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The 72-Hour Emergency Checklist
One printable page covering everything your household needs to get through the first 72 hours of an emergency — water, food, power, first aid and communication. No fluff, nothing to buy.
- ✓ Water & food amounts per person
- ✓ Lighting, power and charging basics
- ✓ First aid and medical needs to plan for
- ✓ Communication and out-of-area contact plan
- ✓ A go-bag quick-reference list
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Why 72 hours?
Most emergency-response guidance, including FEMA's, points to the same window: the first three days are when you're most likely to be on your own, before outside help or supplies reliably arrive. A household that can comfortably cover 72 hours has already handled the most common disruptions — a storm, an outage, a water-service interruption — without needing to panic-shop or wait for anyone.
Prefer to read first? The checklist is also written out in full as an article.
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