Guides
The how behind every line on the lists. Short, plain and free of doom.
- WaterYou last about three days without it. Sort this before anything else.
- FoodStore what you eat, eat what you store. Everything else is detail.
- Cooking without mainsHot food changes the whole day. Carbon monoxide changes it more.
- LightDarkness makes every other problem worse. It is also the cheapest one to fix.
- PowerYou do not need to run the house. You need phones, light and maybe a fridge.
- HeatCold is a slow emergency. Shrink the space you need to keep warm.
- First aid and medicineA kit helps. Knowing what to do with it helps more.
- Toilets and hygieneNobody plans for this one. Then the water stops.
- Documents and cashWhen the card machines are down, the person with coins is king.
- News and staying in touchWhen the internet is gone, the old ways still work.
- The family planTen minutes at the kitchen table. Free, and worth more than most gear.
- The go bagFor the day the right answer is to leave, fast.
- The car kitMost people are never more than a breakdown away from needing this.
- PetsThey are family, and they cannot open tins.
- Prepping in a flatNo cellar, no garden, no problem. Mostly.
- Your home: shut-offs, tools, fireFive minutes of looking now saves a flooded kitchen later.
- Neighbours and communityThe lone wolf with a basement full of beans does badly in every real disaster study. Be the other one.