Free downloadable resources

EmergencyKitLab built these printable templates so you can get your home ready for an emergency without improvising. Free, no sign-up: download, print and fill them in with your family. Each one links to the planner to work out exactly what you need.

• Template · 2 pages

  Family Emergency Plan

  The base template: fill it in with your family and keep it handy. Contacts, meeting point, communication plan and utility shut-offs.

  • Contacts and meeting point
  • Family communication plan
  • Gas, water and power shut-offs
  • Grab bag
  Download free PDF
• Printable · cut-out

  Emergency Cards

  Wallet-size, cut-out cards so each family member carries their own. Handy if you lose your phone or run out of battery.

  • Key details and contacts
  • Meeting point
  • Emergency numbers
  • Card for kids and seniors
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• Checklist · 2 pages

  Kit Inventory

  Check what you have and what you're missing for 72 hours or more, by category, with quantity, expiry and location.

  • Water, food and power
  • First aid and communication
  • Checkboxes and expiry dates
  • Recommended products
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Action sheets by scenario

One sheet per emergency with the key steps — before, during and after — based on FEMA / Ready.gov guidance. Print the ones for the scenarios most likely in your area.

• Hurricane

  Evacuation zones, board up, move to an interior room.

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• Tornado

  Watch vs warning, lowest interior room, cover up.

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• Wildfire

  Defensible space, go-bags, evacuate when ordered.

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• Winter storm

  Heat one room, layers, no generator indoors.

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Your tailored plan with EmergencyKitLab

These templates are the starting point. To know how much water, food and gear you need based on your household, your area and the number of people, use the planner: it gives you an exact shopping list in 5 minutes.

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Resources based on FEMA / Ready.gov guidance. Our methodology.