If the power and phones went off tonight, would your family know where to meet?
An emergency book made for your exact address. Local maps, emergency water advice, meeting points, first aid, routes to your loved ones and practical survival guidance. Printable, for when your phone can't help.
Choose your book
Every edition is a PDF you can print at home, ready within 24 hours. Prices in Canadian dollars.
Maps, local help and numbers, and the risks your province plans for, for your address.
What's in Your area
- Maps of your street and the wider area, with the nearest emergency help marked
- Local help and numbers: the nearest 24-hour emergency department, walk-in clinic, fire, police, utility emergency lines and your local emergency management office
- Flood risk from official flood maps, where they cover your home
- The risks your province officially plans for, and what to do in each
- Water if the taps stop, from official guidance
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, with the nearest emergency help marked
- Local help and numbers: the nearest 24-hour emergency department, walk-in clinic, fire, police, utility emergency lines and your local emergency management office
- Flood risk from official flood maps, where they cover your home
- The risks your province officially plans for, and what to do in each
- Water if the taps stop, from official guidance
- The first 10 minutes of a power outage, winter storm, flood or fire or an injury
- Shelter, food and warmth when the services are off
- First aid to Canadian Red Cross and Heart and Stroke guidance
- Radio and alerts: your local CBC Radio One and Alert Ready
- A shopping list worked out for your household, and checklists
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, with the nearest emergency help marked
- Local help and numbers: the nearest 24-hour emergency department, walk-in clinic, fire, police, utility emergency lines and your local emergency management office
- Flood risk from official flood maps, where they cover your home
- The risks your province officially plans for, and what to do in each
- Water if the taps stop, from official guidance
- The first 10 minutes of a power outage, winter storm, flood or fire or an injury
- Shelter, food and warmth when the services are off
- First aid to Canadian Red Cross and Heart and Stroke guidance
- Radio and alerts: your local CBC Radio One and Alert Ready
- A shopping list worked out for your household, and checklists
- People pages and a meeting plan, up to 8 people
- Driving routes to your loved ones, and walking routes where they're close enough
- A fridge plan, wallet cards and a fold-up booklet
The Family book with every route and hazard checked again, plus your province's official risk ratings, past weather and floods.
What's in Full audit
- Maps of your street and the wider area, with the nearest emergency help marked
- Local help and numbers: the nearest 24-hour emergency department, walk-in clinic, fire, police, utility emergency lines and your local emergency management office
- Flood risk from official flood maps, where they cover your home
- The risks your province officially plans for, and what to do in each
- Water if the taps stop, from official guidance
- The first 10 minutes of a power outage, winter storm, flood or fire or an injury
- Shelter, food and warmth when the services are off
- First aid to Canadian Red Cross and Heart and Stroke guidance
- Radio and alerts: your local CBC Radio One and Alert Ready
- A shopping list worked out for your household, and checklists
- People pages and a meeting plan, up to 8 people
- Driving routes to your loved ones, and walking routes where they're close enough
- A fridge plan, wallet cards and a fold-up booklet
- Every route, hazard and phone number checked again, one by one
- Your area's weather month by month, and when to check your kit
- Severe weather that hit your area in recent years
- Past floods near your address
- Your province's official risk ratings, in a table
Compare every edition
| Your area$8.99 | Essentials$29.99 | Family$44.99 | Full audit$89 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maps, local help and the risks your province plans for, for your address | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| What to do in a power outage, winter storm, flood or fire | ✕ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| First aid, shopping list and checklists | ✕ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| People pages and a meeting plan | ✕ | ✕ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Driving routes to your loved ones, walking routes where they're close enough | ✕ | ✕ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Fridge plan and wallet cards | ✕ | ✕ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Extra research on every route and hazard | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✓ |
| Your province's official risk ratings, in a table | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✓ |
| Past weather and floods near you | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✓ |
Giving it as a present? We'll email it straight to them, with a note from you.
Print it at home. Keep it by the door.
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
A PDF by email within a day. Print it on any home printer and keep it where everyone can find it.
$8.99 to $89, depending on the edition
A fold-up booklet
A second PDF that prints double-sided and folds into a small booklet, for a bag or the glove box.
With Family and Full audit
Made for your address
Your maps, your local help and numbers and the way to your people, worked out for your home.
Every edition
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: the risks your area plans for, from winter storms, extreme cold and ice storms to wildfire and smoke, floods, earthquakes, heat and power outages
- 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 province's official risk ratings, past weather and floods (Full audit)
- 12Cards for the children, and notes
- 13Getting to your people: driving maps and directions, and on foot where they're close enough
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 what we check
| Check | Source | What your book tells you |
|---|---|---|
| Nearest emergency help | Official health authority, municipal and provincial listings | The nearest 24-hour emergency department, walk-in clinic, fire and police, with numbers |
| Flood risk | Provincial and municipal flood maps | Your flood risk where official maps cover it, and where to check if they don't |
| The risks your province plans for | Provincial hazard risk assessment, municipal emergency plan | Which emergencies your area plans for, and what to do in each |
| Alerts and radio | Alert Ready, CBC Radio One | How emergency alerts reach you, and your local CBC Radio One frequency |
| Emergency management | Your municipality's emergency program | Who runs emergencies where you live, and how to sign up for their alerts |
| Utilities | Your water, power and gas providers | Their emergency lines |
You're trusting us with your family's details. Here's how we look after them.
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 Public Safety Canada (Get Prepared), Health Canada, the Canadian Red Cross and Heart and Stroke guidance, and each source is named in the book.
Why on paper?
In a power outage 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.
How do I print it?
On any home printer. It's a PDF, so you can print it as many times as you like, and print a fresh copy when something changes.
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 my family live far away?
You get the driving route to them. Walking routes are only for people close enough to reach on foot in about 3 days (about 90 km). Further than that, the book gives you a plan to stay put and make contact.
What if someone moves?
Order a fresh book with the new details.
Where do you make books?
For homes in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the UK. Each country has its own page, with its own emergency numbers, maps and advice.