/ first_moves
Do these first
/ failure_mode
How this plan fails
Roles are not ranks. If the assigned person is absent, hurt, asleep, or unreachable, another person must know the fallback.
/ avoid
Do not spend your first mistake here
- Letting the most anxious person become the only decision-maker.
- Creating roles that depend on being home together.
The household does not need a command structure. It needs fewer blank looks.
Before anything happens, assign ordinary jobs. Who checks alerts? Who fills containers? Who grabs medication? Who gets the pet carrier? Who knows where documents are? Who texts the out-of-area contact?
Write the backup owner next to every job. Disasters do not wait until the person with the binder is home.
Run the first ten minutes as a drill. No dramatic script. Just start a timer, turn off the lights, and see what the household can actually find.