Guides
Each guide has the steps that apply everywhere, then a section for every region. Choose your region to see yours first.
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- 01 Water How much water to store, how to keep it safe, how to make doubtful water drinkable, and what to do when the taps stop.
- 02 Temperature (Warmth and Cooling) Staying warm when the heat or power fails, staying cool in extreme heat, the warning signs that mean call 911, and using heaters and generators without poisoning anyone.
- 03 Food How to build a food supply that actually feeds you, how to store it and rotate it, when canned food is dangerous, how to cook without power, and what to keep or throw out when the fridge goes dark.
- 04 Shelter and Home Safety When to stay home and when to leave, fire and carbon monoxide safety, protecting your home from your region's hazards, and a go-bag for when you have to evacuate.
- 05 Medicine and Health Keeping prescriptions going when pharmacies close, a first-aid kit and the skills to use it, heat and cold illness, refrigerated medicines like insulin in a power outage, and what the research really says about expired medicines.
- 06 Power and Fuel Getting through a power outage, choosing backup power from a flashlight to a home battery, running a generator without poisoning anyone, and storing fuel safely.
- 07 Sanitation and Hygiene What to do when the toilet won't flush, how to set up a two-bucket toilet, keeping hands clean without running water, cleaning safely with bleach, and handling trash, sewage, and septic systems after a disaster.
- 08 Communications A family communication plan, how to reach people when networks jam or the power is out, how to get emergency alerts, radios for when phones fail, and the paper and offline backups that keep working.
- 09 Money and Work Resilience Building emergency savings, keeping cash and insured accounts, handling bills and debt, protecting documents, avoiding disaster scams, and building skills that hold up. General information, not financial advice.
- 10 Family and Community Organizing Turning separate households into a team. Roles, check-ins for people who need extra help, hub households, a shared fund with written rules, reunification plans for children, practice drills, and free community training like CERT.