Doomsday survival guide
Whether you call it doomsday, Armageddon, the apocalypse, societal collapse or the end of the world as we know it, the practical questions are much the same. How do you stay safe, find clean water and food, and work with the people around you when services stop?
This page puts our field guides in the order you’re likely to need them. Nobody can predict what a catastrophe will look like or promise that anyone will survive it, but preparing for the basics helps in almost any disaster.
The first minutes
- The first 10 minutes
- Control the first five minutes
- DRSABCD: someone has collapsed
- Evacuate early with a grab bag
- Floodwater: stay out
- Animals in evacuation and shelter
The first days
- How to make water safe to drink
- How to make an emergency toilet
- Choosing and stabilising shelter
- Generator and carbon monoxide safety
- Extreme heat and heatstroke
- Cold exposure and hypothermia
- Managing food after power loss
- Use fire without creating a second disaster
- Clean wound care
The first weeks
- How to build a 30-day food supply
- Medication continuity plan
- How to communicate when phones are down
- How to navigate without a phone
- How to signal for help
Living without the grid
- Plan a rainwater system
- Starting a resilient food garden
- Preserve food safely
- Small solar power system
- Build a repairable hand-tool system
Rebuilding together
Long-term survival depends on other people. These guides cover how a community can organise, share information and keep what it knows.
- How to run a community emergency plan
- Rumour and information control
- De-escalation and site security
- Preserving knowledge and skills
Prepare before the internet goes down
Save the site for offline use or download the printable manual while you still have a connection. If you have skills or ideas that could help others, contribute your knowledge.