Shelter and Stay — PDF Bundle

A practical guide to preparing your household for a nuclear emergency.

Shelter and Stay explains the first actions to take, how to assess shelter, and how to plan for water, food, sanitation, essential care and disrupted communications. Written in plain language, it follows the decisions a household may face from the first hour into longer disruption.

Included in your download

• The full PDF guide: 34 chapters, four worked scenarios, a glossary and 35 numbered sources.
• A six-page household planning pack with fillable fields, also suitable for printing.
• A separate one-page emergency reference to print and keep with your supplies.

Inside the guide

Choosing and preparing shelter; rural and urban settings; stored water and food; decontamination and sanitation; basic first aid and continuity of care; children and people needing support; radiation instruments; movement decisions; power, communications and community planning.

Format and use

Digital download only. No physical book will be posted. English-language PDFs with searchable text, clickable contents and chapter bookmarks in the main guide. Save an offline copy and print the pages you need. A PDF reader is required. Use a PDF reader that supports forms to save completed planning sheets.

About Civil Contingency

by Marcus Vance and the Civil Contingency Collective

This is an independent civilian preparedness publication. Follow current official instructions for your location. It is not an official emergency manual, a medical prescription, a certified shelter design or a guarantee of survival. The organisations cited do not endorse the publication.