internal integral part of such a container.
  • these teachings provide generally for accepting 301 consideration-based private civil security subscriptions from subscribers with respect to providing civilly-catastrophic event-based access to at least one life-sustaining resource or civil security resource (or, if desired, to a plurality of different kinds and/or categories of life-sustaining resources) such as, but not limited to, resources pertaining to hydration, nourishment, shelter, environmentally borne threat abatement (such as protection from chemical, biological, and/or radioactive threats and the like), transportation, and/or rescue services.
  • This life-sustaining resource can comprise, for example, a consumable necessity of human life (i.e., a necessity such as nourishment that tends to be reduced in supply as it is consumed) and/or a non-consumable necessity of human life (i.e., a necessity such as shelter that is not necessarily reduced in supply as it is applied or used).
  • a consumable necessity of human life i.e., a necessity such as nourishment that tends to be reduced in supply as it is consumed
  • a non-consumable necessity of human life i.e., a necessity such as shelter that is not necessarily reduced in supply as it is applied or used.
  • This right of access can pertain, if desired, to a predetermined quantity of the life-sustaining resource.
  • a given subscription can relate to providing access to a one year's supply of the at least one life-sustaining resource for a given individual, number of individuals, or the like.
  • these subscriptions may be accepted by, for example, a for- profit business.
  • a not-for-profit business such as a membership- based entity
  • subscriptions may be accepted by, for example, a for- profit business.
  • a not-for-profit business such as a membership- based entity
  • the term “subscription” shall be understood to refer to and encompass a variety of legal mechanisms.
  • subscription mechanisms such as: time-limited rights of access (as where a subscription provides access rights for a specific period of time, such as one year, in exchange for a corresponding series of payments); event-limited rights of access (as where a subscription provides access rights during the life of a given subscriber based upon an up-front payment in full and where those access rights terminate upon the death of the subscriber or where, for example, a company purchases a subscription for a key employee and those corresponding rights of access terminate when and if that key employee leaves the employment of that company); inheritable rights of access (as may occur when the subscription, by its own terms and conditions, provides a right of access that extends past the death of a named subscription beneficiary and further allows for testate and/or intestate transfer to an heir); rights of access predicated upon a series of periodic payments (as where a subscription provides access rights during, for example, predetermined periods of time on a periodic basis as where a subscriber offers month-by-month payments
  • a plurality of differentiated subscription opportunities can be offered in this regard.
  • This plurality of differentiated subscription opportunities can correspond, for example, to providing access to differing selections and/or quantities of the civil security resources or life-sustaining resource supplies.
  • such subscription opportunities can differ from one another at least with respect to cost.
  • This provides subscriber choice with respect to selecting a particular subscription that best meets their specific needs and/or budget limitations. For example, one subscription can provide for accessing life-sustaining resources that, though nutritionally viable, are economically selected while another subscription might provide for life-sustaining resources that are more costly and in turn reflect, for example, a wider variety of choices within a given category of resource.
  • such access can be provided at the whim and convenience of the authorized beneficiaries. If desired, however, such access can be further conditioned in appropriate ways. For example, for many purposes and certainly as pertains to many of the civil security resources it may be appropriate to ordinarily limit such access to situations where such access is triggered, at least in part, by a civilly-catastrophic event having occurred or being likely imminent.
  • Such access may be predicated, if desired, upon a requirement that the civilly-catastrophic event be one that persists in substantial form for more than a predetermined period of time (such as one hour, one day, one week, and so forth) or that causes at least a predetermined amount or degree of infrastructure impairment or other measurable impact of choice (such as a particular level or degree of harm, interference, or negative impact upon a given minimum number of people).
  • a predetermined period of time such as one hour, one day, one week, and so forth
  • measurable impact of choice such as a particular level or degree of harm, interference, or negative impact upon a given minimum number of people.
  • such access may be predicated, if desired, upon a requirement of a particular level of objectivity or subjectively ascertained likelihood that a particular category or kind of civilly-catastrophic event will occur within a particular period of time.
  • civilly-catastrophic event will be understood to refer to an event that substantially and materially disrupts a society's local, regional, and/or national infrastructure and ability to provide in ordinary course for the at least one life-sustaining resource.
  • a civilly-catastrophic event can include both a precipitating event (which may occur over a relatively compressed period of time or which may draw out over an extended period of time) as well as the resultant aftermath of consequences wherein the precipitating event and/or the resultant aftermath include both the cause of the infrastructure interruption as well as the continuation (or worsening) of that interruption.
  • a civilly-catastrophic event can be occasioned by any of a wide variety of natural and/or non-naturally-caused disasters.
  • natural disasters that are potentially capable of initiating a civilly-catastrophic event include, but are not limited to, extreme weather-related events (such as hurricanes, tsunamis, extreme droughts, widespread or unfortunately-targeted tornadoes, extreme hail or rain, and the like, flooding, and so forth), extreme geological events (such as earthquakes, volcanic activity, and so forth), extreme space-based events (such as collisions with comets, large asteroids, and so forth, extreme solar flares, and the like), extreme environmental events (such as widespread uncontrolled fire or the like), and global or regional pandemics, to note but a few.
  • extreme weather-related events such as hurricanes, tsunamis, extreme droughts, widespread or unfortunately-targeted tornadoes, extreme hail or rain, and the like, flooding, and so forth
  • extreme geological events such as earthquakes, volcanic activity, and so forth
  • non-naturally-caused disasters capable of initiating a civilly- catastrophic event include both unintended events as well as intentional acts of aggression such as war, terrorism, madness or the like.
  • Examples of non-naturally-caused disasters capable of such potential scale include, but are not limited to, nuclear-related events (including uncontrolled fission or fusion releases, radiation exposure, and so forth), acts of war, the release of deadly or otherwise disruptive biological or chemical agents or creations, exposure to harmful mutagenic influence, and so forth.
  • conditional access can be absolute (as when a given individual may be granted or denied any access to any of the civil security resources) or may be relative (as when a given individual is granted or denied access to certain of the civil security resources while being allowed access to certain other of the civil security resources).
  • a given individual may habitually and consistently exhibit highly anti-social behaviors; in such a case, the provider of such civil security resources may be willing to provide such a person with civil security provisions but may be reluctant to permit this person to have access to a long term shelter where a certain amount of social buoyancy and ability to compromise with others may be important to the long term ability of that facility to successfully protect its inhabitants.
  • a very wide variety of criteria can be potentially considered for such purposes.
  • a few illustrative examples would include, but are not limited to, an authorized beneficiary's qualifications (based upon their experiences, aptitude testing, physical condition and capabilities, or the like), measured intelligence (based upon, for example, a traditional intelligence quotient (IQ test or the like), psychological test results, behavioral rest results, behavioral test results, race, nationality citizenship, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender, age, health, political beliefs and/or agenda, educational background, professional title, financial backing, athletic ability, mechanical ability, skills, and/or relationship to a third party entity with whom reciprocal relations regarding the provisions/facilities/services mutually agree to extend civilly-catastrophic event-based reciprocal access to one another's authorized beneficiaries).
  • IQ test traditional intelligence quotient
  • a given subscription may also provide for similar access to at least one non-civil security resource or non-necessity 302 (that is, an item or service that is not, strictly speaking, necessary to sustain human life on an elemental basis).
  • this process then also provides for offering 303 reduced- consideration-based private civil security subscriptions for authorized beneficiaries who have at least a predetermined relationship with respect to a service provider as regards the at least one private civil security resource.
