Rural and Remote Pack

A calm planning guide for homes on wells, propane and wood, far from towns and emergency services.

When help is hours away, the plan has to be yours.

TWO PDFs IN ONE DOWNLOAD

- Quick Pack (14 pages): the one-page plan, the checklists and the sheets to fill in. Open this one first.

- Full Guide (105 pages): the reasons, worked examples and sources.

WHAT YOU GET

- Worksheet 1: a Time-to-Help Call Sheet and a script for your call to county dispatch, so you plan around your real response time.

- Worksheet 2: a two-part Property Emergency Sheet with directions, GPS, gate details, shutoffs (including solar and septic), hazards, suppliers and contacts, ready for responders.

- Worksheet 3: a Supply Planning Table with a worked example for a 3-day go bag, a 14-day home stock and a stretch target for water, food, fuel and medicine.

- A fridge and freezer clock and a twice-a-year rotation check, so supplies do not quietly expire.

- Worksheet 4: a Check-In Schedule and Trip-Plan Card, with a map of where your phone works, a missed-check-in rule, and a plain guide to radios, phone options and beacons.

- Worksheet 5: a Medical Readiness Card, a first aid kit list, a long-wait add-on and long-wait skills to learn, without dosing or diagnosis.

- Worksheet 6: a Well Owner Sheet and Post-Flood Test Calendar, with a clear stop-and-call rule for flooded wells.

- Worksheet 7: a Priority Load List and Fuel Log, with step-by-step generator setup, backfeed and refueling rules, and carbon monoxide rules.

- Worksheets 8 and 9: an Animal Water and Records Sheet and a Neighbor Pact, plus a sanitation kit with quantities and an emergency toilet method.

- Stranded-car rules, a vehicle kit for all seasons, and a day-by-day plan for the first 14 days cut off.

- Worksheets 10 and 11: a Driveway and Gate Access Checklist and a Leave-Early Trigger Card, with a defensible space ladder from 0 to 5 feet out to 100 feet.

- Flood rules for people, vehicles, wells and food, and a checklist for coming home safely after a flood or fire.

WHO IT IS FOR

For people who live far from shops and emergency services, on a well and propane or wood, where phone coverage is patchy and a road can close for days.

GOOD TO KNOW

- Print it, or keep it on your phone or tablet. US Letter, prints on A4 too.

- Digital download: read the free sample first. We cannot refund a guide once it has been downloaded. If the file is faulty, will not open or is not what we described, email hello@afternormal.co and we will fix it, replace it or refund you.

- General educational information, not medical, legal or emergency advice.