- Item
- Water (2 L)
- Category
- Drinking water
- Quantity
- 6
- Use-by date
- Empty
- Check
- Unchecked
TemplatesFamily & home · Emergency prep
Home emergency plan
When your family prepares for disasters, power outages or fire by agreeing on emergency supplies, shut-off locations, a meeting place and the order of contacts
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Home emergency plan
- Review date
- Not set
- Next review date
- Not set
- Inspection owner
- Not set
Write where the breaker and valves are in the shut-offs table, then try them once with your family.
Emergency supplies
Emergency supplies kept at home. Write the date for anything that expires.
| Item | CategoryLabels | QuantityNumber | Use-by dateDate | CheckCheckbox |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water (2 L) | Drinking water | 6 | Empty | Unchecked |
| Emergency food | Food | 3 | Empty | Unchecked |
| Flashlight | Lights | 2 | Empty | Unchecked |
| Power bank | Information | 2 | Empty | Unchecked |
| First aid kit | Medical | 1 | Empty | Unchecked |
| Portable radio | Information | 1 | Empty | Unchecked |
| Whistle | Other | 2 | Empty | Unchecked |
| Small amount of cash | Other | 1 | Empty | Unchecked |
- Item
- Emergency food
- Category
- Food
- Quantity
- 3
- Use-by date
- Empty
- Check
- Unchecked
- Item
- Flashlight
- Category
- Lights
- Quantity
- 2
- Use-by date
- Empty
- Check
- Unchecked
- Item
- Power bank
- Category
- Information
- Quantity
- 2
- Use-by date
- Empty
- Check
- Unchecked
- Item
- First aid kit
- Category
- Medical
- Quantity
- 1
- Use-by date
- Empty
- Check
- Unchecked
- Item
- Portable radio
- Category
- Information
- Quantity
- 1
- Use-by date
- Empty
- Check
- Unchecked
- Item
- Whistle
- Category
- Other
- Quantity
- 2
- Use-by date
- Empty
- Check
- Unchecked
- Item
- Small amount of cash
- Category
- Other
- Quantity
- 1
- Use-by date
- Empty
- Check
- Unchecked
Locations and shut-offs at home
Write down the locations so anyone can find them in an emergency, and try each one yourself once.
| Item | Location | PracticedCheckbox | AssigneeAssignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Circuit breaker | Wall by the front door | Unchecked | Empty |
| Gas valve | Wall next to the stove | Unchecked | Empty |
| Water valve | Laundry room | Unchecked | Empty |
| Fire extinguisher | Entrance | Unchecked | Empty |
| Evacuation route | Stairs → Ground floor → Open lot | Unchecked | Empty |
- Item
- Circuit breaker
- Location
- Wall by the front door
- Practiced
- Unchecked
- Assignee
- Empty
- Item
- Gas valve
- Location
- Wall next to the stove
- Practiced
- Unchecked
- Assignee
- Empty
- Item
- Water valve
- Location
- Laundry room
- Practiced
- Unchecked
- Assignee
- Empty
- Item
- Fire extinguisher
- Location
- Entrance
- Practiced
- Unchecked
- Assignee
- Empty
- Item
- Evacuation route
- Location
- Stairs → Ground floor → Open lot
- Practiced
- Unchecked
- Assignee
- Empty
Plans and preparations
Decide in advance so everyone can act even if you can't reach each other.
Plans and preparations
- Category
- Pet
- Status
- Not set
- Category
- Contact
- Status
- Not set
- Category
- Documents
- Status
- Not set
- Category
- Contact
- Status
- Not set
- Category
- Evacuation
- Status
- Not set
Check the sharing settings before writing phone numbers or addresses.
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Checked the use-by dates of the emergency supplies.
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Everyone in the family knows where the breaker and valves are.
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Set a meeting place and the order of contacts.
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Wrote the next review date in Document info.