Readiness Score Quiz

Do you have 14 or more days of drinking water stored (1 gallon per person per day)?

Can you filter or purify water away from home?

Do you have a backup treatment method that needs no power — chemicals, SODIS or a boiling setup?

Are containers ready to collect rain or utility water?

Do you have 30 or more days of food your household will actually eat?

Do you have an alternate cooking method that works with the power off?

Do you have a rotation habit so nothing expires unnoticed?

Are two weeks of any special dietary or infant needs covered?

Does every person have a flashlight or headlamp (not candles)?

Do you have three days of device power for phones and essentials?

Do you have a grid-independent way to recharge — solar or a generator?

Do you know what to unplug when power returns, and is surge protection in place?

Do you have a trauma kit (tourniquet, pressure bandage) and the training to use it?

Do you have 30 days of prescription medication on hand?

Has your first aid training been refreshed in the last three years?

Do you have a printed first aid reference that works with no phone?

Can you start a fire in wet conditions?

Can you navigate with a map and compass, without GPS?

Do you know your local alert systems and evacuation routes?

Have you run a household evacuation drill in the past year?