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Emergency Preparedness Guides
Free, step by step, with real costs. Not sure where to start? Take the 10‑question readiness check.
Quick Wins
Packing Lists You Can Start Today
72-Hour Kit Checklist
The 12 basics every household needs for the first three days.
Checklist · 12 items
Car Emergency Kit
Winter-ready gear to keep in every vehicle.
Checklist · 12 items
IFAK / Trauma Kit
The bleeding-control basics to carry on you.
Checklist · 8 essentials
Bug-Out Bag List
What to pack when you have to leave home fast.
Checklist · 12 items
The Guides
10 Step-by-Step Guides
Food Storage & Rotation
How to build a food reserve that actually gets used, not one that expires quietly in a closet.
Cooking Without Power
What to have on hand so a grid-down day is an inconvenience, not a problem.
Water Storage & Purification
How much water you actually need, how to store it, and how to make more of it safe to drink.
Medical & First Aid Readiness
Building a kit and the baseline skills to use it before help arrives.
Hygiene & Sanitation
The unglamorous readiness category that prevents the next emergency from being a health one.
Home & Personal Security
Practical layers of protection for your home and family, from awareness to hardened basics.
Emergency Lighting
Reliable light sources for when the power is out and staying oriented matters most.
Transportation & Bug-Out Readiness
Keeping a way out of harm’s way when normal routes and routines are not an option.
Get-Home Bag Essentials
What belongs in the bag that gets you from wherever you are back to your family.
Communications
Staying in contact and informed when cell towers and the internet are not a given.
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Common Questions
What is the difference between the guides and the checklists?
The 10 guides walk you through building one category step by step, with targets, time, and cost for each stage. The Quick Wins packing lists are short checklists, like the 72-Hour Kit Checklist, that pull from several guides at once and link back to them for the details.
Where should I start with emergency preparedness?
Water. A household lasts weeks without stored food but only days without water, and a week of it is the cheapest milestone on the list. If you are not sure where your gaps are, the free Readiness Check scores all 10 categories in a few minutes and points you to the guide to start with.
How do I make a family emergency plan?
Write down everyone's contacts plus one out-of-area contact, pick a meeting place near home and one outside your neighborhood, decide how you will communicate if cell service is down, and practice it once. The Communications guide covers the radio side step by step.
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