PRACTICAL HOME PREPAREDNESS

Prepare your home for a prolonged power outage.

Know what your household needs, find the right supplies, and get your home ready. Build a practical plan for 30 days, with extended preparations for longer disruptions.

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For houses, apartments, and condos. Start with what you already have.

Choose your preparation goal

Explore what your home needs

Open a category to see what to know, what to get, and what to do. Your household settings carry through every category.

WaterStore water your household can reach, carry, and use without electricity.FoodBuild a supply of familiar foods that becomes meals your household will eat.Cooking & FuelChoose a cooking method that fits your home, your meals, and a safe place to use it.Power & LightingPlan electricity around essential tasks: lighting, communication, and equipment your household depends on.Comms & InformationKeep a way to receive useful information and reconnect if normal communications become unreliable.Sanitation & HygienePrepare a workable toilet and handwashing routine before water or sewer service is disrupted.Medical & First AidPlan around the medicines, equipment, and care your household already needs.Heating & CoolingPrepare to keep people comfortable while watching for temperatures that make staying home unsafe.Home Safety & SecurityMake your home easier to use, maintain, and secure when lighting and normal services are limited.Household PlanTurn the supplies you own into a plan everyone in your household can follow.

Turn a plan into practical steps

Know

Understand the decisions that affect your household. See the assumptions, important limits, and sources behind the guidance.

Get

Record the supplies you own and make a list of what remains. Find specific products and organize purchases by store.

Do

Fill, assemble, test, and store your supplies. Practice the arrangements your household will rely on.

Take one useful list to each store

Group your remaining purchases into a Costco run, a Walmart run, an Amazon order, or another destination you choose. Quantities stay connected to your household plan.

Open Shopping List

Understand the disruption

A long outage can affect more than lighting. Learn how interruptions to water, food storage, communications, and other services change the needs of a household staying home.

Understand a prolonged outage

Prepare to stay home while it remains safe and can meet your household's essential needs. Follow official evacuation instructions and have an alternative if staying becomes unsafe.

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