Most preparedness advice comes as a list: buy this, store that. Lists are useful, but they don’t answer the question that matters most: how long could your household keep going if normal services stopped? Nor do they tell you what to do first.
The new OmniCORE Readiness Framework (OMC-FWK-001) answers both. It’s now in the Library, as a web page and as a printable PDF.
How it works
- Six tiers, each measuring how long your household could manage on its own: from T0 (foundations that cost almost nothing) through one week, one month, three months and six months, to a year or more.
- Twelve capability areas that every household depends on: water, food, shelter and warmth, health, sanitation, power, communications, information, safety, evacuation, finances, and community.
- Clear criteria for each tier in each area, so you can check where you stand. Some criteria count only once you’ve actually tested them, such as a drill, a dry run, or using a filter for the first time. Equipment you’ve never used is a plan, not a capability.
- A simple score. Your household’s headline score is its weakest area. A month of food with no stored water is a three-day plan, not a one-month plan. Fix the weakest area first.
Where to start
Every household should reach T1, one week, in every area. We recommend T2, one month, as the target for most homes. Start with T0 in your weakest area: most of it is information and agreements, and it costs nothing.
Built to work anywhere
OmniCORE readers live in many countries, so the framework doesn’t assume where you are. Where a recommendation depends on local rules (radio licensing, firearms law, building codes) or on climate, it says so. Self-defense is covered too, including firearms where local law allows them. Firearms are treated as tools that come with real responsibilities, and as an option rather than a requirement.
What comes next
Every OmniCORE plan, guide and worksheet now builds on this framework. The Family Grid-Down Preparedness Plan applies its tiers to a long power outage. A scorecard version of the framework, the Household Readiness Assessment, is next.
Read the framework, or download the PDF to print and keep with your household plans.