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Open Quick Start →Civilian Continuity Desk · Public-use field forms · Form revision 1.0
The boring layer keeps everything real.
Rights need records. Families need a paper fallback. Services need handoff notes. Claims need dates, sources, receipts, and correction paths. Every form can now be inspected and printed directly from the browser without downloading anything.
New: use forms inside a decision plan
Prepare for an extended disruption, not just a short outage.
Worst-Case Readiness connects income loss, water, sanitation, medication, shelter and contested records to the right printable Continuity Desk forms, with two full source reports behind every topic.
No-download printing
You should not have to trust a file before you can use a form.
Every form is rendered as numbered paper sheets on an ordinary web page. Inspect the fields first. Then print one visible sheet or print the whole form through your browser. Nothing has to be downloaded. PDFs remain optional for people who prefer them.
Use the Desk with less friction
Start small. Inspect everything. Keep copies current.
You do not need all forty forms. Choose the smallest set that protects the dependency you actually have.
Trust & privacy
See how printing works
Static HTML first, no form submission, no account, optional downloads, and a browser-menu fallback when JavaScript is disabled.
Review trust model →Revisions
Check a printed copy
Compare a form ID and revision against the current catalog before relying on an older printed packet.
Check revisions →Workflow map
Put forms in an order
Six practical sequences connect related forms so the Desk behaves like a system, not a pile of PDFs.
Open workflow map →Binder control
Manage printed copies
Track which forms you actually maintain, where copies live, and when they were last reviewed.
Open control index →Printer check
Test before sensitive pages
Print a one-page blank test sheet first if you are unsure about browser margins or clipping.
Run printer check →Why this exists
Continuity is documentation made usable.
The forms translate field appendices and practice chapters from Every Government Dies and Built To Resist into print-ready working documents. They are independent educational tools—not government forms, legal advice, medical advice, or emergency-management authority.
A blank sheet still works when batteries, logins, or networks do not.
Share the tools widely; keep completed sensitive records appropriately private.
Every form carries a revision so old copies can be compared against the current desk.
Come back after drills and real use. Corrections and missing fields are part of continuity.
Print packets
Start with the packet that matches your role.
PDF packets are optional convenience copies. If you prefer not to download files, use the Browser Print Center and print the same forms directly from screen.
COMPLETE PACKET
Complete Civilian Continuity Desk Packet
Binder control index plus all 40 substantive forms in one optional PDF.
HOUSEHOLD PACKET
Household & Family Continuity Packet
Records, communication, supplies, care, financial continuity, claims, movement, and replacement tracking.
INFORMATION PACKET
Information & Decision Packet
Observation, verification, source discipline, conflicting authority, and public notice correction.
COMMUNITY PACKET
Community Continuity Packet
Local systems, neighborhood coordination, resources, aid, volunteers, reunification, restoration, and charters.
ORGANIZATION PACKET
Professional & Organization Packet
Role continuity, drills, essential records, succession, dependencies, interviews, and repair.
RECOVERY PACKET
Recovery & Accountability Packet
Rebuilding status, temporary authority, spending, appeals, provenance, and reopening / handoff.
Form library
View, print, or download each form.
Each detail page explains what the form is for, how often to review it, what privacy boundary applies, and includes a browser-print version plus a ready-made PDF.
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Document lifecycle
A blank form is only the beginning.
For completed records, the important cycle is complete → protect → review → supersede. Old information can be more dangerous than missing information when somebody assumes it is current. Use the Binder Control Index if you maintain a paper set, and check the Revision Center before replacing blank masters.
Household & records
Household & records
CD-01 · Private when completed
Household Continuity File
An index of the records that let institutions recognize identity, property, insurance, benefits, credentials, care needs, and household claims.
CD-02 · Private when completed
Household Communication & Reunification Card
A one-page paper fallback for contacts, meeting places, care needs, alerts, and the next check-in time if household members are separated.
CD-03 · Share blank copies; keep completed details private
Fourteen-Day Household Resilience Baseline
A practical household readiness baseline covering water, food, medicine, communication, power, sanitation, documents, mobility, pets, and go-bags.
CD-04 · Private when completed
Personal Thresholds Card
Write decision thresholds before stress narrows judgment: when to reassess housing, work, travel, sheltering, and household dependencies.
CD-21 · Private medical information when completed
Medication & Medical Continuity Sheet
A concise medical continuity record for medications, allergies, prescribing contacts, pharmacy information, devices, refrigeration or power needs, and care notes.
CD-22 · Private when completed
Care & Dependency Continuity Plan
A continuity worksheet for children, older adults, disabled household members, service animals, and anyone whose daily safety depends on another person, device, routine, or service.
CD-23 · Private financial information when completed
Financial Continuity & Obligations Ledger
A low-detail ledger of income, bills, lenders, insurers, benefit contacts, payment fallbacks, and the obligations that could create harm if missed during disruption.
