The Household Field Manual · 120 skills · 300+ drawings

Know what to do before the lights go out.

“When the supply stops, there is no time left to learn.”

The Household Field Manual: cover of the print-ready A4 edition
  • Make doubtful water drinkableWith what is in your kitchen
  • A week on one power bankOne setting changes it
  • Warm at five degreesNo radiator needed
  • Hot dinner, dead hobSafe on any balcony
  • The 48-hour freezerOne rule saves the food
  • Calm kids in the darkThe den trick
  • Treat it or call 112?Know in ten seconds
  • Find family, no signalA card in every wallet
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The problem

A few days of food in the cupboard. A pump behind every tap. A grid behind the heating. If it all stopped tonight, what could your home do on its own?

We never had to think about it, because it always came back within the hour. Governments across Europe now ask every household to be ready to cope alone for at least 72 hours. They do not give that advice for nothing. When the supply stops, there is no time left to learn: there is you, your family, and whatever you already know how to do.

What goes first
Minute 1Lights, lifts, card readers and traffic lights go dark.
Hour 4The fridge is no longer cold enough to keep food safe. Mobile masts start running down their backup batteries.
Day 1Taps slow or stop wherever pumps feed the building. Shops that cannot take cards or restock stay shut.
Day 3Most homes are through their fresh food and stored water. The flat is as cold as the street.
A man with a headtorch at the fridge during a power cut01 / Power

We plugged everything into one socket

Light, the fridge, the router, the heating controls and the phone that holds every number you know. One cable feeds all of it.

What that dependency costs: when it goes, you lose light, cold storage and contact with your family in the same minute, and that is when you find out the torch has no batteries.

How you take it back · Chapter 3 Ten skills for lighting the house safely, keeping phones alive for a week and saving what is in the fridge and freezer.
Hands filling clean water containers at a kitchen sink02 / Water

We left the water to a pump

A tap is the last link in a long chain of pumps and treatment plants, and almost every one of them runs on electricity.

What that dependency costs: a family of four needs about 12 litres a day just to drink and cook. Bottled water is the first thing to leave the shelves, and you are not the only one looking for it.

How you take it back · Chapter 2 Ten skills for storing the right amount, making doubtful water safe to drink, and washing and flushing with almost none.
A family keeping warm in a tent pitched in the living room03 / Heat

We handed the warmth to a thermostat

Gas boilers and heat pumps both need electricity to run. When the power goes, the heating goes with it, whatever fuel you pay for.

What that dependency costs: in winter an unheated flat keeps getting colder by the hour, and the wrong fix, a barbecue or a gas hob used for warmth, poisons people every year.

How you take it back · Chapter 4 Ten skills for building one warm room, stopping the heat leaking out, sleeping warm at five degrees and staying safe from carbon monoxide.
No workshop. No spare room.

Built for flats, not bunkers.

You do not need a cellar full of supplies, a shed full of tools or a house in the country. If your home has a kitchen, a cupboard and a tap, you already have everything this manual asks for.

Get the skills
A normal kitchen is enoughEvery skill starts from what a flat already has: a tap, a hob, a table and a cupboard.
Tools you already ownA knife, scissors, tape, a bucket and a torch cover most of it. No drill and no workbench.
One supermarket tripThe first shopping list is ordinary items from any supermarket or DIY shop, under €100 in total.
Fits in one cupboardEverything the manual asks you to keep stores on one shelf or under a bed.
Fine if you rentNothing is drilled, wired or installed. It all packs into a box when you move.
Written for EuropeLitres, grams and Celsius, products as they are sold here, and 112 as the emergency number.
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Four sample pages. Every skill is laid out the same way: what it is for, the steps in pictures, and the one mistake to avoid.

Skill 14 · Water

Store three days of drinking water

3 L / DAY
  1. Plan 3 litres per person per day: about 2 to drink, 1 for cooking and basic hygiene.
  2. Use clean food-grade containers with screw caps. Rinse, then fill from the cold tap to the brim.
  3. Label each container with the date. Store somewhere cool and dark, off the floor.
  4. Replace the water every 6 months. Use the old water on plants.
Avoid: old milk or juice bottles. Residue is hard to remove and spoils the water.
Northkeep Field Manualp. 31
Skill 23 · Power

Make one phone last a week

POWER BANK
  1. Keep one phone switched on for the household and the others off. Rotate them.
  2. Turn on low power mode, dim the screen, and switch off Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and mobile data between uses.
  3. Agree fixed check-in times with family, a few minutes each, and keep the phone in flight mode in between.
  4. Recharge from a power bank before the battery drops below 20 percent.
Avoid: using the phone as a torch. A cheap headtorch saves hours of battery.
Northkeep Field Manualp. 44
Skill 37 · Heat

