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Free downloadThe Household Emergency Binder.
One fillable PDF that holds everything: who lives in your home, what they need, what to stock, and what to do. Free, and we do not ask for your email.
It is 28 pages, and that is on purpose — it is built to sit on your shelf for years and get updated, not to be finished this afternoon. Fill in one section at a time. Section 1 takes about ten minutes and is genuinely useful on its own.
Everything in it is also free to read on this site. The binder is where you write your own answers down.
All ten sections.
So you know exactly what you are getting before you tap the button.
Household Information
Everyone who lives here, your meeting spot near home, your meeting spot outside the neighborhood, and your out-of-area contact.
Emergency Contacts
Police and fire non-emergency lines, your hospital, poison control, your gas and water utilities, 211, plus neighbors and caregivers.
Medical & Access Needs
One page per person who needs one: providers, medications and doses, equipment, backup power plans, and service animals. Print extra copies.
Important Documents
A checklist of every document that matters — ID, birth certificates, immigration papers, insurance, deeds, benefits — with a line to write down where each one is kept.
3-Day Supply Planner
The full checklists: water and food calculators for your household and pets, medical, light and power, shelter and climate, communication, hygiene, sensory and mobility, and the go bag.
Shelter-in-Place Plan
When to stay inside, how to pick a safe room, and what to keep in it.
Evacuation Plan
Primary and backup routes, where you will go, transportation if you do not drive, and a pet plan — because most shelters will not take animals.
Special Situations
Separate checklists for renters, households with mobility or physical disabilities, infants, neurodivergent members, pets, and households without a vehicle.
Notes & Review Log
A place to record each time you review it, what changed, and who did it.
Acting on the Plan
Leaving early, your first 24 hours, the emergency action cards, and how to keep building your readiness over time — so the binder is not just a record, but a plan you can act on when it counts.
Fillable PDF · 28 pages · no email required
Start with one section.
- Tap the button and the PDF saves to your device. Open it in any PDF reader to type your answers, or print it and write them in.
- Do Section 1 first. Ten minutes, and your household already has a meeting plan.
- Print extra copies of the medical page — one per person who needs one.
- Keep it somewhere everyone in the house can find it. A zip-top bag in a kitchen drawer beats a binder nobody knows about.
- Review it every 6 to 12 months, or any time your household changes.
Emergency Action Cards.
Two printable cards you fill in and put where you will actually reach for them.
Emergency Action Cards
Printable PDF · 2 cards · blanks to fill in
- Card 1 — Staying Home. Goes in your supplies.
- Card 2 — Leaving Now. Goes in your go bag.
- Both open with the breathing, because a racing heart makes bad decisions.
- Blanks for your out-of-area contact, gas and water shutoffs, and meeting spots.
Why paper, and not your phone
Under real stress your heart rate climbs, your hearing narrows, and your memory stops being reliable. It happens to trained responders too — the difference is they read from paper and work one line at a time.
Your phone may be dead, or you may be too rattled to navigate it. A card in your kit always works.
More on staying clear-headedSet these up in five minutes.
All free. Do it now, while you are thinking about it.
- Your county's alert system. Search your county name plus "emergency alerts" and sign up with your address. This is how evacuation orders reach you.
- Watch Duty — wildfire tracking in real time, run by volunteers and reporting faster than most news.
- FEMA app — weather alerts for any addresses you care about, plus open shelter locations.
- Smart911 — give dispatchers your medical needs and household details before you ever have to call.
- Turn on Wireless Emergency Alerts in your phone settings. Most people have them off without knowing.
Ready for the personalized version?
The kit builder takes what is in the planner and turns it into a real list for your household, with quantities and three price options on every item.