CD-24 · Private claim information when completed
Insurance & Loss Documentation Log
A claim-support log for damage, photos, temporary repairs, expenses, insurer contacts, adjuster visits, claim numbers, and promised follow-up.
CD-25 · Private when completed
Evacuation, Shelter & Reunification Plan
A household decision sheet for when to shelter, when to leave, destinations, transport, mobility needs, meeting places, pets, check-in windows, and reunification.
CD-26 · Private when completed
Document Replacement & Case Tracker
A case-number and deadline tracker for replacing identity, property, insurance, school, medical, legal, employment, benefit, and other essential records.
Community & local systems
Community & local systems
CD-05 · Keep sensitive infrastructure details out
Local Systems Map
A locality-level dependency map for essential services: operator, contact, backup, major dependency, and current warning signs.
CD-06 · Public version + separate private coordinator list
Neighborhood Continuity Sheet
A shared continuity sheet for public information, service contacts, care needs, voluntary skills, shared resources, and the next review time.
CD-07 · Aggregate counts; avoid unnecessary names
Resilience Ledger
Measure concrete capacity rather than attention: tested plans, trained people, maintained backups, accessible evacuation support, translated notices, and removed single points of failure.
CD-13 · Working document
Support the Function Decision Worksheet
A function-first worksheet for separating the human need an institution serves from the parts that may be abusive, obsolete, or failing.
CD-14 · Public charter; keep participant private data separate
Non-Factional Neighborhood Charter
An adaptable charter for voluntary civilian continuity assistance based on need rather than political loyalty, with privacy, transparency, role review, correction, handover, and dissolution rules.
CD-19 · Share blank copies
Stage-Based Readiness Matrix
A household / information / community matrix that scales preparedness actions to observed conditions instead of panic.
CD-30 · Operational; avoid unnecessary personal data
Resource Inventory & Custody Ledger
A custody ledger for shared supplies, tools, equipment, donated goods, and other continuity resources, showing source, quantity, steward, transfers, balance, and condition.
CD-31 · Private case detail; publish aggregate rules and totals
Aid Distribution & Exception Log
A fairness and audit worksheet for distribution rules, quantities, service categories, exceptions, denials, and remaining inventory without turning recipients into a loyalty list.
CD-32 · Operational; keep medical/identity details off public copies
Volunteer Role, Shift & Handoff Log
A simple shift record for civilian continuity work: role, assigned function, start/end, unresolved tasks, safety issues, inventory or keys transferred, and next person responsible.
CD-34 · Highly sensitive; restrict access and minimize data
Missing-Person & Reunification Intake Log
A minimal, case-number-based intake and status log for missing-person and family reunification work, designed to reduce duplicate reports and protect sensitive information.
CD-35 · Operational; do not publish protected infrastructure vulnerabilities
Service Restoration Priority Worksheet
A transparent worksheet for ranking restoration work by human harm, dependency cascades, population affected, feasibility, equity, and time sensitivity rather than political loyalty.
Observation & information
Observation & information
CD-08 · Share blank copies; observations may be sensitive
Seven-Stage Observation Card
A compact observation card for distinguishing ordinary friction from chronic failure, workarounds, substitution, fragmentation, contested authority, and rupture.
CD-09 · Household / local working document
Monthly System Review
A structured review that scores direction, not fear, across household, services, administration, economy, information, civic systems, and safety.
CD-10 · Share blank copies
Verification Card
A ten-step information verification card: preserve the original, identify source/time/place, separate observation from inference, confirm independently, check authority, label confidence, and correct visibly.
CD-11 · Share blank copies
Source Discipline Card
A short pre-forwarding check focused on source, time, place, confirmation, privacy, action consequences, and correction reach.
CD-12 · Private / case-specific
Authority Ambiguity Decision Card
A civilian evidence-and-options worksheet for conflicting instructions from offices, jurisdictions, institutions, or authorities.
CD-33 · Designed for public information; protect private case details
Public Notice & Correction Log
A provenance log for public notices, advisories, closures, service status, corrections, superseded information, languages, accessibility formats, and distribution channels.
Professional & organization
Professional & organization
CD-15 · Professional / organization-sensitive
Professional Continuity Worksheet
A role-level continuity worksheet covering core function, minimum people/equipment/data/utilities/vendors, safety-critical procedures, surviving records, cross-training, authorization, portable credentials, and clean handoff.
CD-16 · Internal working document
Organization 72-Hour Continuity Drill
A business, nonprofit, school, clinic, team, or public-office drill for operating when normal administration is unavailable for seventy-two hours.
CD-17 · Do not collect protected or sensitive operational details
Institutional Interview Worksheet
A structured, non-invasive interview guide for learning ordinary dependencies from operators without seeking secrets or protected infrastructure information.
CD-18 · Working document
Repair Test Worksheet
A seven-step post-failure review: detection, communication, containment, repair, accountability, learning, and institutional memory.
CD-27 · Organization-sensitive; protect restricted records
Essential Records Register & Backup Test
An organizational register for the records required to continue essential functions, protect legal and financial rights, recover systems, and hand work to successors.
