72-Hour Ready Binder: Emergency Preparedness Binder and Family Emergency Planner

The paper preparedness system from the Simple Survival channel: print it once, fill it in with a pen, and your household plan still works when the power and the phones do not.

Getting started (pages 2-3): the Start Here setup order and printing instructions, plus a Household Snapshot with meeting points, an out-of-area contact, and your exact water, gas, and electric shutoff locations.

Section 1, The 72-Hour Kit (pages 4-7): water and food checklist at one gallon per person per day with three days of no-cook food; light, power, and warmth checklist with the channel's three candle rules; health, hygiene, and tools checklist; and a kit map with a fill-in 5-minute grab order.

Section 2, The 7-Day Stretch (pages 8-10): per-person amounts to stretch three days to seven, a 7-day meal rotation planner built from your real shelf, and water storage and treatment with CDC boiling and bleach amounts.

Section 3, Go Bags and Car Kit (pages 11-14): adult go bag checklist, kids and babies go bag with a size swap-out log, full car kit checklist, and a four-season swap sheet with a six-point check log.

Section 4, Contacts and Documents (pages 15-20): family and neighbors directory; services and officials page with Poison Control 1-800-222-1222 already printed; a documents locator that records locations only, never account numbers or passwords; medical snapshots for three people; an insurance and property locator; and a home and vehicles page.

Section 5, Pets (pages 21-22): pet go bag checklist and a backup care plan for who can reach your animals if you cannot get home.

Section 6, Power Outage (pages 23-25): the first-hour outage checklist in order, USDA fridge and freezer food safety times, generator and carbon monoxide rules including the 20-foot rule, an outage log, and a no-signal communication plan.

Section 7, Rotation (pages 26-30): how first-in, first-out rotation works, plus four tracker sheets with 16 lines each for item, stored date, use-by, quantity, and location. Print more whenever you need them.

Keeping it current (pages 31-35): a twice-a-year check tied to the clock change, a drill log with a time-to-gather column, cut-out fridge and wallet quick reference cards, and two notes pages.

Format and delivery: one PDF, 35 pages, US Letter, print-ready at 100% scale. Print-and-fill by hand on purpose, because paper works in an outage. Instant download after purchase, and tracker, log, and notes pages reprint free, forever.

What it does NOT include: no physical binder, folder, or supplies; no food, water, or gear; and no on-screen fillable form fields. It is general preparedness information built on standard public guidance (Ready.gov and FEMA amounts, CDC water treatment, USDA food safety times), and it says so inside.