Free situation plan
Household Emergency Planning
Build the communication, role, medical, animal, document, shelter, evacuation, and practice system that turns separate supplies into a household plan.
First actions
If this is happening now.
Slow down enough to identify the hazard, then protect life before property.
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Account for every person and animal and identify any immediate medical or accessibility need.
- 02
Use text messages when networks are congested and contact the household's out-of-area coordinator.
- 03
Follow local instructions about sheltering, evacuation, water, utilities, and reentry.
- 04
Write down important decisions and times instead of relying on memory under stress.
Locally saved action plan
Prepare this situation before it happens.
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Free FlintReady resources
Learn, check, and practice.
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Optional printable depth
Household Emergency Plan Workbook
A printable workbook with role assignments, contact records, evacuation triggers, medical-support planning, animal plans, document inventories, and exercise logs.
You do not need to purchase this to access the safety guidance above. The paid edition adds printable, offline, writable field pages.
Primary public-safety sources
Verify conditions at the source.
FlintReady organizes decisions. Government and local emergency authorities issue the alerts, orders, and condition-specific instructions.