Drink
Safe drinking water for your household
Make any river or tap water safe to drink — filter, store, and treat for a household without power.
~$106 See Pack 1 →Start here — finish able
Get prepared in 8 small steps, about $100 at a time.
Water, bleeding control, light, warnings, food, home protection, power, and family comms — one capability per pack.
Packs 1–3 cover the first 72 hours. Packs 4–6 let you ride out weeks. Pack 7 is the one big switch. Pack 8 keeps the family together.
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Survive the first 72 hours
Stop the Bleed
Control life-threatening bleeding
Stop life-threatening bleeding with pressure, gauze, and a real tourniquet — the skills that buy time for help.
~$106 See Pack 2 →See and Start
Light and fire when the grid dies
Hands-free light and reliable fire when the grid is down — the two capabilities that make every other task possible after dark.
~$58 See Pack 3 →Ride out weeks
Hear the Warning
NOAA alerts and AM/FM when cell service dies
Hear NOAA weather alerts and local AM/FM when cell towers are down — the warning layer that tells you when to act.
~$80 See Pack 4 →Feed the Household
Hot meals, stored calories, and sanitation when services stop
Cook stored food and keep the household fed and sanitary when the kitchen is dark — stove, calories, and cleanup as one system.
~$96 See Pack 5 →Guard the Home
Fire, CO, and smoke detection plus shut-off and document safety
Detect fire, gas, and carbon monoxide, shut off gas safely, and keep your documents survivable — the home-protection layer.
~$120- first-alert-home1
- kidde-battery-co-alarm
- first-alert-smi110
- prime-line-gas-shutoff-wrench
- sentrysafe-1200
The big switch
Power On
Keep the fridge, CPAP, and phone alive through outages
The big switch — a 245Wh power station with solar refill that runs a fridge for hours, a CPAP overnight, and phones for days.
~$408- ecoflow-river-3
- ecoflow-110w-solar-panel
- acurite-wireless-fridge-thermometer
- amacool-10-rechargeable-fan