CD-28 · Organization-sensitive
Delegation, Succession & Handoff Sheet
A continuity sheet for who assumes an essential role, what authority transfers, what limits remain, what records move with the role, and how the handoff is acknowledged.
CD-39 · Organization-sensitive; do not publish security-sensitive details
Vendor & Supplier Dependency Map
A dependency map for the outside organizations, utilities, platforms, carriers, payment rails, suppliers, and service providers required to keep an essential function operating.
Recovery & handoff
Recovery & handoff
CD-20 · Designed for public status posting; do not include private case details
First-Week Rebuilding Board
A public status board for the first week of recovery: essential services, reunification, records, courts, complaints, spending, and the next expected update.
CD-29 · Public mandate with protected annexes if needed
Temporary Authority Mandate & Sunset Record
A written mandate for temporary civilian or organizational emergency authority: purpose, jurisdiction, powers, prohibited powers, resources, records, review, complaints, finances, handoff, and expiration.
CD-36 · Public accounting with protected vendor/security details where justified
Emergency Spending, Procurement & Exception Ledger
A transaction-level ledger for emergency purchases, commitments, exceptions, vendors, approvals, receipts, inventory received, and later review.
CD-37 · Private case details; publish aggregate process and outcomes when appropriate
Complaint, Appeal & Correction Register
A case-number register for complaints, appeals, record corrections, deadlines, responsible reviewers, dispositions, and further review paths.
CD-38 · Sensitive recordkeeping; access by authorized custodians
Records Correction & Provenance Log
An audit trail for original records, corrections, evidence, authorizers, migrations, hashes or integrity checks, and links between superseded and current versions.
CD-40 · Operational; protect safety/security details not appropriate for public release
Facility Reopening & Handoff Verification
A cross-functional verification sheet for reopening a clinic, office, school, shelter, community room, service desk, or other civilian facility after disruption.
The sharing rule
Share the blank system. Protect the completed record.
Print these. Put them in community rooms, offices, clinics, households, mutual-aid binders, continuity folders, and training packets where appropriate. But a completed form can contain medical, identity, financial, legal, location, or third-party information. Blank forms are designed for sharing; completed sensitive copies are not.
Current desk: site v0.61.1 · form revision 1.0 · reviewed 2026-10-03. Check this page before relying on an older printed copy.
Cross-check resources
Independent forms. Recognized reference points.
The Desk is not an agency. Where a form overlaps established preparedness or continuity practice, compare it with the current guidance from the relevant public authority or professional source.
Ready.gov / FEMA financial preparedness and CFPB disaster-finance guidance.
CDC emergency prescription and personal-health preparedness guidance.
FEMA continuity guidance for essential functions, essential records, succession, and delegations.
Legal authority, benefits, insurance, medical care, records, and emergency procedures vary by place and institution.
Continuity Desk intake · Signal only
Send the form ID and the exact change.
Useful feedback is specific: “CD-05 needs a column for X,” “CD-02 is hard to print at 100% scale,” or “CD-16 needs a clearer handoff field.” Do not send completed forms, IDs, medical records, passwords, credentials, classified or stolen material, or unnecessary third-party personal information.
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Field feedback
Corrections should have a clear path in.
No web intake form, no email address, no phone number. The Continuity Desk accepts corrections, missing-field suggestions, accessibility issues, and field-use feedback through Signal only.
Common questions
Use the forms without turning them into a new bureaucracy.
Can I print without downloading anything?
Yes. Open any form and use “Print sheet” for one visible paper sheet or “Print all sheets” for the entire form. The ordinary browser print dialog opens; no PDF is required. PDFs are optional convenience copies.
Why make the boring records a priority?
Because claims, care, property, identity, benefits, communication, appeals, and institutional handoffs all depend on records that can still be found, authenticated, and understood when normal routines fail.
Which forms should I print first?
Start with CD-01 Household Continuity File, CD-02 Household Communication Card, CD-03 Fourteen-Day Household Resilience Baseline, CD-09 Monthly System Review, and CD-10 Verification Card. Then add the local, professional, or organization packets that fit your role.
Should I share completed forms?
No. Share blank copies. Keep completed forms containing medical, legal, identity, financial, location, or third-party information appropriately protected.
Does Built To Resist store completed forms?
No. These are static printable/downloadable resources. The site does not provide a form-submission or completed-record storage workflow.
How often should I come back?
Check the form revision and site version printed on each copy. Return periodically, especially after a drill, a major life or system change, or when a printed copy is older than the current revision.
How do I suggest a correction or missing form?
Use the Signal-only field feedback channel. Send the form ID, the specific issue, and a concise proposed change. Do not send completed forms or unnecessary sensitive information.
Practical decision guides: what to do when a vital service fails
Seven evidence-linked guides cover the first 72 hours, the last paycheck, food access, medical interruption, administrative denial, relocation and accountable mutual aid. Every guide connects to the original source sections and keeps scenario claims separate from current warnings.