Print it before you need it

Power and phones can fail when you need this information most. Print these and keep them with your supplies. Every PDF prints cleanly on US Letter paper, with no web addresses in the margins.

One-page prep sheets

1 Nuclear emergency: the first 72 hours Get inside, stay inside, stay tuned. What to do in the first minutes, the first hour, the first day, and days 2 and 3 after a nuclear explosion. PDF
2 Where to shelter from nuclear fallout Where in a building to shelter from fallout, how long to stay, what to do about air, and what to keep in your shelter spot. PDF
3 Potassium iodide (KI): FDA dosage by age The FDA potassium iodide dose table by age, when to take KI (only when officials say), who should not take it, and what it does not do. PDF
4 Evacuation plan worksheet A fill-in evacuation plan: destinations, a main and alternate route to each, meeting place, fuel, what to bring, and the rule to follow official orders. PDF
5 Power outage checklist What to do in a power outage: first hours, carbon monoxide safety, food safety times, water, medicines, days 1 to 3, and days 4 to 7. PDF
6 Fallout shelter kit checklist A packing checklist for the spot where you would shelter from fallout, based on Ready.gov's kit list and radiation guidance. PDF
7 Evacuation go bag checklist A packing checklist for a go bag you can carry if officials tell you to evacuate, based on Ready.gov's kit list and evacuation guidance. PDF
8 Family communication plan worksheet A blank plan to fill in by hand: household phones, an out-of-area contact, meeting places, school and work plans, alerts, and key numbers. PDF

Full guides: Nuclear emergency

Full guides: Power outage

Full guides: Survival skills

Plan a route with the evacuation route planner, then download it as a PDF with the map and turn-by-turn directions.