Guides
Get ready, one step at a time
Practical guides to emergency preparedness, prepping, water and food storage, and bunkers and shelters. Checklists you can print and use today.
Home preparedness
Kits, plans and habits that get a household through the first days of a crisis.
- 72-hour emergency kit: the complete checklist
What to pack in a 72-hour emergency kit: water, food, light, power, first aid, documents and warmth. A printable checklist with tips that keep it useful.
8 min read
Water and food
How much to store, how to keep it safe and how to rotate it without waste.
- How much emergency water to store, and how to keep it safe
How much drinking water to store per person, which containers to use, how long it keeps and how to make water safe to drink when the tap stops.
7 min read
Bunkers and shelters
Types of shelters, what they protect against and what to know before you build.
- Types of bunkers and shelters: what each one protects against
Storm shelters, safe rooms, fallout shelters, root cellars and earth-sheltered homes compared: what each protects against and what to check before building.
9 min read