  • the nature and specifics of this required predetermined relationship can and will vary with the specifics of a given application setting.
  • this can comprise requiring that the authorized beneficiary themselves presently serve as the service provider or as an agent of that service provider.
  • this can comprise requiring that the authorized beneficiary comprise a family member (such as an immediate family member or an extended family member) of a person who presently serves in such a role.
  • This notion of "family” can also vary as desired. By one approach, for example, this could include a current, non-divorced spouse, a birth child, and/or an adopted child of such a public first responder. Extended family members could include, as desired, parents, siblings, nephews and nephews, grandparents and great grandparents, and so forth. This notion could also be expanded to include so-called significant others, common-law spouses, fiances, and so forth as desired.
  • this offer can be limited to no more than a predetermined number of such family members per a given one of the service providers/agents. For example, such an offer might be limited to no more than three immediate family members, or ten family members (including both immediate and extended family members), and so forth. When a given family contains more than one service provider/agent, such limits could be aggregated if desired. This would permit, for example, a family of six that contains two such service providers/agents to obtain such benefits for all six persons even when an upper limit of, say, three persons per such individual applied.
  • this can comprise conditioning this reduction in required consideration (and/or conditioning subscription-based access to the private civil security resource(s)) as a function of the person who serves as the service provier/agent continuing, in fact, to serve in that role notwithstanding a civilly-catastrophic event having occurred.
  • Such a condition can further aid with encouraging such persons to continue responding to needs regarding a private civil security resource engendered by such a civilly-catastrophic event.
  • a service provider/agent who abandons their post and/or duties with respect to responding to needs as pertain to the private civil security resource as are prompted by a given civilly-catastrophic event can lose the right for their corresponding authorized beneficiaries to receive the private civil security resource(s). This can comprise a complete loss of access or can comprise a lessening of the aforementioned reduction in required consideration. It would even be possible, for example, to require an increased-consideration offering for such authorized beneficiaries in such a case.
  • this reduction can comprise a discount as compared to the subscriptions that are accepted 301 for members of the general public.
  • the depth of this discount can vary for different classes of service providers/agents if desired.
  • persons serving roles viewed as more critical and/or dangerous can be provided with a deeper discount.
  • the discount itself can be expressed as a percentage reduction or as a specific monetary value. It would also be possible, of course, for this reduction in consideration to be complete such that the corresponding subscription would be offered on a complimentary basis to such qualified authorized beneficiaries.
  • this offer 303 can comprise, in part, a first reduced-consideration-based private civil security subscription that provides a baseline package of particular private civil security resources for the qualified authorized beneficiaries as well as a second reduced- consideration-based private civil security subscription as corresponds to certain additional private civil security resources for such authorized beneficiaries.
  • the first reduced-consideration-based private civil security subscription could be offered on a complimentary basis while the second reduced-consideration-based private civil security subscription is offered on a partially discounted basis.
  • This approach could serve, for example, to ensure the basic survival needs of such authorized beneficiaries via the baseline offering while optional additional amenities could be addressed, as desired, via the second reduced-consideration-based private civil security subscription.
  • this process 300 will then also maintain 304 the additional resource and permit access 306 to these non-civil security resources as well.
  • An illustrative listing of representative non-necessities or non-civil security resources comprises, but is certainly not limited to: a luxury consumable (such as, for example, alcoholic beverages, foods that provide an experience beyond simple survival, and so forth); a luxury non-consumable; clothing; a food preparation tool; a personal communication device; a personal hygiene item; non-human nourishment (such as dog food, cat food, and so forth); barter medium (such as bulk or coined precious metals including but not limited to gold, silver, and so forth); an electrical energy source (including but not limited to alternating current power sources, direct current power sources, fuel-consumptive power sources, renewable fuel source power sources, and so forth); an entertainment apparatus (such as game stations, musical instruments, reading material, and so forth); an educational tool (including but not limited to instructional texts, reference works, laboratory and demonstrative equipment, and so
  • This process 300 then provides for maintaining 304 the resource(s) pending a need to permit subscription-based access to the resource(s) in response to the occurrence of a catastrophic event.
  • This can comprise maintaining the resource on behalf of the subscriber and/or on behalf of another authorized beneficiary.
  • the specifics of such maintenance will of course vary with respect to the nature of the resource or resources being maintained.
  • maintaining 304 the resource can comprise acquiring 401 the at least one predetermined consumable necessity of human life to thereby provide acquired necessities and then storing 402 those acquired necessities to thereby provide stored necessities that are held on behalf of the corresponding authorized beneficiaries pending a need to access those stored necessities in the event of a triggering civilly-catastrophic event.
  • acquisition and storing steps can further comprise, if desired, acquiring and storing non-consumable necessities of human life and/or consumable or non-consumable non-necessities of human life.
  • Acquisition 401 of such items can be achieved through any of a variety of means.
  • the items may be procured on the open market.
  • the items may be purchased or otherwise acquired from third parties via private negotiations.
  • the entity that provides and accepts these subscriptions may itself create (through manufacturing, farming, or the like) the items of interest.
  • the acquired item may comprise a staple of ordinary commerce.
  • the acquired item may be unique and/or proprietary to the acquiring/storing entity.
  • the civil security facilities will typically comprise physical assets that tend, categorically, to comprise part of a private civil security infrastructure.
  • Such civil security facilities will typically comprise physical assets that tend, categorically, to comprise part of a private civil security infrastructure.
  • Such civil security facilities can, therefore comprise, for example: one or more civil security shelters; one or more rally points (at which authorized beneficiaries can gather in response to a civilly-catastrophic event in order to receive certain civil security services such as transportation to another civil security facility such as a shelter or at least to a location that is away from a location that presently (or imminently) lacks civil security (due, for example, to a civilly-catastrophic event, its aftermath, or both)); a location where at least some of the authorized beneficiary's civil security provisions are available (such as a metropolitan, local, regional, and/or national distribution facility); a trans-shipment facility for at least some of the civil security provisions (where, for example, dis-aggregate provisions are brought and then parsed and aggregated into corresponding units of provisions destined for particular recipient authorized beneficiaries); a medical services facility; and so forth, to note but a few relevant examples in this regard.
  • a temporary civil security shelter will be understood to comprise a shelter that is configured and arranged to adequately shelter and sustain human life for a relatively short period of time.
  • a temporary shelter might prove sufficient in this regard for, say, no more than about ten inhabitants for no more than about one week, ten days, 15 days, and the like.
  • a temporary shelter such as this is designed and intended to only serve as a temporary refuge from the effects of a civilly-catastrophic event. Should longer term accommodations be necessary in a given instance, the inhabitants of such a temporary shelter will often be better served to move to a longer term civil security shelter.
  • a long term civil security shelter will be understood to comprise a shelter that is configured and arranged to adequately shelter and sustain human life for a relatively longer period of time.
  • a temporary shelter might prove sufficient in this regard for, say, no more than about 100 inhabitants for up to about three months, six months, one years, or the like. (Again, such numeric examples serve an illustrative, rather than limiting, purpose only.)
  • a shelter of this type will typically be characterized not only by an ability to protect its inhabitants against the rigors of the local environment and to contain a relatively large and varied supply of provisions, but by an ability to exist and operate in a fully or at least substantially independent manner. This can relate in particular to an ability to create and/or otherwise replace its consumable provisions (by, for example, growing food, creating power, and so forth).
  • Such shelters may differ from one other in other ways.
