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Household emergency preparedness

Build your household’s emergency plan, then find out whether it holds.

Crisis Planner turns what your household already has — water, food, medication, heat, transport — into a written plan, then analyzes it across 15 readiness areas and 32 crisis scenarios. Building the plan and running the analysis costs nothing.

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About 10 minutes·No payment details·Saved to your private account

Public guidance sets the household baseline at 72 hours. Most homes have never measured against it.

Emergency management agencies in Canada and the United States recommend every household be able to sustain itself without outside help for at least three days. Knowing that is not the same as knowing whether your household could.

72 hoursSelf-sufficiency baseline set by public emergency guidance.
3 daysMinimum drinking water per person, before rationing.
1 planWritten down, shared with everyone, and practised.
How it works

One assessment. A plan you can act on the same day.

You answer questions once. Everything after that — the plan, the scoring, the scenario testing, the printable binder — is produced from your household’s own figures rather than generic advice.

  1. STEP 01

    Describe your household

    The people and their ages, prescriptions and dietary needs, pets, the home itself, the hazards near you, and what you already keep on hand.

  2. STEP 02

    Receive your plan and analysis

    A written plan for each readiness area, an overall score, and every gap ranked with the reason it matters and the guidance it rests on.

  3. STEP 03

    Work the plan and test it

    Checklists with an owner for each action, scenario tests at four durations, and a printed binder for the shelf when the screens go dark.

Nothing on this page asks for payment details. The assessment, the plan and the analysis are the product.

Scope of the analysis

Fifteen readiness areas, scored against your household.

Each area is measured with the people in your home in mind — a household with an infant, a wheelchair user or an insulin-dependent member is not scored the same as a household of two healthy adults. Every area reports what you have, what you need, and the distance between the two.

  1. 01Water supply & storage
  2. 02Food & nutrition
  3. 03Cooking without power
  4. 04Medical & medication continuity
  5. 05Hygiene & sanitation
  6. 06Shelter & warmth
  7. 07Power, light & heating
  8. 08Communications
  9. 09Evacuation & transport
  10. 10Vehicle readiness
  11. 11Documents & cash
  12. 12Family coordination
  13. 13Home security & hardening
  14. 14Personal protection
  15. 15Long-term resilience
Scenario testing

Thirty-two tests, run against your plan.

A plan that works for a two-day outage can fail on day four. Each threat is assessed at four durations, and each run reports where the plan breaks first, how long it holds, and the single change that would extend it.

All eight threat categories are assessed at all four durations for every household. Results reflect your stored supplies, home, climate and mobility constraints.
Threat72 hours7 days30 days90 days+
Power outage✓✓✓✓
Extended grid-down✓✓✓✓
Winter storm & extreme cold✓✓✓✓
Wildfire & smoke✓✓✓✓
Forced evacuation✓✓✓✓
Pandemic / quarantine✓✓✓✓
Civil unrest✓✓✓✓
Supply shortages✓✓✓✓
What the analysis returns

Every area answers the same four questions.

The output is a document, not a dashboard of scores. It is written to be read once for instruction and kept for reference, and it never recommends a purchase as a substitute for a decision.

  1. 01
    Your positionMeasured quantities, not impressions: litres stored, days of food, days of each prescription, fuel range, seats and mobility.
  2. 02
    The requirementWhat your household actually needs, calculated from headcount, ages, pets, climate and regional hazards.
  3. 03
    The gapWhat is missing, how severe it is, and where the plan fails first when a scenario is applied to it.
  4. 04
    The action and the sourceThe step to take, who in the household owns it, and the public guidance it is based on, cited by agency.
A printed household emergency binder beside a lantern, water container and radio
The printed binder holds the same plan you build online, in the order you would need it during an outage. Print quality is set for a standard home printer.
  • Household roster, contacts and out-of-area contact
  • Meeting places and two evacuation routes
  • Water, food and medication quantities for your household
  • Utility shut-off instructions for water, gas and power
  • Wallet cards for every member
  • Scenario quick sheets for the shelf
Basis of the guidance

Every recommendation names the public guidance behind it.

Plans and recommendations are grounded in material published by emergency management and health agencies, matched to the household’s country and province.

Public Safety Canada — Get Prepared72-hour household baseline, emergency kit contents, and family emergency planning.
Alberta Emergency Management AgencyProvincial hazard guidance, emergency alerts, and evacuation procedures.
Canadian Red CrossFirst aid, personal preparedness, and reception centre procedures.
Health Link 811 (Alberta)Non-emergency health advice. 911 remains the number for an emergency.
United States householdsFEMA / Ready.gov, the American Red Cross, and state or local emergency management agencies.

Crisis Planner is independent and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or acting on behalf of any of these organisations. Citations identify the published guidance a recommendation is based on; they are not approvals. In an emergency, follow the instructions of local officials and call 911.

Your household data

What you enter stays with your household.

  • What is recorded

    The household details you enter — people, ages, prescriptions, pets, home, supplies and contacts — and the plans generated from them.

  • Who can see it

    Your account only. Household plans are tied to your login and are never published, sold or shared with third parties.

  • Your control

    Edit or remove household records at any time, and export or print the plan whenever you need a paper copy.

Questions

Before you start

Is Crisis Planner a government service?

No. It is an independent planning tool. Its guidance follows material published by Public Safety Canada, FEMA, the Red Cross and provincial health services, but it is not run, funded or endorsed by any agency.

What does it cost to build a plan?

Nothing. The household assessment, the written plan, the readiness analysis and the scenario testing are the product. No payment details are requested at any point.

Do I need an account?

Yes, so your plan can be saved, revised and printed under your own login. Your household information is not visible to any other account.

What if I do not know my exact supplies?

Estimate. The analysis marks anything assumed, records it as a gap where it matters, and recalculates as you update the figures.

How long does the assessment take?

About ten minutes for the core household questions. Answers are saved as you go, so you can leave and return without losing them.

Can I use it outside Canada?

Yes. Canadian households are planned against Public Safety Canada and provincial guidance; households in the United States against FEMA and Ready.gov.

Can I print the plan?

Yes. A print-ready binder and a one-page quick sheet are generated from your plan for the fridge, the vehicle and the go-bag.

Start with your household. The plan and the analysis are free.

Ten minutes of questions, and you will know where your household stands and what to fix first.

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Crisis Planner is an independent household preparedness service. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or acting on behalf of any government or emergency management agency, and its output does not replace professional medical, engineering or emergency advice. In an emergency, call 911 and follow the instructions of local officials.

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