WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT

Most people don't freeze in an emergency because they're cowards. They freeze because the brain doesn't invent a plan under pressure — it retrieves one. If nothing is stored, nothing comes back.

WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT is a 28-page illustrated field guide that puts something there. No prepper fantasy, no bunkers, no shopping lists. Just what to do, in order, in the emergencies that realistically happen.

WHAT'S INSIDE

Module 1 — Terror attack. The Run, Hide, Tell protocol step by step. Cover versus concealment, and why confusing them is lethal. What an emergency call taker needs, in order. What to do when armed police arrive. Vehicle and knife attacks.

Module 2 — Blackout. The seven moves of the first hour. Water storage and treatment. Safe light and heat. The 4-hour and 48-hour refrigeration rules and the 40°F threshold. Generators and carbon monoxide — the page that saves the most lives.

Module 3 — Natural disasters. Flood depths and what each one does to a car. Drop, Cover, Hold On. The 72/48/24-hour storm countdown. Wildfire, plus a universal evacuation sequence for any hazard.

Module 4 — First aid and the 72-hour kit. The ABC of bleeding control. Three ways to stop a bleed. Tourniquet application step by step. The go-bag, the two-week home supply and a fill-in family emergency plan.

THREE PRINTABLE PAGES

A guide on your phone is useless when the phone is at 4%. Three pages invert to a low-ink layout with a cut line and real tick boxes: the blackout checklist, the 72-hour go-bag and the family emergency plan.

SOURCED, NOT INVENTED

Every protocol is drawn from published official guidance — Counter Terrorism Policing, FEMA/Ready.gov and Stop the Bleed. This is an independent product, not affiliated with or endorsed by those organisations.

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This guide is general safety information. It is not medical, legal or security advice and does not replace hands-on training or the instructions of emergency services.