  • such shelters may differ with respect to the non-survival related amenities that are provided. These differences can relate to categories of amenities (such as educational facilities, workshop facilities, food preparation facilities, communication facilities, entertainment and/or recreation facilities, or the like) and/or to a relative level of perception of quality, comfort, convenience, or the like.
  • a shelter can comprise either a short term facility and/or a long term facility. In general, for most purposes, such a facility will only need to provide life-sustaining capabilities for some limited period of time, such as one month, or even one year. There are civilly-catastrophic event-based scenarios, however, that pose greater needs. Some events can be of such magnitude and such scope that it may be necessary for a given shelter to host and support a contingent of authorized beneficiaries for a considerably extended period of time. Worst case scenarios might require such a facility to effectively constitute a new beginning from which civilization must renew itself. It such cases, and even when dealing with some limited though relatively longer term requirements, it can be useful if the shelter has at least some self-sustaining capabilities.
  • this can comprise a degree of self-sustainment with respect to food.
  • This can include, for example, hydroponic gardens, fish farms, and so forth.
  • this can comprise power generation capability.
  • This can also include, for example, photonically and/or thermo-electrically-based power generation, geothermal-based power generation, moving water-based power generation, wind-based power generation, and so forth.
  • these teachings will also accommodate the gathering, organization, and storage of information that can be used to effectively rebuild a technology-based civilization.
  • Some of this information can comprise historical information; existing information regarding the history of the universe including, of course, the history of the Earth and in particular civilization's ascendancy, accomplishments, and failures.
  • This information can also include specifics regarding how to accomplish certain technology achievements. How to make steel, how to build a shovel, how to extract medications from natural sources, and so forth are a few simple examples in this regard.
  • Such information can be loosely organized or can, if desired, be presented in a particular manner that effectively presents a step-by-step series of processes by which a series of technological achievements can build upon one another to derive some particular end result.
  • a shelter may be configured, arranged, located, and/or provisioned and operated as a short term facility, a long term facility, or both.
  • it may be useful to be able to move between and amongst such facilities in order to move a population of authorized beneficiaries to a more presently suitable facility, to escape an area that is under severe environmental stress, to effect a distribution of supplies, personnel, or the like, and so forth.
  • it may be unwise to attempt such movements on or above the ground.
  • tunnels can be provided to connect a plurality of such shelters to one another.
  • Such tunnels can be relatively modest such that people and/or materials are moved through them while assuming a relatively low-profile or can be of more expansive design to thereby accommodate upright and walking people and/or other forms of manned or unmanned transport.
  • these teachings will readily accommodate the notion of making use of a plan to move authorized beneficiaries in a staged manner from one shelter to another in response to developing conditions. For example, such an approach can be used to move a group of authorized beneficiaries from a first short term shelter to a long term shelter as the need to provide shelter for an extended period of time becomes apparent. Then, as it becomes clear that the area proximal to the long term shelter poses risks of its own, this same group of authorized beneficiaries can again be moved to one or more other long term shelters that are located further away from such risks.
  • a shelter intended to provide short or long term protection against a civilly-catastrophic event and its aftermath will have its own store of survival resources. These can include food, water and other drinkable fluids, clothing, bedding, tools, communication capabilities, and so forth. If desired, and particularly when such a shelter is located within or near an urban area, such a shelter can also serve as a distribution point to facilitate the provision of survival supplies to individuals who are not otherwise authorized to gain access to the shelter itself. Such individuals may be the authorized beneficiaries of a consideration-based private civil defense subscription or may be general members of the public as desired.
  • a shelter is likely to be a multi-person facility though it is possible that a given shelter, and particularly a shorter term facility, is intended to accommodate only a single person.
  • a personal shelter can be comprised of a self-inflating structure that is configured and arranged for deployment in a low-lying area, within a relatively accommodating storm drainage system, or the like.
  • Such a structure can be inflated, for example, using bottled pressurized gases.
  • this structure is configured and arranged to be tethered or anchored in some suitable fashion to remain substantially in place during use.
  • channels can be formed over and/or through this structure to permit fluids, such as storm waters, to readily flow past the structure to thereby prevent the structure from acting as a plug and/or from causing the structure to be dislodged.
  • a short, medium, or long term shelter may be comprised solely of public areas. If desired, however, such a shelter can be comprised of both public/common areas as well as private areas.
  • the private areas could comprise, for example, private living quarters for one or more authorized beneficiaries.
  • the public/common areas could comprise ingress and egress facilities, maintenance areas, storage facilities, and so forth. Food preparation areas, dining areas, meeting areas, and so forth could be private or public depending upon one's desires. If desired, the private areas could each be independently owned by their corresponding authorized beneficiary with the public areas also being co-owned by these same individuals. The maintenance and upkeep of these areas could be tended as per the terms and conditions of an association agreement or the like.
  • At least some shelters may be intended to serve as relatively long term facilities. Even short term facilities, however, may benefit from integral facilities being provided to accommodate religious practices and observances.
  • Such facilities may, if desired, comprise dual use facilities and accommodate the practices of a plurality of differing religions and/or other secular practices.
  • Such facilities might include, for example, appropriate religious symbols and/or worship practice accoutrements, prayer and/or meditation facilities (such as pews, individual carpets, incense burners, candles, and so forth), pulpits and other podiums from which a religious leader may lead or instruct a corresponding congregation or gathering, and corresponding written materials such as the Bible and associated hymnals and the like, the Torah, the Koran, and so forth.
  • At least a longer term shelter can be optionally configured and arranged to include a dedicated space intended and designed to serve as a brig where a suitably uncooperative individual can be segregated and controlled.
  • a brig can comprise a secure locked facility from which unauthorized leaving is difficult and where such an individual can be maintained with at least the essentials of life being available to them.
  • commissary/shelter store could offer items that tend more towards personal preference and/or requirements as versus more general items that might comprise the majority of the other supplied provisions.
  • each shelter inhabitant could be provided with a predetermined prepaid credit that is good towards purchases at this commissary/shelter store.
  • This prepaid credit could comprise a total aggregate amount that could be spent on any schedule of the inhabitant's choosing or might, if desired, accrue and/or be otherwise limited to some maximum daily expenditure.
  • Payment in such a case could be in the form of an acceptable currency, an acceptable credit arrangement, or could be managed on the basis of a barter exchange of goods and/or services.
  • a given shelter may comprise a structure that is fabricated using any of a variety of build-in-place techniques and materials. It would also be possible, however, for a shelter to comprise, in whole or in part, a prefabricated structure. So configured, such a shelter could be partially or fully built in an efficient and controlled manner at some central manufacturing location and then effectively held in inventory pending a future need. Such a prefabricated structure might be readily deployed in response to a pending or actual civilly-catastrophic event. Such a prefabricated structure could be located in a desired location on the ground or could, if desired, be partially or fully placed in a hole or other depression and then partially or fully covered with earth and/or other materials of choice.
  • the body of water itself can comprise a natural body (such as a pond, lake, river, bay, sea, or ocean) or a man-made body (such as a percolation pond, a reservoir, a decorative pond, or a swimming pool).
  • a natural body such as a pond, lake, river, bay, sea, or ocean
  • a man-made body such as a percolation pond, a reservoir, a decorative pond, or a swimming pool.
  • the underwater shelter is fixed at the bottom of the body of water.
  • the underwater shelter is fixed in position but is not necessary attached at the bottom of the body of water.
  • the underwater shelter can be buoyant and can be tethered to the bottom of the body of water.
  • optical fiber-based network It may be desirable, in at least some application settings, to provide a given shelter with an optical fiber-based network.
