Put facts, plans, and handoffs somewhere more reliable than
working memory.
Actual emergency? Stop reading and use the
local emergency number. In the EU, call 112. If
calling is unsafe, get to a safer place or ask a trusted person to
call.
What this book is for
What fact needs a stable place?
Who owns this form?
When must it be replaced?
What this book does
Externalize facts, plans, logs, and handoffs that should not
depend on working memory.
What it hands off
A completed form does not prove safety, competence, consent, or
current local accuracy.
Take a page. Put the needed fact on it. Replace it when
the world changes.
The other books explain, decide, and escalate. T —
Templates externalizes: it gives facts, plans,
observations, and handoffs somewhere to live outside your working
memory. Which matters when you are frightened, tired, hurt,
overloaded, or holding a phone with one hand.
A blank form is not proof of preparation. A completed form is
not proof of safety. These pages are small interfaces between
attention and action.
The Grey Book’s form-grid pattern and grey accent identify its
figures and templates. Each page begins with one compact resource
band containing exactly the information needed to recognize and
cite it: title, stable reference, and a short
description. Privacy and related-resource notes remain
secondary.
There are two public resource types:
Figure · Read only — an authored depiction or
a local reference sheet. A deployer may complete local facts
before installation, but readers do not edit the installed copy.
Replace it when those facts or privacy boundaries change.
Template · Write — use a fresh copy for a new
incident, observation, review, drill, or handoff.
Template catalogue —
write when needed
A template is a reusable working page. Every template carries a
title, stable reference, and short description before its writable
content.
A writable launch pad for the facts a dispatcher needs.
Privacy: shared-safe
Related:[BEG:A:G:005]
Four responsibility clocks separate live harm, continuing effects,
repair, and ongoing
care. [BEG:P:G:002]
Six-field professional call packet: where, what, when, current
state, danger, and callback
number [BEG:C:G:001]
First-aid triage overview
A useful form shortens the distance between “I should remember
that” and “the fact is available when needed.” Leave irrelevant
fields blank, cross out a bad prompt, and send the correction
upstream. The paper works for the person; the person does not work
for the paper.
Every canonical figure or template begins with a generated
identity band:
Title: names the resource in plain
language.
Stable reference:[BEG:...:G:...] identifies a figure and
[BEG:...:F:...] identifies a template even when page
numbers move.
Short description: states what the resource
is for before its content begins.
Use mode:Figure · Read only
or Template · Write.
Privacy class: decide whether the completed
page may remain visible, requires local review, or belongs in
protected storage.
Figures: stable figure references point to
the read-only depiction that explains or tests the same
operation.
Support: service references point to the
professional route that can receive the completed packet.
The small related-reference line is navigation, not a second
dashboard. Stable references make a copied page findable without
adding another coloured box for every relationship.
Grey does not decide escalation. A form
records the route, backup, destination, or threshold owned by the
relevant book, service, clinical plan, product instruction, or
official warning. When that source changes, the installed form
changes with it — the paper is a copy of the rule, never a second
version of it.
Use only the fields relevant to the current
action.
Update facts after a move, service change,
failed route, care change, or privacy change.
Replace a detached page when its version,
review date, physical condition, or local truth no longer matches
the installation.
The stable address travels with the page. Sensitive content
does not become safe merely because the form has excellent
typography.
For a local operational fact, freshness
travels with the fact. Where it applies, record the source
or authority, the date checked, a review-by date, and a backup
source. A number on its own is not the fact: scope,
access channel, and hours are part of it, and they do not always
match even for the same service. “We checked this recently” is
provenance, not proof that a remote service is reachable this
minute.
permission to publish private medical or safety data
Reader
moment-to-moment observations and choices
feedback and personal plans
responsibility for maintaining the whole installation
Helper
factual observations and agreed actions
calls, writing, transport, handoff
authority over the affected person when they can decide
Comfort inventory belongs to both reader and
deployer. The deployer makes resources findable; the
reader decides what is useful. A blanket can be stocked without
being compulsory. This resolves the false choice between “the
reader should know themselves” and “the deployer should prepare
the room.” Preparation and agency are different jobs.
Verified address, access barriers, exits, and meeting point.
Prepared by: deployer before installation;
replace when local facts or privacy boundaries change.
