Practical emergency prep for families

Most family emergency plans never get finished. This one takes a weekend.

Twelve tabs. A 15-minute quick start covers tonight. Three focused days finish the rest.

Families usually start this the week a storm's already in the forecast. Do it now, while things are calm. That's the whole trick.

Join the list, get it for $19

The full Family Emergency Binder is coming soon. Every document, contact, and plan in one place, including after-a-death and estate paperwork. Join the list and get it for $19 during launch week. Your launch email carries the code.

Inside the binder

Every household and medical contact, in one place
Insurance, ID, and property documents
Where the accounts live, without writing down passwords
Wills, wishes, and estate paperwork
Evacuation plan and go-bag lists
…and the rest across 12 tabs

12 tabs, fillable or print-blank

The one thing to do

One binder, everything in it

It's coming soon. Join the list and get it for $19 during launch week. Your launch email carries the code.

The whole system

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The Family Emergency Binder

$19during launch week, then $39

Every document, contact, and plan your family needs, organized in one place, including after-a-death and estate paperwork. Print-yourself, fillable, 12 tabs.

Join the list, get it for $19

A look inside

Real pages, ready to fill in

111 pages across 12 color-guided tabs. This is what prints when you buy it — here are four of them.

Tab 1 · Emergency Now

First-10-minutes action page for a power outage

First 10 minutes: power outage

Master document locator

Progress tracker page with milestones and per-tab checkboxes

The progress tracker

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Start Here

How to Make a Family Emergency Plan (Free Template)

A one-evening plan covering your hazards, your communication plan, the evacuate-or-shelter decision, and your kit and documents, plus a free fill-in template.

9 min read

Three pages from the Family Emergency Binder on a desk: the Emergency Now tab divider on the left, the Power Outage page in front with the step that says to set a generator up outdoors at least 20 feet from windows and doors, and the House Fire page on the right.

Skills

How Far Should a Generator Be From the House?

The 20-foot rule for generator placement, what to do when your yard is too small for it, and how to run a generator safely in the rain without trapping carbon monoxide.

7 min read

An open refrigerator in a dim kitchen with lettuce, a package of meat, strawberries, and a bottle of milk on the shelves and a puddle of melted ice on the floor in front of it.

Emergencies

How Long Does Food Last in the Fridge Without Power?

A closed fridge lasts about 4 hours without power, a full freezer about 48. Here's how to decide what's still safe to eat.

6 min read

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Get the binder for $19 during launch week

The Family Emergency Binder is coming soon. Join the list and get it for $19 during launch week. Your launch email carries the code. After launch week the price is $39.

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Who's behind this

Hi, I'm Todd

I'm a CERT-trained volunteer who has been through multiple hurricanes, a wildfire, and a flood. I started this site to give regular families the practical, no-panic guidance I wish I'd had. No bunkers, no fear, just what to buy, store, and do.

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