Emergency Air: For Shelter-in-Place Preppers and Home-Built Bunkers

There's hardly any books out there on the subject of a sealed air system for any air tight structure. The book has some useful information but it's main thesis is using a shop vac to ventilate your structure. I would say that is better than nothing, for sure. If you don't have any other means, this would work. How long will it work and how much electricity would it consume? I do think the book is worth the money to help one focus on a better system to filter incoming air.

This book provides for some interesting food for thought and field expedient air cleaning systems for inclosed residential spaces during a possible pandemic or any CBRN event. If they work I do not know but I would be interested in testing them and measuring their feasibility. Personally I would rather head for the hills and away from people but that may not be an option. Having clean and sufficient levels of oxygen to breath is one big part, the other is to keeping clean the air inside the enclosed space from what the human body naturally expunges as toxins that build up rapidly, and not to mention someone having a cold or the flu and is sharing your air, or the smells of food and artificial toxins that you are enclosed by such as plastic, paint and other VOC toxins.Building Closed Circuit life support systems in Centralia WA for the US Navy and commercial customers I can say that CO2 is an issue and when all else fails you must be able to safely manipulate and circulate the breathing media in your artificial environment without electricity long enough to out last the possible CBRN environment outside and survive the enclosed habitat itself. Remember you must be able to survive with the other people with you. Its a fun book and I enjoyed reading it while flying across the ocean at 34,000 feet sharing air with over 100 plus others.

Very little to no B.S.! Informative, fact filled, easy to follow. How systems work, why they work, guidelines to make from scratch with list of supplies needed, where to buy and expected costs on a minimal budget. Where to buy commercial models, contacts, expected costs. Highly recommended. Best compilation of info so far. Must read for this must have life sustaining piece of equipment who consider utilizing a "sealed air" environment.

Lots of rehash of information available elsewhere (cheaper), and some areas not addressed. Having said that, if you have not thought about this issue, nor read anything about it, this book could be helpful.

I wish it had more on a cheaper DIY way of having fresh air (with no electricity) . Long term use if in shelter for over two weeks.Not enough info.

mediocre

"Emergency Air" is a great, short read. It's one of those books that tells you what you need to know without belaboring the points. If you have any thoughts of preparing an underground "area" for "storage" then this book is a must read. One thing though - be ready to say to yourself "I should have thought of that". The entire book is common sense (which is in limited supply nowadays). Good luck and keep breathing. . . wherever you find yourself!

A must have book for anyone building a under ground shelter. Ideas and planes for air in your shelter. Ways to filter the air and ect....