The Just In Case Binder
Planned as FRC’s flagship preparedness resource. Contents, format, pricing and availability haven’t been announced yet.
Modern Outdoor Preparedness
Prepared,
not paranoid.
Practical skills, clear guides and sensible kit for the outdoors, the road and the unexpected.
01 —What we are
Practical readiness for real situations.
Field Ready Collective is a modern preparedness brand. We teach practical outdoor, vehicle and emergency skills, and we explain them without the fear.
Most people who handle an emergency well aren’t preppers. They’re the people who spend time outside and in the field: the mechanic with a full kit behind the seat, the camper who can light a fire in the rain, the volunteer who stays calm when someone is hurt.
FRC brings that practical knowledge together and shares it in plain language, so more people can be the one who knows what to do.
Read about FRC- 01
Practice over theory
If it hasn’t been done in the field, it’s still a theory. We test before we teach.
- 02
Likely over extreme
We prepare for what actually happens: weather, breakdowns, outages, injuries.
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Readiness is calm
Good preparation lowers panic. Nothing we publish should raise it.
02 —Topics
Start with a topic.
Six areas of practical readiness. Guides, checklists and training will be organised around them.
- 01Emergency PreparednessHousehold plans, power outages and severe weather, sorted before you need them.View resources
- 02Vehicle ReadinessBreakdowns, winter roads and remote routes. What to carry and what to check.View resources
- 03FieldcraftShelter, fire, water and the practical skills that still work when tech does not.View resources
- 04CommunicationsRadios, signalling and staying reachable when cell service is not an option.View resources
- 05NavigationMaps, compass and route planning for backroads and backcountry.View resources
- 06Emergency ResponseFirst aid basics and calm, clear steps for the first minutes of an incident.View resources
03 —Featured resources
What we’re building first.
Working titles for the first guides. Nothing is published yet.
Vehicle breakdown guide
What to do, what to carry and how to stay safe when your vehicle stops working.
Coming soonPower outage guide
Keeping warm, fed and informed through a short outage, and a long one.
Coming soonWinter travel checklist
A printable check for your vehicle and kit before the roads turn.
Coming soon
04 —Shop
The FRC shop is on the way.
Nothing is for sale yet. This is where the guides, stickers and gear will live.
Digital guides
Practical guides and printable checklists to download and keep.
Coming soonStickers
FRC stickers for the truck, the toolbox or the water bottle.
Coming soonGear and merchandise
Apparel and selected gear, made to be used rather than admired.
Coming soon
05 —Training and events
Training and events are planned.
Practical skills stick when you practise them. FRC is planning workshops, training and events so you can do exactly that, with other people, outdoors.
No courses or dates have been announced. When there is something real to share, the newsletter hears first.
Coming soonSee what’s planned
- Emergency Preparedness
- Vehicle Preparedness
- Communications
- Navigation
- Field Skills
- Emergency Response
06 —Community
Built by people who use their gear.
The long-term idea is an FRC membership: a community for people who’d rather learn to do it than read about it. Ideas under consideration include access to FRC resources, guides and training content, plus community features.
Nothing has been decided yet. There’s no sign-up, and no platform, pricing or tiers have been chosen.
- Just In Case Binder
- FRC guides
- Members-only resources
- Training material
- Member discussion
Stay in the loop
Field notes by email.
Hear first when the guides, the shop and training dates are ready. Practical updates only.