Privacy: shared-safe
See also: figures
[BEG:P:G:002]
Six-field professional call packet: where, what, when, current
state, danger, and callback number,
[BEG:D:G:003]
Six-field safe-place confirmation packet · support
[BEG:P:C:009]
rescue service and fire brigade,
[BEG:P:C:008]
police
Why: Dispatchers can work with imperfect
prose. They cannot send help to an emotionally accurate but
geographically unspecified bathroom.
Location fact
Fill before deployment
Street, number, postal code, city, country
Coordinates
Height above sea level, when locally useful
Building / entrance / rear building
Floor / room
Bell / name on entrance
Lift, stairs, locked doors, access barriers
Safe instruction for unlocking or meeting help
Nearest visible landmark
Evacuation exit
Outdoor meeting point
Optional floor sketch
NORTH / STREET / LANDMARK: _________________________________________________
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| |
| |
| mark: YOU ARE HERE · exits · stairs/lift · meeting point |
| |
| |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Do not publish hidden-key locations, alarm codes, escape-shelter addresses,
or details that increase danger for someone facing violence.
A writable launch pad for the facts a dispatcher needs.
Privacy: shared-safe
See also: figures
[BEG:A:G:005]
Four responsibility clocks separate live harm, continuing effects,
repair, and ongoing care.,
[BEG:P:G:002]
Six-field professional call packet: where, what, when, current
state, danger, and callback number,
[BEG:C:G:001]
First-aid triage overview · support
[BEG:P:C:009]
rescue service and fire brigade,
[BEG:P:C:008]
police,
[BEG:P:C:013]
medical on-call service
Why: Externalizing the first facts frees
working memory. The call handler will ask the questions in the
order needed; this card is a launch pad, not a script to read over
them.
I am at:
________________________________________________ What
happened: _________________________________________ The person is: awake / unresponsive / unsure Breathing: normal / abnormal / unsure Immediate danger at the scene:
__________________________ Started / last known
well: ______________________________ People
affected: ________________________________________ Callback number:
________________________________________
Put the phone on speaker when safe. Do not hang up
until the dispatcher says to. The dispatcher may coach
first aid while help is being sent.
Verified local names, channels, hours, and backups.
Prepared by: deployer before installation;
replace when local facts or privacy boundaries change.
Privacy: shared-safe
See also: figures
[BEG:A:G:003]
Four-part boundary map for requested support, refusal, uncertain
capacity, and immediate danger.,
[BEG:P:G:003]
Professional route selector linking a named problem to the system
able to change it and a backup or escalation route,
[BEG:P:G:004]
Four support-system layers: basic services and security, community
and family, focused non-specialized support, and specialized
services,
[BEG:D:G:002]
Four-way safe-place routing map · support
[BEG:P:C:010]
public-administration information line,
[BEG:P:C:011]
violence against women helpline,
[BEG:P:C:012]
child and youth helpline,
[BEG:P:C:013]
medical on-call service,
[BEG:P:C:014]
TelefonSeelsorge,
[BEG:P:C:017]
violence against men helpline,
[BEG:P:C:018]
municipal emergency accommodation / homelessness service,
[BEG:P:C:015]
accessible emergency accommodation or powered care destination,
[BEG:P:C:020]
local youth emergency service / Jugendnotdienst,
[BEG:P:C:016]
local gas-network emergency service
Why: “Find local help” is not a route. A
usable entry has a verified name, number, scope, hours, access
channel, and backup.
Need
First route
Hours / access
Backup / escalation
Source · checked · review by
GP / regular practice
116 117 / 112 as appropriate
Pharmacy / night service
Emergency department
112 for a life-threatening emergency
Regional poison centre
112 for severe or life-threatening symptoms
Psychiatric crisis service
116 117 / 112 according to urgency
Sozialpsychiatrischer Dienst
Violence support / shelter
safe-device notes:
110 / 112 for immediate danger
Municipal emergency housing — day
Municipal emergency housing — night
110 / 112 only for immediate danger or emergency
Accessible / powered safe place
barriers confirmed:
116 117 or clinical route when urgent but not
life-threatening; 112 when essential care is failing with imminent
serious harm
Youth emergency service
110 / 112 for immediate danger; otherwise the local youth
route
Gas-network emergency service
call from outside
112 for fire, explosion, severe symptoms, or danger to
life
Ordinary regulation resources made findable before overload.
