The lights go out. Everywhere.
Would your household know what to do?
Most of us wouldn’t. Only 14% of UK adults say they have a household plan, and half feel only slightly or not at all prepared. Start with one page for the fridge door. It’s free.
The video was a dramatisation. Britain has never had a nationwide power cut, and it’s rare. Local cuts, floods and storms happen every year. Survey figures: UK Public Survey of Risk Perception, Resilience and Preparedness 2026 (Cabinet Office).
The card covers the first ten minutes. Steady covers the next three days.
The 77-page manual
4 laminate-ready cards
Chapter 5: the first hour
Your household plan
Key Numbers cardHousehold Pack, £14: the 77-page manual, printables to fill in, 4 laminate-ready cards and the fridge card. 30-day refund. Founding price until 23 November 2026, then £19.
Get the Household Pack, £14The free Power Cut fridge card
One printed page, so nobody has to remember anything in the dark.
- Who to call: 105 for power cuts, plus the gas, Floodline and NHS numbers
- The fridge clock: how long food stays safe in the fridge and freezer
- The never-indoors list: what never to use for heat or cooking
- Your details: a neighbour to check on, where the torch lives, your meeting point
Rather not sign up? Just download the card.
The card covers the first ten minutes. The Household Pack covers the next three days.
- The full Steady manual: power cuts, water, storms, floods, cold and heat
- Your household plan and 72-hour checklist to print and fill in
- 4 laminate-ready cards for the fridge, the car and the kitchen drawer
£14 (founding price until 23 November 2026, then £19). 30-day refund.
Get the Household Pack, £14Same price as our shop. No countdown, no catch.
No thanks, I’ll start with the cardStorm Alerts only go out when a storm is named or a warning is issued. Nation Preparation is independent and not connected with the UK Government. In an emergency call 999.
Check your household in one minute
Six quick questions about the first hour of a power cut or a burst pipe. Nothing is stored or sent: your answers stay on this page.
General information, not a risk rating. Nation Preparation is independent and not connected with the UK Government. In an emergency call 999.
The card covers the first ten minutes.
Steady covers the next three days.
It’s not the big, rare things that catch people out. It’s the ordinary ones:
- The power’s off, it’s dark at 5pm, and the boiler won’t start.
- A flood warning arrives at 2am. What do you move first?
- The card machine’s down and you’ve got no cash.
- Your mum’s on her own, the phones are patchy, and you can’t get through.
None of it is complicated. It’s just hard to work out from scratch, in the dark, while everyone’s asking you what to do.
Steady: the UK household resilience manual
77 pages of calm, practical steps for UK homes. Read it once, fill in the plans, and keep it in a kitchen drawer.
After one afternoon with Steady, you’ll know:
- What to do in the first few minutes, and how to talk to the children about it (Ch 1)
- The real risks where you live, from a 20-minute check using free UK tools (Ch 2)
- What your household needs for three days, room by room, with a shopping plan that spreads the cost (Ch 3)
- How much water to keep, and what to do when the taps stop (Ch 4)
- The first hour, first night and first three days of a power cut, including when you’re owed compensation (Ch 5)
- What weather and flood warnings actually ask you to do, and how to protect an insurance claim (Ch 6)
- Winter, heatwaves and getting stuck in the car (Ch 7)
- A calm plan for the rare, big events, if the whole country is affected (Ch 8)
Steady is for you if…
you run a household, look after someone, or just want to know you’ve got it covered without making it your hobby.
It isn’t…
a prepper book. No bunkers, no stockpiles, no scary scenarios. Just the UK numbers, plans and checklists you’d want on a bad night.
Why a plan beats more kit
Most homes already have torches somewhere. What they don’t have is:
- the torch where you can find it in the dark
- the numbers on paper, for when the phone’s flat
- a decision made in advance about who checks on whom
Kit you can’t find, or can’t use under pressure, doesn’t help. Steady turns what you already own into a plan, and tells you the few things worth buying.
Choose your Steady
Steady: Manual only
The 77-page manual as a PDF.
- All 8 chapters and appendices
- Read on your phone, print what you need
Steady: Household Pack
£2 more than the manual alone gets you everything you print and stick up:
- The full Steady manual (77 pages)
- Printables: household plan, 72-hour kit checklist, home risk card, insurance claim log
- 4 laminate-ready cards: Power Cut, Winter Car, STEADY, Key Numbers
- The Power Cut fridge card
Founding price £14 until 23 November 2026. From 24 November it’s £19.
Get the Household Pack, £14Steady: Family & Parents Pack
Everything in the Household Pack, plus:
- The Parent’s Home Plan (8 pages): a one-hour check you do together, a medicines list and a bad-weather check-in plan
- An A5 print version of the manual
- Updated editions free for 12 months
30-day refund. No forms, no questions.
If Steady isn’t useful to you, email [email protected] within 30 days and we’ll refund you in full. Pay by card or PayPal through Payhip, and download straight away.
Who is behind this
Nation Preparation is an independent UK publisher run by Johnny. We are not the government and we are not an emergency service.
How we check facts: numbers and advice come from GOV.UK, Ofgem, the Met Office, the Environment Agency and NHS or Food Standards Agency pages, and we link the source. Where the government says 3 days of supplies and we suggest 7, we say so.
Spotted a mistake? Email [email protected] and we will check it and fix it.
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Questions
Isn’t all this free on gov.uk?
Some of it is, and we point you to it. The government’s Be Ready guidance tells you what to have. Steady is the how: one plan for your actual household, with the UK numbers, timings and printables in one place, so you don’t have to piece together twenty websites on a bad night.
I’ve already got torches and candles.
Good start. Candles are the one thing to swap out: torches are safer. Steady helps you find the gaps: where things are kept, the numbers on paper, and who checks on whom.
Is this a scary prepper book?
No. It’s calm and practical, written for ordinary UK homes. No bunkers, no stockpiles. Where we suggest going further than the government (7 days of supplies rather than 3), we say so clearly.
Is it up to date?
It was checked against primary UK sources in October 2026, including the Met Office, Ofgem, the NHS, the Environment Agency and GOV.UK. Every chapter lists its sources.
Will I get it straight away?
Yes. You download it as soon as you’ve paid, then print what you need.
Who’s behind it?
Nation Preparation is a small, independent UK publisher run by Johnny. We’re not connected with the government and we don’t sell kit of our own. Questions or refunds: [email protected]. Postal address: Nation Preparation, 80A Ruskin Avenue, Welling, London DA16 3QQ.
Payment is handled securely by Payhip (card or PayPal). By buying you agree to immediate access to the digital content and acknowledge that the 14-day cancellation right ends once the download starts; our 30-day refund promise still applies. General information, not professional advice. In an emergency call 999. Nation Preparation, 80A Ruskin Avenue, Welling, London DA16 3QQ. About · Privacy · Shop