Make one warm room

TENT INSIDE
  1. Pick the smallest room with the fewest outside walls. Move everyone and all bedding into it.
  2. Block the gap under the door with a rolled towel. Tape or hang blankets over the windows at night.
  3. Cover the floor with rugs, cardboard or spare duvets. Cold comes up from below.
  4. Pitch a tent or build a blanket den in the room and sleep inside it. Body heat does the rest.
Never: heat a room with a barbecue, camping stove or gas hob. Carbon monoxide kills without warning.
Northkeep Field Manualp. 58
Skill 52 · Food

Save the fridge and freezer

FRIDGE 4 HFREEZER 48 H
  1. Keep both doors shut. Write the time the power went out on a note and stick it on the door.
  2. A closed fridge holds a safe temperature for about 4 hours. A full freezer for about 48, a half-full one for about 24.
  3. After 4 hours, move meat, fish, dairy and leftovers into the freezer or a cool box with ice.
  4. Eat from the fridge first, then the freezer, then the cupboard.
Rule: never taste food to check it. When in doubt, throw it out.
Northkeep Field Manualp. 79
Water · p.31  ·  Power · p.44
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What is in the manual

12 chapters. 10 skills each.

Chapter 01The first hourWhat to check, switch off and fill before anything else.
Chapter 02WaterStoring, treating and rationing. Washing and flushing with almost none.
Chapter 03Light and powerSafe lighting, power banks, small solar, keeping phones alive.
Chapter 04HeatThe warm room, insulation tricks, sleeping warm, carbon monoxide safety.
Chapter 05Food on the shelfA 30-day cupboard that costs little and that your family will actually eat.
Chapter 06Cooking without the hobSafe stoves, fuel maths, no-cook meals, one-pot recipes.
Chapter 07Hygiene and wasteToilets, rubbish and staying healthy when the plumbing is out.
Chapter 08First aid basicsA home kit that makes sense and the ten things worth practising.
Chapter 09InformationRadio, offline maps, what to trust and how to reach each other.
Chapter 10Home and repairsLeaks, broken windows, stuck locks and a small toolkit.
Chapter 11Children, elders and petsMedication, routines, comfort and special needs.
Chapter 12Leaving and neighboursThe grab bag, where to meet, and how a stairwell looks after itself.
Four printable bonuses included

Don't just read it. Put your household on paper.

The manual teaches the skills. These four printables turn them into a plan with your own names, numbers and cupboards on it, filled in with a pen in one evening.

Bonus #1Printed 72-Hour Household Plan pages
Fill in once72-Hour Household PlanWho does what in the first three days. Where the water, gas and fuse box shut off. What to check in the first hour, room by room.
€19.90Free
Bonus #2Printed Food and Water Tracker pages
Update monthlyFood & Water TrackerHow much your household needs per day, what is in the cupboard, when each item expires and what to buy next.
€19.90Free
Bonus #3Printed Winter Blackout Checklists pages
Pin to the fridgeWinter Blackout ChecklistsOne page per situation, in large type you can read by torchlight: first hour, warm room, fridge and freezer, carbon monoxide.
€14.90Free
Bonus #4Printed Family Contact and Meeting Cards pages
Cut out and carryFamily Contact & Meeting CardsWallet cards for every family member with phone numbers, two meeting points and medication notes, for when phones are dead.
€24.90Free
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The Household Field Manual

  • 120 illustrated skills in 12 chapters
  • 300+ step-by-step drawings
  • Print-ready A4 PDF, yours to keep
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  • Food & Water Tracker €19.90
  • Winter Blackout Checklists €14.90
  • Family Contact & Meeting Cards €24.90
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Questions

Do I need special tools to start?

No. The skills use things most homes already have, plus a short first shopping list that fits in one supermarket trip and comes in under €100. The manual names the cheap version that is good enough and the few items where paying more is worth it.

How do I get the manual?

By email, a few minutes after checkout. You receive a download link for the manual and the four printables. Save the files to your phone, tablet or laptop and they are yours to keep.

They are ordinary PDFs, not a printed book. Read them on any device and print the pages you want on paper at home or at a copy shop.

I live in a flat. Is it still useful?

Yes, that is who it is written for. Every chapter has a route that works without a garden, a garage or a car, and skills that need outdoor space are clearly marked.

Is it specific to my country?

The skills apply across Europe and use metric units throughout. Emergency numbers, rules and official advice differ by country, so the manual shows you where to find yours and leaves space to write them in.

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One evening to read the first chapter. One shopping trip for the first list. After that, a power cut is an inconvenience and not an emergency.

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