  • a network could be used as a data backbone that is relatively immune to eavesdropping, offers high bandwidth capability, and also offers some degree of protection with respect to electromagnetic pulse survivability.
  • Optical fiber can also be used to carry light for illumination purposes and hence can serve as a relatively efficient way to provide lighting within a shelter.
  • a shelter can comprise a space-based shelter.
  • this might comprise a vehicle that orbits the Earth in order to remove its passengers from the immediate effects of a given civilly-catastrophic event.
  • a shelter might also comprise a non-vehicle such as a space station, an abandoned research facility, or the like.
  • Native American tribes constitute, at least to a point, sovereign entities. This sovereignty extends in many respects to tribal lands. Such sovereignty offers certain potential benefits with respect to the independent operation of civilly-catastrophic event shelters and provisions. These teachings will therefore readily accommodate placing such resources on tribal land in conjunction with a clear agreement and understanding with the corresponding Native American tribe regarding each party's respective rights and obligations in that regard.
  • this island comprises territory that is not otherwise subject to exclusive jurisdiction and control of any one nation.
  • Such an island can comprise a natural island or can comprise a manmade island as desired.
  • a shelter may be configured as a lighter than air aircraft (referred to herein as a dirigible). Such a shelter can remain aloft for extended periods of time and can move from place to place as may be useful to pick up additional authorized beneficiaries, supplies, and so forth.
  • a dirigible a lighter than air aircraft
  • inflatable structures can be deployed.
  • Such inflatable structures can be comprised of flexible yet relatively sturdy and puncture/tear resistant material.
  • These structures can comprise relatively complete inflatable structures (such as a room, a plurality of rooms, and so forth) and/or can comprise elements of such a structure (such as walls, a floor, furniture and the like within the structure, and so forth).
  • Such structures can be relatively generic and fungible (i.e., substantially alike to one another) or can be differentiated from one another with respect to size, form, features, opacity, portals, and so forth.
  • the air drawer(s) used to inflate such a structure can comprise a separate component or can, if desired, comprise an integral part of the structure itself.
  • the roof for such a structure may be partially or fully inflatable or may be comprised of some other material as desired. So configured, a relatively large shelter facility could be moved to a need location and then deployed and set up, ready to receive people needing shelter, in a relatively short period of time.
  • the aforementioned civil security services can comprise any of a relatively wide variety of offerings. Some examples include, but are certainly not limited to: transportation services (where such transportation services are not ordinary mass or individual transit services but instead represent, for example, services that are designed, scheduled, and deployed to effect transportation of dispossessed persons away from a location that substantially lacks civil security (such as an area afflicted by a civilly-catastrophic event); civil security information (including both civil security information that is generally appropriate for a large number (or all) of the authorized beneficiaries (such as civil security preparedness training or the like) as well as information that is specifically appropriate for individual ones of the authorized beneficiaries (such as personal contingency instructions that are formed and provided to guide specific authorized beneficiaries during a time of need regarding particular actions and behaviors that such specific individuals should take and observe when responding to a civilly-catastrophic event as well as consulting services that assist such individuals with respect to fortifying their relative positions and/or otherwise better protecting themselves against the effects of various civilly-catastrophic events); communications services, including long distance
  • the vehicles used for this purpose can comprise, for example, a bus, van, or similar terrestrial platform.
  • Other vehicles, such as helicopters, hovercraft, boats, and so forth may also be employed where appropriate.
  • the right of a given individual to gain passage on such a vehicle can be arranged in advance of such a civilly-catastrophic event and/or at a specific time of need.
  • a motorhome-style mode of transport can serve both as a means to convey one or more authorized beneficiaries from one place to another as well as a shelter during transit and/or upon arrival at an intended destination.
  • a motorhome can be configured and arranged to provide protection against airborne environmental threats (such as airborne radioactive, chemical, and biological agents).
  • this can comprise, in part, equipping the motorhome with an air filtration system and a positive air pressure capability within the cockpit and living quarters of the vehicle.
  • Such a motorhome could be pre-packed with a variety of survival resources including food, water, clothing, threat abatement tools, and so forth.
  • Such a motorhome could also be equipped with navigation equipment that includes pre-programmed destinations such as shelters, provisions storehouses, caches, or distribution centers, transport rally points, and so forth.
  • a motorhome could be used in conjunction with an underground parking facility to thereby permit the motorhome to become, in effect, an underground shelter.
  • These teachings will also readily accommodate the use of space-based vehicles as a mode of transport to be used to remove people from an area that has been impacted by a civilly-catastrophic event and/or to move such persons to another intended destination such as a shelter.
  • space-based vehicles as a mode of transport to be used to remove people from an area that has been impacted by a civilly-catastrophic event and/or to move such persons to another intended destination such as a shelter.
  • Those skilled in the art will recognize and understand that such a vehicle may not necessarily reach escape velocity or even reach what might ordinarily be considered an orbital altitude.
  • Such supplies can include such things as vehicular fuel and spare parts, food and water for crew and passengers, batteries of various kinds, clothing, and even temporary shelter materials and supplies, to not but a few illustrative examples.
  • These caches can be hidden if desired and can optionally be placed in secure settings such as locked (and possibly guarded) containers, buildings, or the like.
  • survival supplies can be provided to authorized beneficiaries of consideration-based private civil security subscriptions using a corresponding container.
  • this container can itself comprise, or can be configured and arranged to be formed into, a floating vessel that can accommodate, for example, one or more persons.
  • this can comprise a capability of operating such a container as a floating vessel in isolation from other such containers and/or in combination with other such containers.
  • a first such container could form the hull of such a vessel which another such container could have constituent elements that are usable as decking, roofing, paddles, rudders, and so forth.
  • a given authorized beneficiary may wish to keep certain provisions close at hand. For example, such a person might wish to keep a seven day supply of survival provisions in their vehicle, a fourteen day supply of such provisions in their home, and a one day supply of survival provisions in a backpack in their office. At the same time, such a person may be expected to also have a wish that such supplies not unduly compromise their available storage space, aesthetics, and so forth. Accordingly, if desired, such supplies can be secreted in such locations behind a false front.
  • the vehicular-based supplies for example, can be placed at the back of a trunk (or in a basement cargo area of a motorhome, for example) and a false wall then placed between those stowed provisions and the remaining area of the storage area. Such supplies will therefore remain close at hand while also remaining out of sight and out of the way.
  • rescue services will be rendered in the event of a civilly-catastrophic event.
  • rescue personnel quickly locating the authorized beneficiary and physically accessing that authorized beneficiary to effect their removal to another location.
  • such a service can be supplemented to include allowing such an authorized beneficiary to identify another party to be rescued and/or to be located and accompanied as a precautionary or protective measure.
  • authorized beneficiaries of a subscription-based private civil defense program can participate in the program by providing threat assessment information to, for example, a central information collection function.
  • a central information collection function can include, for example, such individuals making regular reports (via telephone, email, a website, a wireless communications device, and so forth) regarding their observations in this regard.
  • one or more threat-detection sensors can be deployed at the individual's property (for example, their homes, businesses, vehicles, their clothing, and so forth).
  • Such sensors can be, if desired, coupled to a communication network of choice that forwards the gathered information (using a real time, near real time, or batch protocol of choice) to the central information collection function.
  • such activities can be supplemented with training for the participating individuals regarding how these observations and so forth are to be carried out.
  • any given person can be overcome by the exigencies of a given civilly-catastrophic event.
