The Group That Sees the Threat Coming Has Already Won Half the Fight

In a collapse scenario, the most dangerous thing isn’t the threat you’re prepared for — it’s the threat you never saw coming. Collapse Ready: Intel is the manual that fixes that. It delivers a complete, actionable intelligence framework built on military doctrine and adapted for the realities of household-level and community-level preparedness — designed to give your group the analytical edge that determines whether you respond to events or anticipate them.

Book 6 of the Collapse Ready Household Series, this manual was written by a combat veteran and former private military contractor who has operated in environments where intelligence failure costs lives. This is not theoretical — it is the same foundational doctrine used by military intelligence cells, adapted for the prepared household.

What Collapse Ready: Intel Covers

The Intelligence Cell Framework (Chapters 1–10)

Establishes the complete doctrine for standing up and running an Intelligence Cell (IC) — from a two-person household team to a full community security organization. Covers purpose and mission, organizational structure and roles, all-source inputs, the six-step fusion workflow, finished intelligence products, analytical standards and tradecraft, battle rhythm management, security and EMCON discipline, and a structured training program.

Chapter 11 — Pre-Collapse OSINT: Digital Methods

The complete pre-collapse Open-Source Intelligence capability while digital infrastructure remains available. Covers the full free OSINT tool stack (Google Advanced Search, Shodan, Maltego CE, SpiderFoot, OSINT Framework, Wayback Machine, Google Earth, Recon-ng, IntelTechniques, Censys, HIBP, reverse image search, and more), paid tool options, advanced methods including RF intelligence, critical infrastructure mapping, public health monitoring, and economic indicator tracking, and How-To procedures for geolocation, pattern-of-life profiling, property records research, and area social media monitoring.

Legal disclaimers in bold red appear throughout this chapter at every collection method that carries legal risk — covering the CFAA, ECPA, state wiretapping laws, stalking statutes, and privacy regulations — so you know exactly where the legal line is before you cross it.

Chapter 12 — Post-Collapse OSINT: Field Methods

When the digital infrastructure fails, the intelligence mission continues. Chapter 12 covers the complete post-collapse OSINT adaptation — building human intelligence networks from community relationships, pattern-of-life observation and baseline establishment, anomaly detection in the field, radio intelligence collection (passive monitoring, signal analysis, direction finding), physical environment intelligence (track and sign, age dating, observation post positioning), community mapping and social intelligence, and counter-intelligence discipline to prevent your own group from becoming a collection target.

Complete Chapter and Appendix Structure

Chapter 1 — Purpose, Scope, and Mission: the IC principle, the intelligence cycle, discipline in a collapse environment
Chapter 2 — Organization and Roles: IC Chief, Recon Analyst, CTR Analyst, Fusion Technician, Red-Team Liaison, Senior Controller; scaling for small groups
Chapter 3 — All-Source Inputs: HUMINT, technical, environmental, adversarial, and OSINT inputs with collection standards
Chapter 4 — Intelligence Fusion Workflow: all six steps from ingestion through dissemination with full How-To procedures
Chapter 5 — Intelligence Products: INTSUM, Threat Pattern Update, Terrain Exploitation Overlay, Predictive Assessment, Lessons Identified Packet
Chapter 6 — Analytical Standards and Tradecraft: accuracy, brevity, timeliness, objectivity, confidence levels, analytical pitfalls
Chapter 7 — Battle Rhythm: daily scheduled cycle, event-driven FLASH procedures, battle rhythm management
Chapter 8 — Security, OPSEC, and EMCON: physical security, emissions control, information control, source protection
Chapter 9 — Training Requirements: four-level progressive training program from individual drills to full IC integration exercise
Chapter 10 — Appendices Overview
Chapter 11 — Pre-Collapse OSINT: Digital Methods (25+ pages)
Chapter 12 — Post-Collapse OSINT: Field Methods (25+ pages)

Complete Appendix Package

Appendix A — Report Templates: SALUTE, SPOTREP, SITREP, HUMINT Contact Report, OP/LP Log
Appendix B — Analytical Checklists: fusion workflow, INTSUM production, all major procedures
Appendix C — Terrain Sketching Guide
Appendix D — Pattern Analysis Board Setup with complete operating instructions
Appendix E — Red-Team Integration SOP
Appendix F — IC Quick-Start Guide (laminated field card format)
Appendix G — EMCON Reporting Matrix
Appendix H — Multi-Domain Sensor Interpretation Guide
Appendix I — OSINT Tool Quick-Reference Card
Appendix J — Legal Reference Guide for Intelligence Activities

Built-In Legal Guidance

Every collection method in this manual that carries legal risk is marked with a bold red legal disclaimer citing the applicable federal statute or state law framework — including the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, Electronic Communications Privacy Act, state wiretapping laws, stalking statutes, and privacy regulations. You will know exactly where the legal line is before you approach it.

Who This Manual Is For

Prepared households and family security teams building systematic threat awareness for their area of operations
Community preparedness organizations needing an intelligence framework that scales with their group
Security-minded preppers and survivalists who understand that information is the most decisive edge in any adverse environment
OSINT practitioners and hobbyists who want to apply their skills to preparedness planning
Military veterans and law enforcement professionals bringing professional intelligence doctrine into their civilian preparedness planning
Ham radio operators and communications-focused preppers building a complete signals intelligence capability

About the Collapse Ready Household Series

The Collapse Ready Household Series is a comprehensive preparedness library built on a single principle: real readiness comes from doctrine, not gear lists. Written by a combat infantryman, paramedic, and private military contractor with operational experience across Iraq and Africa, every book in the series delivers the same standard: the system works, the training is real, and the information is earned.

When Systems Fail — We Don’t.

Collapse Ready: Intel is Book 6 of the Collapse Ready Household Series.

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Collapse Ready: Intel