Prepared by: deployer before installation;
replace when local facts or privacy boundaries change.
Privacy: shared-safe
See also: figures
[BEG:O:G:002]
First 90-second body, room, and attention scan,
[BEG:B:G:004]
Overload control map showing intrinsic, avoidable, and stress
loads with the headroom inequality,
[BEG:B:G:002]
Three optional breathing patterns · support named local service
when applicable
make useful ordinary things visible; do not turn them into a
test.
Resource
Present and findable?
Reader says it helps?
Location / note
phone and working charger
☐
☐
power bank
☐
☐
charged light
☐
☐
drinking water
☐
☐
warm layer / blanket
☐
☐
cool cloth / cleaner-air place or safe-air route
☐
☐
stable seat or support
☐
☐
familiar music / quiet
☐
☐
visual book / comic / simple game
☐
☐
notebook / pencil
☐
☐
safe person / agreed contact
☐
☐
prescribed plan
☐
☐
private location:
safer next room / outdoor place
☐
☐
No score proves safety. Zero checked boxes means “obtain one
useful resource,” not “you failed comfort.” Avoid candles, smoke,
incense, and strong scents when air safety, asthma, migraine,
sensory sensitivity, or judgement is uncertain.
One value translated into one bounded next action.
Privacy: private-or-shared
See also: figures
[BEG:A:G:004]
Five-step repair sequence: stop, stabilize, tell, repair, and
follow up.,
[BEG:A:G:003]
Four-part boundary map for requested support, refusal, uncertain
capacity, and immediate danger.,
[BEG:B:G:004]
Overload control map showing intrinsic, avoidable, and stress
loads with the headroom inequality · support named local service
when applicable
Why: A value is a direction. A five-minute
action is small enough to start without demanding that one
bathroom visit solve the republic.
Prompt
Your answer
Value I want to express
One action under five minutes
What makes it small enough
Person or resource involved
Stop condition
What I will check afterward
better / same / worse / different problem
Filled example
Prompt
Example
Value I want to express
responsibility
One action under five minutes
text Mara: “I left abruptly because I was overloaded. I am
safe. I will call tomorrow.”
What makes it small enough
one factual message; no full conflict analysis tonight
Person or resource involved
Mara; phone charger
Stop condition
send once; do not begin a ten-message trial
What I will check afterward
whether the next need is rest, repair, or professional
help
Changes and actions recorded for a clinician or dispatcher.
Privacy: private
See also: figures
[BEG:O:G:002]
First 90-second body, room, and attention scan,
[BEG:C:G:001]
First-aid triage overview · support
[BEG:P:C:009]
rescue service and fire brigade,
[BEG:P:C:013]
medical on-call service
observe change and improve the handoff; never use one device
value to cancel a red flag.
Preselected reversible places and low-demand activities.
Prepared by: deployer before installation;
replace when local facts or privacy boundaries change.
Privacy: private-or-shared
See also: figures
[BEG:D:G:002]
Four-way safe-place routing map · support named local service when
applicable
Why: Alarm makes every destination look
equally unavailable. Precomputing a few reversible options gives
the exit somewhere to go.
Need
Place / item
Access barriers
Backup
quiet
another person nearby
cleaner air / safe-air route
warmth
low light
charger
simple food
safe exit
short walk / sit in a confirmed safe place
drawing / folding / puzzle
familiar sound
Optional public collection of low-demand activities:
artifacts.fkr.dev. Check the destination before
printing it as a promise; websites are not load- bearing
walls.
A “safe-air route” is incident-dependent. Smoke, an outdoor
chemical release, or another official warning can make
staying inside, closing ventilation, or leaving by a named
route safer than simply going outdoors. Orange and the
current warning authority own that decision, not this table.
Confirmed destinations, access routes, backups, and escalation.
Prepared by: deployer before installation;
replace when local facts or privacy boundaries change.
Privacy: context-sensitive
See also: figures
[BEG:D:G:002]
Four-way safe-place routing map,
[BEG:D:G:003]
Six-field safe-place confirmation packet,
[BEG:D:G:001]
Communication-access adaptations,
[BEG:D:G:004]
Reserve-clock route: identify the essential function, confirm help
and a destination, then move before the reserve ends · support
[BEG:P:C:008]
police,
[BEG:P:C:009]
rescue service and fire brigade,
[BEG:P:C:011]
violence against women helpline,
[BEG:P:C:017]
violence against men helpline,
[BEG:P:C:018]
municipal emergency accommodation / homelessness service,
[BEG:P:C:015]
accessible emergency accommodation or powered care destination,
[BEG:P:C:020]
local youth emergency service / Jugendnotdienst
a safe place is a confirmed destination plus a backup—not the
phrase “go somewhere safe” wearing sensible shoes.
