About Us

Preparedness Without Fear. Confidence Through Experience.

At Sensible Survivor℠, we believe that preparing for emergencies shouldn't require living in fear or dramatically changing the way you live. It means taking sensible steps today so that you and those who depend on you can face tomorrow with greater confidence.

Our approach comes from a lifetime of firsthand experience.

Our family has lived across the United States and overseas, encountering earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, ice storms, wildfires, prolonged power outages, water shortages, and other emergencies. We've experienced these events as parents raising seven children, as working professionals, as residents of large cities and small communities, and as people responsible for helping others.

Our experiences span generations and circumstances—from navigating emergencies in New York City to managing extended utility outages at home, from military disaster-relief operations to the everyday challenges of keeping families safe when normal services are disrupted.

Along the way, we've learned something important: You don't need to prepare for the end of the world. You need to be ready when your world is temporarily disrupted.

Experience Put to Work for You

Sensible Survivor was founded by Chris Lamoureux, a retired U.S. Army Colonel with 30 years of experience in leadership, logistics, and emergency operations. But the knowledge behind Sensible Survivor extends well beyond one person's professional career. It reflects the experiences, lessons, and perspectives of an entire family that has learned to adapt, solve problems, and care for one another under difficult circumstances.

Those lessons are the foundation of our Sensible Survivor APPP℠ Method: Assess, Plan, Prepare, Practice.

Rather than handing you endless checklists or encouraging you to accumulate expensive equipment, we help you understand your own circumstances, identify realistic risks, make practical plans, and develop the skills and resources that matter most.

Our Mission

Our mission is simple: To help you become more self-reliant, better prepared, and more confident in your ability to care for yourself and those who depend on you.

We believe preparedness should bring peace of mind, not anxiety. And when emergencies occur, we want you to be among those who can respond calmly, maintain a sense of normalcy, and perhaps even help others.

You can't control everything that happens. But you can prepare to respond with confidence.

Welcome to Sensible Survivor, because being prepared makes sense.