Ten items. Forty-five seconds.
You have to leave home and the bag only holds ten things. Tap what you would pack. When the time is up, you see what you took, what you missed and why it matters.
Tap an item to put it in the bag. Tap it again to take it out.
Left behind
In your bag, but not a priority
A real bag takes more than ten minutes. Start with the card.
This page is from the team behind Family Ready: Emergency Plan for iPhone. According to its App Store listing, the app helps you build the real thing at your own pace:
- A free offline Emergency Card with who to call first, allergies, medications and key health information, saved on your iPhone and opened in Emergency Mode without internet
- An editable emergency kit checklist based on Ready.gov and Get Prepared (Canada) guidance, with optional sections for children, older adults, pets and rural homes
- Plain-language household plan sections: contacts, documents, money and insurance, home, dependants and pets
- A dated Emergency Snapshot PDF you can print for free
- It never calls or messages anyone automatically
This is a simplified game, not a complete kit list. A real kit depends on your household, your climate and any medical needs. For full guidance, see Ready.gov or Get Prepared. Nothing on this page is saved or sent anywhere.
Why ten items?
In a real emergency you may have minutes, not hours, and you may be carrying the bag a long way. A short list forces you to decide what you cannot manage without for the first few days: water, food, light, power, first aid, medicine, documents, communication, money and warmth.
The decoys in this game are the things people really do grab in a panic. Nothing wrong with caring about them, but they are not what keeps you safe.
What the game leaves out
Babies, older relatives, pets, glasses, mobility aids and anyone with a medical condition need their own items. So does a household in a cold climate or a rural area. Those are exactly the optional sections in a full kit checklist, and they matter more than the general list above.
Official guides such as Ready.gov in the US and Get Prepared in Canada are the place to start.
Questions
What should be in a go-bag?
The basics are water, non-perishable food, a flashlight and spare batteries, a first aid kit, medications, copies of important documents, a battery or crank radio, a phone charger or power bank, cash, and warm clothing. Your household may need more.
How much water should I pack?
Official guidance suggests about one gallon (roughly 4 litres) per person per day, for several days. A go-bag cannot carry that much, so keep the bulk at home and carry what you can.
Is this a complete emergency plan?
No. It is a quick game to start the conversation. A real plan covers contacts, documents, meeting places, pets, medical needs and more.
More from this site
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- Power outage readiness quizAnswer 12 quick yes or no questions to see roughly how long your household could ride out a winter power outage, and get the exact gaps to fix this weekend.
- Make printable emergency contact wallet cardsType your family's phone numbers and two meeting places, then print wallet-size emergency cards for every bag and pocket. Nothing you type leaves the page.
- Emergency kit checklist builder (printable)Enter how many adults, children, babies and pets are in your home. Get a printable emergency kit checklist based on Ready.gov, with water and food amounts worked out.
- Emergency water storage calculatorHow much emergency water to store for your household: enter people and days, get gallons, bottles, jugs, weight and a replace-by date. Based on Ready.gov.
- Family emergency plan maker (printable)Fill in who to call and where to meet, then print a one-page family emergency plan for the fridge. Free, private, and laid out like Ready.gov's own plan.