Route
Confirmed destination
Transport / access
Contact
Backup
Escalation
person or active threat
110 for an active police matter; 112 when life, medical, or
fire danger is present
no weather-safe roof tonight
local accommodation route; 112 if exposure or another
emergency becomes life-threatening
place fails mobility, power, medication, child, caregiver, or
animal needs
name the failing function; 116 117 or a clinician when urgent
but not life-threatening; 112 when essential care is failing with
imminent serious harm
physically safe but socially/internal crisis
crisis or social route; 112 for acute self/other danger or
inability to remain safe
Code word / check-in plan, only where safe to record:
________________________
Medication,
power, and care continuity card
[tmpl.1.14]
Medication, power, care dependencies, runtime, and approved
backup.
Prepared by: deployer before installation;
replace when local facts or privacy boundaries change.
Privacy: private
See also: figures
[BEG:A:G:002]
Care continuity loop showing essentials, warning signs, owner,
backup, and next review.,
[BEG:H:G:001]
Essential treatment and powered-device continuity map,
[BEG:Z:G:006]
Continuity systems are coupled,
[BEG:D:G:004]
Reserve-clock route: identify the essential function, confirm help
and a destination, then move before the reserve ends · support
[BEG:P:C:009]
rescue service and fire brigade,
[BEG:P:C:013]
medical on-call service,
[BEG:P:C:015]
accessible emergency accommodation or powered care destination
Why: Essential care should not depend on
remembering runtime and backup instructions after the power has
already failed.
Essential need
Current resource
Remaining runtime / quantity
Approved backup
Destination / contact
Escalate when
medication
powered device
refrigeration
communication
mobility / transfer
caregiver / dependant
other
Use the affected person’s clinical, manufacturer, utility, or
care plan. Do not invent battery bridging, oxygen changes,
medication substitutions, or transport techniques from first
principles during an outage.
Owners, backups, checks, and escalation for essential functions.
Prepared by: deployer before installation;
replace when local facts or privacy boundaries change.
Privacy: shared-safe
See also: figures
[BEG:A:G:002]
Care continuity loop showing essentials, warning signs, owner,
backup, and next review.,
[BEG:Z:G:002]
Household continuity systems and ownership fields,
[BEG:Z:G:001]
Five operational functions for a short crisis meeting,
[BEG:Z:G:005]
Why everyone-tells-everyone stops scaling · support named local
service when applicable
Function
Owner now
Backup person
Next physical action
Next check
Failure route
air / hazard check
essential medical care
temperature / shelter
water
communication / warnings
food
sanitation
dependants / animals
A role is an assignment, not a personality. Reassign it when
the owner is exhausted, absent, unsafe, or becoming the single
point of failure.
Corrections, failed routes, local adaptations, and useful
inventions.
Privacy: do-not-send-private-medical-data
See also: figures
[BEG:R:G:001]
Evidence labels used throughout the guide,
[BEG:R:G:002]
Two-pass guide topology with dependency modifiers · support named
local service when applicable
Send to:bathroom_emergency@fkr.dev
Please do not send private medical records, credentials, hidden
safe-place locations, or identifying details about another person
without permission.
Wet-room readability, reach, privacy, glare, and physical
handling.
Privacy: shared-safe
See also: figures
[BEG:R:G:002]
Two-pass guide topology with dependency modifiers · support named
local service when applicable
Why: A layout can pass a renderer and still
fail beside a reflective tile, behind a door, below a leaking
pipe, or beyond the reach of the person expected to use it. Test
the installation, not the concept art in your head.
Check
Observation
Pass / change
Owner and date
readable from the intended position
glare in daylight and artificial light
readable during low light / power loss
reachable while seated, standing, or mobility-limited
pages turn with one hand
sleeve, clip, folder, or box stays stable
water, steam, cleaning spray, and condensation route
door, window, heater, flame, and ventilation clearance
shared pages reveal no private or dangerous information
private pages can be found without being publicly exposed
pencil, writing surface, light, charger, and forms are
present
version and next review date are visible
Photograph the installation only when the image does not expose
private fields, keys, security details, or another person without
permission.
