Digital guide · 28 pages · Instant PDF

When the
lights go out

A civilian's step-by-step guide to terror attacks, blackouts and disasters — built from the guidance police, paramedics and emergency planners already use.

Run · Hide · Tell Blackout protocol Stop the Bleed 3 printable checklists
SURVIVAL FIELD GUIDE WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT Terror attacks · Blackouts · Disasters 28 PAGES · PRINTABLE CHECKLISTS

The gap this closes

Nobody freezes because they're a coward

They freeze because the brain doesn't invent a plan under stress — it retrieves one. If there is nothing stored, there is nothing to retrieve. This guide exists to put something there.

01

The first minutes decide it

In a fast-moving incident, the people who move first are the people who already knew which way to move. Three seconds is the whole difference, and three seconds is a decision you make in advance.

02

The guidance exists — scattered

Counter-terrorism police, FEMA and trauma surgeons all publish what to do. It sits across dozens of leaflets, PDFs and government pages nobody reads before they need it.

03

Prepper content is useless at 2am

Most survival material is either fantasy or a shopping list. This is 28 pages of what to actually do, in order, in the situations that realistically happen.

Contents

Four modules. 28 pages.

Every page is a procedure, a diagram or a checklist. No filler chapters, no padding.

01
Terror attack
Run · Hide · Tell, the official three-step protocol · Cover versus concealment, and why confusing them is lethal · Exactly what an emergency call taker needs, in order · What to do when armed police arrive · Vehicle attacks, knife attacks, unattended items, secondary attacks
Pages 5–10
02
The blackout
The seven moves of the first hour, in order · Water storage and treatment · Light and safe heating · The 4-hour and 48-hour fridge rules, and the 40°F threshold · Generators and carbon monoxide — the page that saves the most lives · Cash, comms and medical devices on a dead grid
Pages 11–17
03
Natural disasters
Flood depths and what each one does to a car · Drop, Cover, Hold On and the aftershock sequence · The 72/48/24-hour storm countdown · Wildfire, plus the universal seven-step evacuation sequence that works for any hazard
Pages 18–22
04
First aid & the 72-hour kit
The ABC of bleeding control · Three ways to stop a bleed · Tourniquet application, step by step, including the detail most people get wrong · The go-bag, the two-week home layer and a family emergency plan you fill in
Pages 23–28

Three pages designed to leave the PDF

Print them. Stick them up.

A guide on your phone is no use when the phone is at 4%. Three pages invert to a light, low-ink layout with a cut line and real tick boxes.

✂ Cut out · keep on the fridge

Blackout checklist

  • Fill water — bath, pots, bottles, now
  • Fridge and freezer stay shut
  • Phone to low-power mode
  • Generator outdoors only, 20 ft clear
  • Text, don't call
✂ Cut out · tape inside the bag

The 72-hour go-bag

  • Water, 1 gal per person per day
  • Manual can opener
  • Tourniquet and trauma dressing
  • Documents and cash, waterproofed
  • Paper map — GPS fails
✂ Fill in tonight · 20 minutes

Family emergency plan

  • Out-of-area contact
  • Meeting point 1 and 2
  • School and workplace pick-up
  • Medical details and blood types
  • Gas, water and power shut-offs

Where the content comes from

Sourced, not invented

Every protocol in this guide is drawn from published official guidance. Nothing is improvised and nothing is dramatised.

Counter Terrorism PolicingRun Hide Tell · ProtectUK
FEMA · Ready.govOutages, kits, hazards
Stop the BleedBleeding control
American Red CrossGenerator safety

This guide summarises publicly available guidance from these organisations. It is an independent product and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or produced in partnership with any of them.

Before you buy

Who this is for

It's for you if

  • You have a household, and no plan anyone could name out loud
  • You travel, commute or spend time in crowded public places
  • You live somewhere with an unreliable grid, or a hazard season
  • You want something printable that works when the power doesn't
  • You'd rather read 28 useful pages than 300 padded ones

It's not for you if

  • You want bunker-building, firearms training or off-grid homesteading
  • You're looking for tactical or combat instruction — this is civilian guidance
  • You want a printed physical book; this is a digital PDF
  • You expect it to replace a hands-on first aid course. It tells you to go take one.

Get it

One file. Yours permanently.

  • 28-page illustrated PDF, in English
  • Four modules: terror attack, blackout, disasters, first aid
  • Three printable, low-ink checklist pages
  • Fill-in family emergency plan
  • Instant download after payment · read on any device
  • Free updates to future editions
$18
One-time · instant access

Covered by a 7-day refund guarantee. If it isn't useful, ask and you get your money back.

Questions

Before you ask

What format is it, and how do I get it?

A 28-page PDF in English. The download link arrives by email the moment payment clears, and the file opens on a phone, tablet, laptop or any e-reader. Save a copy offline — a survival guide stuck in the cloud is not a survival guide.

Is this country-specific?

No. The protocols are international: emergency numbers for the UK, US, Canada and the EU are all listed, and the procedures themselves — Run Hide Tell, Drop Cover Hold On, the ABC of bleeding control — are the same guidance taught worldwide. Measurements are given in both imperial and metric.

Do I need to buy equipment to use it?

No. Most of the guide is about decisions, not gear. The kit lists exist, and the single most valuable action in the whole book — agreeing an out-of-area contact and a meeting point with your household — costs nothing at all.

Is this frightening to read?

It's written to be calm and procedural, not alarming. There are no photographs of violence, no graphic imagery and no doom. The illustrations are diagrams: floor plans, cross-sections and numbered steps.

Does it replace first aid training?

No, and it says so repeatedly. The first aid module is a reminder you can hold in your hands under stress. It points you toward a hands-on Stop the Bleed or first aid course, most of which are free or low-cost and take about two hours.

Can I print it?

Yes. Three pages are designed specifically for printing — light background, minimal ink, a dashed cut line and large tick boxes — and the rest prints fine on a home printer.

This guide is general safety information. It is not professional medical, legal or security advice, and it does not replace hands-on training or the instructions of emergency services. In any emergency, call your local emergency number and follow the directions of responders.

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