Your Free 72-Hour Emergency Readiness Guide

Prepare If You Care. Start with a practical plan for your household before an outage or other disruption happens.

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What to plan for

• Safe drinking water and household sanitation
• Shelf-stable food and a way to prepare or open it
• Flashlights, batteries, and safe backup lighting
• Ways to hear emergency information and contact family
• First aid items, medicines, and individual health needs
• Important contacts, copies of essential documents, and pet supplies

Adapt these basics for children, older adults, people with disabilities, pets, and other household needs. Always follow manufacturer instructions and local official guidance.

Keep building your plan

Read the Blackout Preppers 72-hour guide, browse four preparedness essentials, or visit our preparedness blog.

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This guide is educational and is not a substitute for instructions from local emergency officials.