Calm-time timings and friction from finding to handoff.
Privacy: do-not-use-real-private-crisis-details
See also: figures
[BEG:R:G:002]
Two-pass guide topology with dependency modifiers · support named
local service when applicable
test finding and handoff, not theatrical panic.
Use invented or sanitized facts. Stop the drill immediately
when someone becomes distressed or a real event interrupts it.
The times below are provisional interface targets, not
reader performance standards. A slow stage means “find
the friction in the installation,” never “this person failed the
emergency guide.”
Usability test for action, sequence, geometry, and limits.
Privacy: anonymous-or-consented
See also: figures
[BEG:C:G:001]
First-aid triage overview,
[BEG:C:G:004]
Adult chest-compression location using head, chest, hips, and feet
as landmarks,
[BEG:C:G:003]
AED action sequence: turn on, attach pads, clear for analysis or
shock, resume CPR,
[BEG:C:G:005]
Five-step recovery-position orientation · support
[BEG:P:C:009]
rescue service and fire brigade
Why: “The diagram is technically correct” is
weaker than “a reader who has not seen it before can point to the
intended action and explain the limit.” This sheet reviews the
picture; it does not certify first-aid competence.
Reviewer role: instructor / trained layperson / no prior CPR
practice / other
Do not practise compressions, rolling, shocks, or airway
manoeuvres on an unconsenting person. Use approved training
equipment and qualified supervision for physical practice.
Maintenance and
replacement inspection
[tmpl.1.20]
Damage, stale facts, used supplies, and replacement actions.
Privacy: shared-safe
See also: figures
[BEG:Z:G:002]
Household continuity systems and ownership fields · support named
local service when applicable
Item
Current state
Action
Due / completed
guide version and build revision
local contact verification dates
address, access, and meeting point
safe-place and care-continuity fields
water, tearing, fading, mould, or dirt
page order and missing sheets
pencils and writing surface
light, charger, cable, and power bank
first-aid supplies and expiry dates
privacy boundary still appropriate
one tabletop route completed
Immediate replacement trigger: incorrect emergency route,
exposed private information, unreadable damage, missing required
local facts, or a failed route with no safe workaround.
OBSERVATION
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
ACTION
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
RESULT: better / same / worse / different problem
____________________________________________________________________________
BACKUP / NEXT ROUTE / REVIEW TIME
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
Low-demand drawing, building, and folding prompts.
Privacy: shared-safe
See also: figures
[BEG:B:G:002]
Three optional breathing patterns · support named local service
when applicable
These are activities, not treatment and not a test of
calmness. Stop when an activity increases strain,
dizziness, frustration, danger, or paper-based hostility.
Stop at one storey or continue while it remains amusing.
Record which failure mode appeared: sliding, bending, table
vibration, cat.
Paper-folding practice
Use a square scrap. Fold corner to corner, reopen, fold the
other diagonal, then bring all four corners toward the centre.
This produces a small layered square, not yet a bird. A proper
bird-folding tutorial needs tested diagrams and is therefore a
future illustrated insert rather than confident origami fan
fiction.
Templates may be copied independently. Keep the resource band,
stable reference, guide version, privacy class, and local review
date with each detached page. A page without provenance can be
useful today and dangerous after three phone- number changes.
Where next?
You do not need to complete the shelf in order. Stay here while
this is the primary problem; move when another title becomes more
accurate.
A — The Amber Book — Responsibility — use it
when that problem becomes primary.
B — The Teal Book — Calm Guide — use it when
that problem becomes primary.
C — The Red Book — Self Ambulance — use it
when that problem becomes primary.
D — The Blue Book — Safety & No Place —
use it when that problem becomes primary.
H — The Orange Book — Hazards & Disasters
— use it when that problem becomes primary.
P — The Indigo Book — Professional Support —
use it when that problem becomes primary.
R — The Copper Book — Reference — use it when
that problem becomes primary.
S — The Purple Book — Social Field Guide —
use it when that problem becomes primary.
Z — The Olive Book — Zombie Guide — use it
when that problem becomes primary.
Connections from T — The Grey Book
— Templates & Forms