  • a person may be temporary displaced, critically (or mortally) injured, or affected in some other way that, either temporarily or permanently, removes them from contact with an affinity group of interest.
  • an affinity group can comprise, for example, a given person's family, business associates, or the like.
  • such a person may wish to take advantage of some opportunity or capability to record and/or organize certain information so that such information is then available to an identified person or group in the event of that person's absence for whatever reason.
  • Such information might comprise instructions, passwords or the like, directions, cautions, and so forth that the person believes are important to pass on to others in their absence.
  • information can be captured including audio, visual, or audio-visual recordings, text and/or graphics-based mechanisms, and so forth.
  • Such information can be retained, if desired, by an entity that otherwise also serves to provide consideration-based private civil security subscriptions that offer civilly catastrophic-event based access to one or more life-sustaining resources.
  • the capture, retention, and/or distribution of such information can comprise a standard or optional accouterment of such a subscription.
  • Some examples include, but are not limited to: photo ID cards or other documents, secret information-based approaches that use a shared password, personal identification number, combination code, or the like to verify one's status and authority, automated verification systems that rely, for example, upon an implanted transponder (such as a small radio frequency identification tag or the like) that transmits identifying information, biometric approaches that rely upon one or more unique or relatively unique characteristics of a given individual (such as retinal patterns, asperity patterns (such as fingerprints, palm prints, and so forth), behavior patterns (such as unique keyboard typing patterns and the like), biological markers (such as DNA, blood type, and the like), a physical key, and so forth.
  • an implanted transponder such as a small radio frequency identification tag or the like
  • biometric approaches that rely upon one or more unique or relatively unique characteristics of a given individual (such as retinal patterns, asperity patterns (such as fingerprints, palm prints, and so forth), behavior patterns (such as unique keyboard typing patterns and the like), biological markers (such as DNA,
  • a person, family, company, or other party interested in taking steps to better prepare themselves to meet and survive a given civilly-catastrophic event may increasingly face a growing number of options.
  • Such a situation can give rise to confusion and poor decision making on the part of the consumer of such services and goods. It may therefore be helpful for a certification and/or rating service to vet, compare, and/or otherwise assess such options and opportunities on behalf of an interested consuming audience.
  • such a service can certify that certain survival-related services or goods meet at least minimal standards regarding, for example, such things as likely effectiveness, anticipated shelf life, relative dollar value, reliability, nutritional content, usefulness, and so forth.
  • such a service can certify that certain survival-related services or goods are offered and/or manufactured in compliance with standards as have been established regarding consumer protections, strength, durability, flexibility, materials, radiation blockage capability, and so forth.
  • such a service can offer comparative ratings to assist the consumer with understanding the relative differences (with respect, for example, to effectiveness, value, durability, reliability, and so forth) between civil security-related services and/or goods as offered, for example, by different service providers and venders.
  • a civilly-catastrophic event can impact businesses as well as individuals and families. This includes for-profit business of various kinds as well as not-for-profit institutions, academic institutions, and so forth. Enterprise data represents one at-risk asset in such a scenario. When a given enterprise maintains all of its data in a same general area, that enterprise assumes a considerable risk of sudden institutional ignorance should that data become destroyed or otherwise compromised. Many businesses compensate for this vulnerability by providing for off-site backup and storage. Such schemes, however, are typically aimed at ensuring data preservation in the event of a relatively local mishap that impacts the original data. A given civilly-catastrophic event may be of such sweeping breadth and scope as to ensure the simultaneous destruction of both a local store of information and its off-site counterpart.
  • One or more electromagnetic pulses represent a particular challenge when such data is all retained in an electromagnetic storage platform.
  • These teachings therefore also contemplate the optional holding and preservation of enterprise data in one or more shelters that are dispersed over a very wide geographic setting. Multiple continents, for example, may be appropriate in this regard.
  • Such data can itself be stored using electromagnetic pulse barriers and/or through use of relatively non-volatile storage media that is immune to EMP and many other phenomena and stresses.
  • civil defense information can be provided to an intended audience.
  • a civil defense-themed web site can serve such a purpose.
  • At least parts of the web site can be open to the general public while other portions of the web site maybe restricted to the authorized beneficiaries of consideration- based private civil security subscriptions that provide civilly-catastrophic event-based access to one or more life-sustaining resources.
  • the information conveyed can comprise historical information regarding civil defense-related topics, information regarding different civilly-catastrophic events and their relative probabilities and characteristics, survival techniques, survival provisions, and information regarding presently assessed and/or tracked threats and the like.
  • Television and/or radio broadcast-styled streaming content in such regards can be provided as desired.
  • Plans and instructions of various kinds as pertain to civil defense matters can be provided for downloading and usage by accessing parties.
  • These airborne stations can comprise manned or unmanned platforms and may comprise heavier than air and/or lighter than air platforms. Such stations can remain on station by hovering or by flying a relatively tight pattern or can comprise a platform, such as a balloon, that is tethered to the ground in some manner.
  • An authorized beneficiary of a consideration-based private civil security subscription can be provided, if desired, with a biometrics collection and analysis apparatus.
  • a biometrics collection and analysis apparatus might be configured, for example, as an integral part of a container that is used to provide survival resources to that authorized beneficiary or may be separated therefrom.
  • Such an apparatus could be configured and arranged to accept physical specimens (such as blood, saliva, urine, regurgitated material, hair, skin scrapings, and so forth) and/or informational input from a user (in response, for example, to particular questions or selection opportunities). The apparatus could then be configured and arranged (using, for example, corresponding programming) to analyze such input and to offer corresponding interpretations and/or suggestions.
  • Substantially real-time information regarding imminent and/or actual civilly- catastrophic events can be provided via a private service using various media avenues. Such information could pertain to the type of event, an indication of the severity of the event when appropriate and/or applicable, the location of the event and its impact, the distance from the information recipient to an area that is impacted by the event (when possible or appropriate), pre-emptive and/or proactive actions that may be taken by the information recipient to escape, avoid, and/or better survive the event, and so forth.
  • Such information can be provided using, for example, a radio broadcast, a television broadcast, an Internet interface (using, for example, streaming audio and/or video information bearers), roadside electronic information billboards, portable electronic wireless receivers (including both one-way and two-way devices of various kinds), and so forth.
  • this process will readily accommodate providing such civil security provisions 200, civil security facilities 502, and civil security services 503 by a single provider 501.
  • a provider 501 can be integrally involved with designing, providing, maintaining, and offering such civil security resources or can comprise an aggregator of such resources, in whole or in part, as are provided by other sources.
  • the civil security provisions 200 can be provided by a first provider 601
  • the civil security facilities 502 can be provided by a second provider 602
  • the civil security services 503 can be provided by a third provider 603 wherein the first, second, and third providers comprise separate entities (as when, for example, these providers comprise separate legal entities having no co- ownership or common points of control).
  • these separate providers can meet the needs of this step by acting in an aggregated manner 604 (directly or indirectly) with one another.
  • a single provider 703 can provide the civil security facilities 502 and the civil security services 503 while the civil security provisions are provided by a plurality of civil security provisions providers represented here by a first civil security provisions provider 701 through an Nth civil security provisions provider 702 (where "N" will be understood to comprise an integer greater than one).
  • N will be understood to comprise an integer greater than one.
