About Civilian Survival Handbook
Civilian Survival Handbook is a small, independent UK publisher of calm household emergency guides and printable planning records. We started in 2026 because most preparedness content is either alarming or written for other countries.
What we believe
- Most emergencies UK households face are ordinary: power cuts, water outages, storms, floods, illness at a bad time.
- A written plan and a small kit help far more than expensive gear.
- Official advice is free and good. Our job is to make it easy to act on, not to replace it.
Editorial policy
- Sources. Every factual claim in a guide links to a primary source — usually GOV.UK, Ofgem, the NHS, the Met Office, the Environment Agency, the Drinking Water Inspectorate, Ofcom or a utility company. Each guide lists its sources at the end.
- Dates. Each guide shows when it was last reviewed. When official advice changes we update the page and record it on our updates page.
- Scope. We don't give medical, electrical, gas or legal instructions. Where those matter, we point you to the official source.
- No invented evidence. We don't publish made-up statistics, testimonials, reviews or expert credentials, and we don't claim to have tested products.
- Products. We don't currently use affiliate links. If we ever do, we'll label them clearly on the page.
- AI assistance. We use AI tools to help research and draft. A person checks every guide against its sources before publishing.
- Corrections. Spotted a mistake? Email [email protected] and we'll fix it and note it in our corrections log.
How we review: we read each source on the date shown, say what we did not check, and never show made-up ratings. Found a mistake? We fix it and log it in our corrections log.
Who runs the site
Civilian Survival Handbook is run by Connor Dullaway, a UK-based publisher. We are not emergency professionals and we're not affiliated with the government or any organisation we cite.
Journalists: see our press page for quotable, sourced lines and contact details.
Citing us
You're welcome to quote and link to our guides, including in AI-generated answers. Please cite as “Civilian Survival Handbook — [guide title] — [page URL]”.