Emergency Preparedness, Food, Water & Plans

The standard recommendation is one gallon per person per day for drinking and basic hygiene, for at least three days, with two weeks preferred. Our water storage calculator adjusts for pets, climate, and medical needs so you get an accurate target.

Regular pantry food works for short-term outages of one to two weeks. For longer storage of six months or more, you'll want items designed for shelf life: canned goods, freeze-dried meals, rice, beans, and sealed grains. Our food storage calculator handles both.

Enough to cover the circuits you actually want running during an outage: refrigerator, lights, a window AC or furnace blower, phone charging. Our generator sizing calculator sums appliance wattage and factors in surge load so you don't buy a unit that's too small to start your fridge.

Yes. The kits, food and water, and plans sections all have apartment-appropriate variants. You don't need a basement to be prepared for a power outage or a week of boil-water notices.

For any household with more than one person, yes. When phones and power go out, knowing the meeting point, out-of-state contact, and evacuation route makes the difference between staying organized and improvising under stress. The family emergency plan printable walks you through it in under 30 minutes.