  • a private civil security provider will encounter particular difficulties not faced by providers of other, more traditional, products and services. For example, marketing such services, provisions, and facilities to consumers or clients may prove challenging because individuals may be hesitant to participate because of their reluctance to acknowledge the presence of certain threats or perhaps because they mistakenly believe that their federal, state, local, provincial, or municipal government is effectively addressing and preparing for such civilly-catastrophic events. Further, the business of civil security presents several unique obstacles and challenges to a business plan or model because the business partly operates within a realm sometimes occupied (or is at least perceived as being occupied) by various governmental entities. Some particular examples to address these concerns now follow (it being understood that these examples are provided for illustrative purposes and are not intended to comprise an exhaustive listing of such possibilities).
  • loyalty program and/or user points as are earned and accumulated through airline frequent flyer programs, credit card usage, and so forth could be used as at least part of the consideration required to become a private civil security subscription subscriber. This would typically require that an arrangement be reached between the provider of such services (or their representative or agent) and the enterprise that operates such a program to thereby permit the holder of such points to make such a selection and allocation of their accumulated points.
  • Consideration-based private civil security subscriptions can be offered at prices that vary with criteria of interest to the civil security services provider. Some examples include, but are not limited to, the age of the authorized beneficiary, the height of the authorized beneficiary, the weight of the authorized beneficiary, the health (and/or specific health concerns) of the authorized beneficiary, and so forth.
  • these teachings further contemplate the extension of such civil security benefits to such employees.
  • This can comprise a fully or partially subsidized (and/or discounted) extension of such benefits and can include, if desired, the employee's family members (and/or extended family members) as well.
  • Such benefits could also be extended, if desired, to key non-employee contractors and/or agents as well.
  • private civil security benefits can be offered to subscribers as per the terms and conditions of a corresponding subscription mechanism.
  • Such subscriptions can be offered via any number of mechanisms and by any number of intervening agents or Attorney Docket No. 8379/90813 PCT brokers, if desired.
  • These multiple offerings can be offered by a single party or can emanate from different parties, as desired. In this way, the benefits of one such offering can be used to leverage the purchase or acquisition of the other offering(s).
  • the civil security subscription may be aggregated with other or alternative resources not directly related to civil security.
  • Such unrelated products or services may include: services or products in other categories of business not directly related to civil security, to note but a few examples.
  • the unrelated resources could include insurance services and products and/or financial or investment services and products not directly related to civil security.
  • the unrelated services may be packaged with the consideration-based private civil security subscription.
  • the purchaser of an unrelated service may receive a discount on the purchase of a civil security subscription.
  • the purchaser of unrelated products or services may qualify to purchase or may receive an option to buy a civil security subscription, possibly at a discount.
  • the right to access civil security-related benefits such as shelter, provisions, rescue services, and/or transport can be based upon a specific previously established relationship between the authorized beneficiary and the civil security benefits provider.
  • bearer certificates can also be used to permit and facilitate such access.
  • Such a bearer certificate could, by its own terms and conditions, permit the bearer of such a certificate to have access to such civil security benefits during some time of need.
  • Such a certificate may have certain limitations applied thereto. For example, such a bearer certificate may only be honored at specific locations, or may only entitle the bearer to a certain class of survival provisions.
  • a private civil security subscription-based approach to assisting with the survival of civilly-catastrophic events is often viewed as resting primarily or exclusively upon a consideration-based means of facilitation; that is, some subscriber, for themselves or on behalf of authorized beneficiaries such as their family members, co-workers, or the Attorney Docket No. 8379/90813 PCT like pays a provider of private civil security services and/or goods to provide such authorized beneficiaries with access to one or more life-sustaining resources during a corresponding civilly-catastrophic event-based time of need. It would also be possible, however, to promulgate such private civil security using a philanthropically-based approach.
  • a philanthropically-minded person, company, or even a governmental entity may provide the consideration to establish a pool of such resources, which resources are then distributed during a time of need to corresponding recipients.
  • such recipients need not be pre-identified in any usual sense (though such a gift might be conditionally restricted to only those recipients, for example, who live within a given region). Instead, such an approach can serve to permit a wealthy benefactor with charitable intent to provide critical survival resources to a relatively amorphous recipient population on an as-needed basis.
  • the authorized beneficiary when so engaged, can become considerably more than merely a passive recipient of latent civil security services that become available if and when a civilly-catastrophic event occurs. Instead, the authorized beneficiary can become more active and/or proactive in such things as monitoring and/or assessing threats to civil security, influencing strategies, tactics, plans, and preparations as pertain to preparing to meet a given civilly- catastrophic event, and being trained or training others with respect to meeting and beating such challenges.
  • Such a lifestyle of civil defense preparedness can be induced, inspired, and/or maintained through such activities as education and training, practice and drilling, and testing (with or without corresponding evidence of participation and achievement such as a certification process).
  • membership and/or affiliation with at least some levels of a corresponding affinity group can be based upon Attorney Docket No. 8379/90813 PCT successfully participating in such activities. This, in turn, could aid in cementing and rendering more tangible the participant's sense of belonging to something bigger than themselves and that is worthy of their time, attention, resources, and effort.
  • Membership or affiliation with such an association or organization might be based, for example, upon demonstrated familiarity and/or knowledge of certain civil defense precepts or the like, maintenance of a private store of provisions that are available to aid and assist others in the organization during a time of need, successful passage of corresponding entrance requirements, preliminary and/or ongoing testing and/or attainment of varying levels of certification, and so forth.
  • Information regarding the members of such an association regarding their identity, their location, and their qualifications could then be made available via print, an electronic or networked resource, and/or other mechanism of choice.
  • this process 100 will also optionally provide for the provision 102 of non-civil security resources.
  • non-civil security resources comprise supplies and items that are not, strictly speaking, necessary to ensure human survival and hence may be viewed as luxuries.
  • Such items can quite literally span the full gamut of available offerings and can include both unique items (such as original works of art) and more commonly available offerings (such as jewelry, pleasure reading materials, audio playback devices, and so forth). Again, differentiation can exist with respect to actual or perceived levels of quality as pertain to such items if desired.
  • These steps of providing such civil security resources can further comprise maintaining such resources.
  • This can comprise, for example, maintaining the freshness and usability of civil security provisions (by replacing outdated or soon-to-be outdated supplies), replacing an existing resource with a better substitute that becomes available, maintaining present and/or imminent usability of a civil security shelter or transport vehicle, updating civil security-related information to reflect current data and intelligence, vetting and re-vetting personnel, and so forth.
  • Such maintenance can be provided, in whole or in part, by the provider of such civil security resources or can be outsourced if desired.
  • This process 100 then provides for providing 103 authorized beneficiaries with consideration-based access to the plurality of private civil security resources.
  • authorized beneficiaries can be identified. For example, by one approach, such authorized beneficiaries can attain this status as per the terms and conditions of a consideration-based private civil security benefits subscription as mentioned above with respect to FIG. 3.
  • a given subscription can provide such status for a stipulated one-year period of time for one or more authorized beneficiaries as correspond to that subscription.
  • the maintenance of the resource 203 may include storing the acquired necessities 402.
  • storage 402 occurs through use of one or more storage facilities 800, illustrated in FIG. 8, which are owned or controlled by the subscription accepting entity.
  • Any suitable storage facility may be used for this purpose with examples comprising (but not being limited to) above ground man-made shelters, below ground or below water facilities (including purposefully excavated facilities, natural caverns, and so forth), and water borne facilities (such as barges and the like).
  • Each such storage facility may be used for this purpose with examples comprising (but not being limited to) above ground man-made shelters, below ground or below water facilities (including purposefully excavated facilities, natural caverns, and so forth), and water borne facilities (such as barges and the like).
