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Power-dependent household needs
Inventory household health, access, communication and equipment needs that depend on power.
Read the Note: Power-dependent household needs
Building a food rotation at home
Build a repeatable food rotation around familiar meals, FIFO, package condition and outages.
Open the Guide: Building a food rotation at home
Pantry planning with limited money
Build a practical pantry plan gradually with familiar meals, real equipment and limited money.
Read the Note: Pantry planning with limited moneyFood for children, pets, and special diets
Plan household food for children, pets, infant feeding, allergies, special diets, and power outages.
Open the Guide: Food for children, pets, and special diets
Cooking when usual appliances are unavailable
Choose no-cook foods and safer cooking options during an outage while avoiding carbon monoxide, fire, and food-safety hazards.
Read the Note: Cooking when usual appliances are unavailable
A room-by-room home readiness walk-through
Review exits, shared rooms, appliances, sleeping areas, storage, and household access needs without treating the walk-through as a safety inspection.
Open the Guide: A room-by-room home readiness walk-through
Making essential items easy to find
Make essential household items easier to find while protecting exits, medicines, records, food, chemicals, and storage stability.
Read the Note: Making essential items easy to find
Heat, cold, and the limits of a home plan
Plan for heat, cold, power loss, medical warning signs, unsafe equipment, cooling locations, and the limits of staying home.
Open the Guide: Heat, cold, and the limits of a home planA household support map
Create a private support map for transportation, care, communication, power-dependent equipment, pets, and services.
Read the Note: A household support map