Ready.gov
Store at least one gallon of water per person per day for several days, plus several days of food that keeps without a fridge.
Ready.gov: Build a kit
About
About Fallback72
We are a small team writing free guides and tools for household readiness, and building an app that keeps the family plan current.
Who we are
Guides, tools and an app, made together
Most families know they should have water stored and a meeting place agreed. Few have done it, because the advice is scattered and the gear lists are long.
So we put the first steps in free guides on this site, with tools you can print such as the 72-hour checklist. The Fallback72 app keeps your household's plan, kit checklists and 120 guides on the phone, offline, and it is in testing now.
Why 72 hours
The window you plan for first
After a big storm, quake or blackout, help may take days to reach every street. Both major US guides ask you to cover that time with your own supplies.
American Red Cross
A 3-day supply of water and food for an evacuation, and a 2-week supply for staying at home.
American Red Cross: Survival kit supplies
What we do
What you can expect from us
- Calm, specific steps. We write what to do next and leave the doomsday scenarios out.
- Public sources, linked on the page: FEMA, the CDC, the USDA, the National Weather Service, the Red Cross and the rest. How we research.
- A separate safety read for every skill that involves heat, blades, electricity, gas, food safety or first aid.
- A checklist and a family plan you can print, so they still work with the power out and the phone dead.
- Corrections made openly when a reader spots a mistake.
What we won't do
And what we leave out
- Fear to sell a product. No countdowns and no end-of-the-world framing.
- Medical advice beyond standard first aid. In an emergency, call 911 or your local emergency number.
- Claims about products or remedies that the sources don't back.
- Selling your data, on the site or in the app.
Questions, corrections or press
Write to us about anything on the site or in the app.