  • each such bundle will likely serve to store the resources as correspond to a plurality of authorized beneficiaries.
  • resources are stored in the aggregate.
  • some or all of the acquired necessities are stored in subscriber-based bundles 801. For example, each such bundle
  • Such a bundle 301 could comprise a one year supply of all acquired items as are intended for a family of four authorized beneficiaries.
  • a single authorized beneficiary may have a first bundle comprised of staple items that are acquired and stored for all beneficiaries and a second bundle comprised of custom items that are specifically and uniquely acquired for this particular beneficiary or class of beneficiaries (such as beneficiaries who all share a common dietary ailment or condition, sensitivity, medical condition, preference, or the like).
  • the bundle 801 itself can be realized via any of a wide variety of encapsulating or restraining mechanisms.
  • a tarp and tie-downs can be used to segregate the goods and form the described bundle.
  • discrete storage cabinets formed of wood, metal, plastic, canvas, or other material of choice could be employed for this purpose. Shrink wrap materials could also be employed in this regard.
  • these bundles 801 can be individually palletized (i.e., each placed upon and optionally secured to a pallet 802). Palletization, in turn, will permit ready and efficient movement of such bundles 801 to, about, or from a given storage facility 800 and/or delivery of such a bundle to an authorized beneficiary when such delivery comprises the desired form of granting access to such resources.
  • a first storage facility 901 may contain 1,000 such storage units while a second storage facility 902 may contain an additional 1 ,000 such storage units.
  • a second storage facility 902 may contain an additional 1 ,000 such storage units.
  • maintaining 304 the resource in such a context can further optionally comprise maintaining 403 the utility of the stored necessities. This can comprise, for example, monitoring the usability of perishable items and replacing such items on a corresponding schedule. As another simple illustration this step 403 can comprise holding certain items in deep refrigeration or in other special storage conditions as may suit the proper maintenance of such items.
  • Such maintenance 304 can also optionally comprise making adjustments 404 to the stored necessities to reflect dynamically changing circumstances as occur during the consideration-based private civil security subscription period. As one illustration, a new product may become available that is particularly useful in treating a particular infectious condition that may likely arise upon the occurrence of a particular kind of civilly-catastrophic event.
  • this step of making adjustments 404 can readily comprise one or more of removing a particular one of the stored necessities (as when a better substitute becomes available, when the stored necessity itself is shown to be less effective for its intended purpose than was originally thought, and so forth), adding additional ones of the stored necessities (as when it becomes subsequently understood that more of a particular item is desirable to achieve a particular survival-related goal or purpose), adding at least one new stored necessity that is not already stored (as illustrated in the example provided above), and so forth.
  • the resource being acquired and maintained comprises consumable or non-consumable items.
  • these teachings are applicable for use with other resources as well.
  • maintaining 304 the resource may relate to providing civilly-catastrophic event-based access to a shelter.
  • this step of maintaining 304 the resource can comprise maintaining 1001 such a shelter.
  • Such a construction will usually at least serve to protect the inhabitants from environmental stress and extremes.
  • a shelter will typically also comprise internal temperature control, lighting, storage facilities, sleeping facilities, food preparation facilities, personal hygiene facilities, and so forth.
  • a shelter may also be equipped to provide for water treatment (such as filtering, bacteria removal, and so forth), waste treatment and/or recycling, electrical power generation, and/or air treatment (including but not limited to conditioning, filtering, and so forth).
  • water treatment such as filtering, bacteria removal, and so forth
  • waste treatment and/or recycling waste treatment and/or recycling
  • electrical power generation including but not limited to conditioning, filtering, and so forth.
  • such a shelter can also be equipped with communication facilities including a variety of wireless broadcast capabilities, longdistance two-way communications capabilities, and so forth.
  • Security will likely comprise a primary concern for such a shelter.
  • this can comprise maintaining the shelter in a location that is substantially distal from a nearest substantial human population.
  • a shelter 1102 may be separated from the closest major population bases 1103 by a distance that at least exceeds some predetermined substantial distance X 1104.
  • this distance X might comprise, for example, 800 kilometers.
  • Other factors might well play a part in this regard, of course.
  • a significant natural barrier (such as a large mountain range) might lie between a major population base and a shelter and make reasonable a shorter separation distance between such entities.
  • a suitable water source 1105 can comprise a ground-level water source or an underground water source as, in either case, ready access to the water source may be available. This, in turn, can be useful with respect to ensuring an adequate supply of water for the inhabitants of the shelter 1102 in times of need.
  • a ground-level water source may also provide a means of ingress and egress to facilitate the comings and goings of the authorized beneficiaries (for example, a navigable waterway can provide an effective pathway by which to transport authorized beneficiaries to the shelter 1102).
  • Dispersed shelters can also help ensure that at least some shelters will more likely survive civilly- catastrophic events that pose sufficient destructive force to destroy such a shelter or to otherwise significantly impair its purpose and functionality.
  • Such shelters may be differentiated, for example, with respect to their relative support for such things as a maximum supportable population, a depth and breadth of provided non-essential accouterments of life, medical facilities (such as, but not limited to, specialized equipment such as respirators, dialysis equipment, operating facilities, and so forth), pet animal accommodations, risk threat abatement capability, entertainment facilities, and so forth.
  • Assignment and/or access to a given differentiated shelter can be determined, at least in part, by such things as relative initial proximity of the authorized beneficiary, the terms and conditions of the corresponding subscription agreement, and so forth.
  • these teachings can be simply practiced by provision of shelter and/or life-sustaining supplies; gaining physical access to such resources comprises the responsibility of the authorized beneficiaries. During such times, of course, it can be expected that civil conditions will be troubled and confusing. Therefore, by another approach these teachings can further encompass transporting at least some of the authorized beneficiaries to the shelter and/or supplies in response to the occurrence of a civilly-catastrophic event. There are various ways by which to accomplish such a task.
  • At least one rally point can be identified 1002.
  • a rally point need not be reserved only for this purpose and may, for example, simply comprise a convenient location for at least some authorized beneficiaries.
  • Example rally points might include sports stadiums and auditoriums, amusement parks, and the like. When possible, it may be helpful to locate such a rally point relatively near an airstrip and/or a navigable waterway.
  • Such amenities can potentially be used when transporting the gathered beneficiaries to their destination (as when, for example, a destination shelter is accessible from the navigable waterway that is also readily accessible from the rally point).
  • one or more such rally points can be identified for each larger population area that contains authorized beneficiaries. It would also be possible, of course, to identify rally points to serve a similar function in more rural settings as well if desired.
  • This process can then optionally provide 1003 information regarding such rally points to the authorized beneficiaries.
  • This information can be provided prior to the occurrence of a civilly-catastrophic event if desired. It may also be useful or possible to provide such information (either in the first instance or as a supplemental notice) following the initiation of such an event. The latter may be achieved using such communication means as may be available at the time. It would also be possible to provision each authorized beneficiary (or family or company of beneficiaries) with one or more communications devices by which such information could be provided. This process could then provide 504 appropriate transportation to move the authorized beneficiaries from these rally points to the destination (such as to a designated shelter).
  • Such transportation can comprise standard vehicles (cars, buses, boats, airplanes, railroad cars, and so forth). If desired, however, more specialized equipment could be used including but not limited to armored transports, environmentally-contained vehicles or trailers, and so forth.
  • a short-term survival kit to facilitate their survival prior to their being able to access the aforementioned stored necessities upon the occurrence of a civilly-catastrophic event.
