Ready in 72 Hours: The UK Household Guide (PDF)

The UK household guide to power cuts, water cuts, storms, floods and payment outages.

The government wants every home in Britain to be ready to cope for three days on its own. This 56 page guide shows you exactly how, in plain English, step by step.

How it helps: it tells you exactly what to buy and how much, then what to do in the first ten minutes, the first hours and the days after. No guessing in the dark, no panic buying.

Inside:

• The full 72 hour kit list, with quantities for your household
• Water and food maths, with a 3 day menu
• Step by step actions for power cuts, water cuts and card, phone and internet outages
• Storms, flooding, extreme cold, heatwaves and carbon monoxide
• What to do if you are told to leave home
• Fill-in household plan, contacts, medicines and neighbour pages
• Kit, grab bag and car checklists, a maintenance calendar and a fridge quick reference page

Best value: get this guide with Kev's Family Ready Book for the children and the printable Household Emergency Plan in the Ready Home Bundle for £12.99 instead of £20.97. Everyone at home learns the plan, not just you: kevkit.uk

Based on official UK advice from the Be Ready campaign, the Met Office, the Environment Agency, the Food Standards Agency and the NHS. Instant PDF download. Print the fill-in pages for your own household.

General guidance only, not official government advice. In an emergency call 999. Photographs are illustrative and were created with AI tools, then edited by Kev Works Nights.