A bespoke emergency book, made for your exact address.

An emergency book made for your exact address. Local maps, water sources, meeting points, first aid, walking routes to your loved ones and practical survival guidance. On paper, for when your phone can't help.

Choose your book Books from £4.99, emailed within a day. Or add a printed copy, posted to your door.

A Fallback book open at the walking route to Grandma's and the home checklist, with a first aid kit, a wind-up radio and a torch

★★★★★A.C., Bristol✓ Verified buyer

“Very comprehensive little book. Helpful tips and ideas. Will probably get the family one next. Recommended.”

★★★★★Pam, Devon✓ Verified buyer

“Helpful and comprehensive guide, geared to our very local area! Well worth it.”

Real pages from a sample book.

This one was made for an example family in Reading. Yours is built the same way from your own address and people.

Map and table of places to keep away from near the sample home in Reading: two nuclear weapons sites and four fuel and chemical sites within 10 miles — Places to keep away from: nuclear, fuel and chemical sites near you, and what the wind means.

Page on making water safe to drink, with a bottle filter diagram and a sheet set up to collect rain — Making water safe, with no tap and no power.

Book cover with the home address and three quick links — The cover: open it at the right page fast.

Household shopping list worked out for 2 adults, 2 children and a pet — A shopping list worked out for your household.

First aid page covering CPR, choking and bleeding — First aid you can follow without signal.

Choose your book

Every edition is a PDF you can print at home, ready within 24 hours. Want it printed for you? Add a printed copy, posted to you, for £20, and a second copy for £10.

Your area£4.99

Maps, local help and numbers, water and hazards for your address.

What's in Your area

Maps of your street and the wider area
Local help and numbers: A&E, GP, late pharmacy, police, council
Potential emergency water near you
Flood risk and hazard sites nearby

Choose Your area

Essentials£16.99

The full home guide for your address: what to do in any emergency, first aid, checklists and a shopping list.

What's in Essentials

Maps of your street and the wider area
Local help and numbers: A&E, GP, late pharmacy, police, council
Potential emergency water near you
Flood risk and hazard sites nearby
The first 10 minutes of a power cut, flood, fire or injury
Shelter, water, food and warmth when the services are off
First aid: CPR, choking, bleeding, burns and more
A shopping list and checklists for your household

Choose Essentials

For families

Family£24.99

The whole book for your household, with people pages, a meeting plan and routes to the people you love.

What's in Family

Maps of your street and the wider area
Local help and numbers: A&E, GP, late pharmacy, police, council
Potential emergency water near you
Flood risk and hazard sites nearby
The first 10 minutes of a power cut, flood, fire or injury
Shelter, water, food and warmth when the services are off
First aid: CPR, choking, bleeding, burns and more
A shopping list and checklists for your household
People pages and a meeting plan, up to 8 people
Car and walking routes to your loved ones
A fridge plan, wallet cards and a fold-up booklet

Choose Family

Extra research

Full audit£49

The Family book with every route and hazard checked again, plus your area's official risks, past weather and floods.

What's in Full audit

Maps of your street and the wider area
Local help and numbers: A&E, GP, late pharmacy, police, council
Potential emergency water near you
Flood risk and hazard sites nearby
The first 10 minutes of a power cut, flood, fire or injury
Shelter, water, food and warmth when the services are off
First aid: CPR, choking, bleeding, burns and more
A shopping list and checklists for your household
People pages and a meeting plan, up to 8 people
Car and walking routes to your loved ones
A fridge plan, wallet cards and a fold-up booklet
Every route checked one by one: flood areas, closures and river crossings
Every hazard and key phone number checked against two official sources
Your area's weather month by month, and when to check your kit
Storms and severe weather that hit your area in the last 10 years
Recorded floods near your address
Your area's top risks, from the official register kept by your council and emergency services, and what each would mean for your home

Choose Full audit

Compare every edition

	Your area£4.99	Essentials£16.99	Family£24.99	Full audit£49
Maps, local help, water and hazards for your address	✓	✓	✓	✓
What to do in a power cut, flood or fire	✕	✓	✓	✓
First aid, shopping list and checklists	✕	✓	✓	✓
People pages and a meeting plan	✕	✕	✓	✓
Routes to your loved ones	✕	✕	✓	✓
Fridge plan and wallet cards	✕	✕	✓	✓
Extra research on every route and hazard	✕	✕	✕	✓
Your area's top risks, from the official local risk register	✕	✕	✕	✓
Past weather and floods near you	✕	✕	✕	✓

Giving it as a present? We'll email it straight to them, with a note from you.