  • a short-term survival kit might comprise, for example, a seven day supply of nourishment, clothing, food preparation items, bedding, navigation tools, communication tools and/or location beacons, first aid supplies, water treatment items, items to aid with protecting against or otherwise treating environmentally borne hazards, maps, portable power sources, fire starting equipment, survival instructions, and so forth.
  • authorized beneficiaries could be provided 1202 with a survival instruction guide kit. These instructions could provide information regarding survival practices, emergency responses, and so forth.
  • a survival instruction guide kit such as a family group, a company group, and so forth.
  • each authorized beneficiary who comprised a part of a shared group such as a family group, a company group, and so forth
  • the participants would be able to take their own coordinated actions while being relatively secure in their knowledge of what their group counterparts were also likely doing at that time.
  • This survival instruction guide kit could comprise, for example, a book or manual having printing survival instructions and information in combination with fill-in- the-blank opportunities whereby a given authorized beneficiary could customize the instructions to specifically suit their particular needs and situation.
  • Such blanks could be used, for example, to prompt the beneficiary to think through and to record information such as their primary and secondary rally points or other family/group meeting points and protocols, communications protocols and contact information, specific items (perhaps somewhat unique to the individual and which may, or may not, relate to the survival of that individual) that should be stockpiled or otherwise made readily available in the event of a civilly-catastrophic event, and so forth.
  • Such a book or manual could include indexes, tabs, or other navigation tools to permit a reader to quickly find the relevant information they require during a time of need.
  • These teachings would also accommodate providing 1203 survival training to authorized beneficiaries.
  • Such training could comprise in-person, on-site training, live instructors, and/or previously prepared teaching resources such as, but not limited to, electronic learning resources.
  • This training could include both general information regarding specific do's and don'ts as pertain to different kinds of civilly-catastrophic events as well as more specific information regarding specific actions that should be taken by the authorized beneficiary with respect to successfully achieving access to their subscribed-to resources as per their subscription.
  • These teachings will also accommodate providing 1204 authorized beneficiaries with a corresponding authorization mechanism by which they can effect their right of access to the resources provided by their subscription.
  • This may comprise a mechanism that the beneficiary carries with them as personal property (such as an identification card) or, for example, a biometric-based identity authentication process that relies upon fingerprints, retinal patterns, or some other relatively unique aspect of the human body.
  • the process 100 provides 104 the authorized beneficiaries with consideration-based access to the non-civil security resources. Notwithstanding the provision of such civil security resources, this step of providing access to such resources can readily comprise providing a plurality of different access opportunities. Such opportunities can differ from one another in any number of ways.
  • these opportunities can differ from one another with respect to the specific resources that are included, the quantity of resources that are included, the duration of time during which the aforementioned access may occur, the conditions under which such access can occur, the manner by which such access occurs (for example, whether civil security provisions are delivered to a given authorized beneficiary (and if so, when, how often, and so forth) or must be picked up by the authorized beneficiary from a given distribution point), and so forth.
  • differing access opportunities could comprise, at least in part, a first access opportunity that provides limited access to no more than a first amount of the civil security resources and a second access opportunity that provides limited access to more than the first amount of the civil security resources.
  • the first amount can be specified, if desired, as a function of a predetermined quantity of the civil security resources and/or as a function of a predetermined amount of time during which the civil security resources are accessed.
  • the second access opportunity could differ from the first access opportunity, at least part, by providing an opportunity to have access to the civil security resources at a time that is temporally subsequent to a time when the first access opportunity provides access to the civil security resources (to thereby provide, for example, for a resupply or replenishment opportunity that supplements an original stock of supplies as might correspond to what is provided pursuant to the first access opportunity).
  • a first access opportunity could provide limited access to only civil security provisions and civil security services while a second, different access opportunity could provide access to both these civil security resources and civil security facilities as well.
  • a first access opportunity that provides limited access to only a limited selection of the civil security provisions and a limited selection of the civil security services comprising information-related services;
  • a second access opportunity that provides limited access to only a limited selection of the civil security provisions and a limited selection of the civil security services comprising both information-related services and transportation services (such as civilly-catastrophic event-based transportation to a civil security provisions distribution facility);
  • a third access opportunity that provides limited access to only a limited selection of the civil security provisions, a limited selection of the civil security services comprising information-related services and transportation services, and a limited selection of the civil security facilities comprising a civil security rally point (or, in other words, an access opportunity that equals that provided by the second access opportunity plus access to the civil security rally point);
  • a fourth access opportunity that equals that provided by the third access opportunity plus access to a civil security shelter (or shelters);
  • a fifth access opportunity that equals that provided by the fourth access opportunity plus access to civil security rescue services.
  • a given provider of these civil security resources can provide five such access opportunities to comprise the primary offerings to be provided to the authorized beneficiaries.
  • Each such offering can of course command a different corresponding level of consideration (such as, for example, a different corresponding payment to be proffered for each).
  • this process will also optionally accommodate providing a key to authorized beneficiaries to thereby facilitate and permit those authorized beneficiaries to access one or more of the civil security resources during an authorized time of need.
  • a key may comprise a physical item (such as, for example, an identification card or a physical lock key) and/or a non-physical item (such as, for example, a code such as a personal identification number, a password, or the like).
  • this step can comprise (in conjunction with acquiring information, materials, and/or samples from the authorized beneficiary to thereby characterize the biometric of choice) providing instructions to the authorized beneficiary regarding presentation of such a biometric in order to gain the desired access.
  • this step can comprise providing the code to the authorized beneficiary.
  • this step can comprise receiving a code of choice from the authorized beneficiary and then providing confirmation to the authorized beneficiary regarding acceptance of that proffered code.
  • a base line membership for a given authorized beneficiary can bear a corresponding base line price and offer access to a corresponding set of civil security resources.
  • These resources might comprise, for example:
  • Pre-civilly catastrophic event delivery of a short-term supply of survival resources comprising at least nutritional consumables. Hydration supplies can also be provided if desired.
  • This short-term supply can comprise, for example, a sufficient quantity of survival resources to support survival of the corresponding authorized beneficiary for at least a predetermined number of days (such as, for example, a ten day period of time).
  • Pre-civilly catastrophic event access to civil security services comprising consulting services that provide for a preparedness review and inventory as well as preparation of a customized and personalized personal action plan to guide the authorized beneficiary in the event of a civilly-catastrophic event-based time of need.
  • a right to acquire additional civil security provisions (either for current delivery or to be held pending a civilly-catastrophic event-based time of need) and/or to access civil security facilities or additional services.
  • a base line offering can be provided for a relatively modest initial cost and, if and as the authorized beneficiary becomes more learned and experienced with respect to civil security issues and concerns, additional supplemental kinds and levels of protection and security can be subsequently acquired as needed.

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La présente invention concerne une pluralité de ressources de sécurité civile privée (101). Ces ressources de sécurité civile privée comprennent, au moins en partie, des mesures et des installations de sécurité civile. Les abonnements de sécurité civile privée basés sur des paiements sont acceptés (301) d'abonnés en vue de proposer un accès, basé sur des événements de catastrophes civiles, à une ou plusieurs ressources de ce type. Ceci peut comprendre une proposition (303) d'abonnements de sécurité civile privée basée sur des paiements réduits pour les bénéficiaires autorisés ayant au moins une relation prédéterminée avec un fournisseur de service en ce qui concerne ce type de ressource. Cette ressource est alors maintenue (304) en attendant qu'il soit nécessaire de permettre un accès basé sur abonnement à la ressource en cas d'événement catastrophique.
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