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How prepared is your household for an emergency?

Ten questions, about two minutes. You'll get a count of what you have and the three things that would help most next. It's a prompt, not a test.

Ten questions

Answer for your whole household. Your answers stay in this browser, and only appear in the page's address so you can share them.

  1. Do you have a supply of any prescription medications your household relies on?Say yes if nobody at home needs any.
  2. Do you have 3 days of water, at 1 gallon per person per day?One person needs 3 gallons. A family of four needs 12.
  3. Do you have 3 days of nonperishable food, and a manual can opener?Choose food your household will eat.
  4. Have you signed up for local emergency alerts?Ready.gov asks every household how it would get alerts and warnings.
  5. Do you have a battery or hand-crank radio?A NOAA Weather Radio with tone alert is also on the Ready.gov list.
  6. Do you have a flashlight and extra batteries?Keep them where you can find them in the dark.
  7. Do you have phone chargers and a backup battery ready?Check the battery is charged.
  8. Do you have a first aid kit?Check nothing in it is out of date.
  9. Do you have cash and copies of important documents?Insurance policies, ID and bank account records.
  10. Have you agreed how your household would reach each other and where to meet?Ready.gov suggests a place that's familiar and easy to find.

Your answers

  • – Do you have a supply of any prescription medications your household relies on?
  • – Do you have 3 days of water, at 1 gallon per person per day?
  • – Do you have 3 days of nonperishable food, and a manual can opener?
  • – Have you signed up for local emergency alerts?
  • – Do you have a battery or hand-crank radio?
  • – Do you have a flashlight and extra batteries?
  • – Do you have phone chargers and a backup battery ready?
  • – Do you have a first aid kit?
  • – Do you have cash and copies of important documents?
  • – Have you agreed how your household would reach each other and where to meet?

From preppantry.app. Checked 2 November 2026. Independent tool, not official advice.

How it works

The questions come from Ready.gov's kit list and family plan advice, with the CDC's 3 days for water. Your count is the number of yeses out of 10, and every question counts the same. It isn't a scientific or official measure. It doesn't weigh your circumstances, and a high count doesn't mean you'd be safe, or that you've met any standard.

Next steps follow the order of the questions. We put medications, water and food first, then ways to hear what's happening. That order is our own judgment, not an official ranking.

We don't compare your answers with the US public, because we haven't found a source we can check question by question.

Example: a household with a week of canned food and a can opener, a flashlight and a first aid kit, but nothing else on the list, would count 3 of 10. Its next steps would start with medications, if that was a no, then water, then emergency alerts.

Common questions

Is this an official preparedness score?

No. It's a count of how many of ten things you said yes to. It isn't scientific, and it isn't connected to FEMA, Ready.gov or any government agency.

What's a good score?

There isn't a passing grade. The count is only useful for showing what to do next. Start with one item and build from there.

How do I know if I'm prepared for an emergency?

Ready.gov suggests thinking about four things with your household: how you'd get alerts, your shelter plan, your evacuation route and how you'd reach each other. Then check your kit. No count can tell you how you'd cope.

Does sharing my result send it to you?

No. Your answers sit after the # in the link, which browsers don't send to any website. The link only holds yes and no answers, and no one can see it unless you share it.

Why 3 days?

The CDC says to store at least 3 days of water, and 2 weeks if possible. Ready.gov says several days. We use 3 days as a first goal.

Sources

Checked on 2 November 2026. This is an independent tool and not official advice. See sources and method.

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