★★★★★A.C., Bristol✓ Verified buyer

“Very comprehensive little book. Helpful tips and ideas. Will probably get the family one next. Recommended.”

★★★★★Pam, Devon✓ Verified buyer

“Helpful and comprehensive guide, geared to our very local area! Well worth it.”

Print it at home, or we post it to you.

You tell us your address and the people you'd go to. We build the book from public data and your answers, so it arrives filled in, not as a blank template.

The full book

An A4 PDF by email within a day. Print it on any home printer and keep it by the door.

£4.99 to £49, depending on the edition

A fold-up booklet

A second PDF that prints double-sided and folds into an A5 booklet, small enough for a bag or a glovebox.

With Family and Full audit

Printed and posted

We print your book in colour, A4 and spiral-bound with a card cover, and post it to you. Add it to any edition.

£20, and £10 for a second copy

The cover of a printed Fallback book with a wind-up radio, a torch and a first aid kit

Every section, in the order you'd need it.

1The first 10 minutes
2First aid
3Your people and the meeting plan
4Your area, local help and numbers
5Where to shelter, places to keep away from
6What to do: power, water, weather, fire, chemicals, radiation
7Water, food and the toilet
8Warmth, light and the radio
9Long journeys by car and on foot, sleeping out
10Checklists: essentials, first aid kit, grab bag, car
11Your area's top risks, past weather and floods (Full audit)
12Cards for the children, and notes
13Getting to your people: maps and directions by car and on foot

We check your address against official data.

Every fact comes from a public source, and the book names it, so you can see where it came from.

See sample data

Sample results for 14 Elm Park Road, Reading.

Check	Source	Sample result: 14 Elm Park Road, Reading
Nearest A&E	NHS service directory	Royal Berkshire Hospital, 1.8 mi, open 24 hours
Late pharmacy	NHS service directory	Oxford Road Pharmacy, 0.2 mi, open to 10pm
Flood risk	Environment Agency	None at the postcode; nearest low risk area 0.2 mi
Major hazard sites	HSE	6 within 9 mi; the nearest 0.4 mi
Nuclear sites and emergency zones	Office for Nuclear Regulation, West Berkshire Council	AWE Burghfield 3.6 mi; outside the inner zone
Potential emergency water sources	OpenStreetMap, Environment Agency	6 sources, ranked best to never
Local police team and council	police.uk, council lookup	Abbey and Battle team; Reading Borough Council

You're trusting us with your family's details. Here's how we look after them.

We don't keep or sell your detailsWe use them to make your book, and nothing else. Never sold, never used for marketing.

Questions

What if I don't know someone's address?

Give us their town. We route you to the town centre and leave a line in the book to write the address in.

Is this official government advice?

No. Fallback is independent. The advice follows NHS, British Red Cross and UK Government guidance, and each source is named in the book.

Why on paper?

In a power cut or network outage, phones and map apps stop working. A book still opens.

How long does it take?

Your PDF arrives by email within a day, whichever edition you choose. Printed copies are delivered in 3 to 5 working days, by Royal Mail Tracked.

Can you print it for me?

Yes. Add a printed copy when you order: £20 for one, in colour, A4 and spiral-bound with a card cover, posted to you with UK postage included. A second copy is £10, sent to the same address. You still get the PDF by email.

Can I give one as a present?

Yes. Tick "It's a gift" when you order, add their email and a note, and we send it straight to them.

What if someone moves?

Order a fresh book with the new details.

Do you make books outside the UK?

Yes, for homes in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, as a PDF to print at home. Each country has its own page, with its own emergency numbers, maps and advice.