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Be Ready Where You Are
Prepare for Staying Home — and Leaving Quickly
Emergencies can happen at home, at work, at school or while you are on the road. Keep essential supplies where you may need them, and make sure your emergency planning reflects the needs of everyone in your household — including pets and anyone who may require additional support.
01 Emergency Kit Supplies for staying where you are Keep enough essential supplies at home to help your
household manage if regular services are disrupted and
you need to shelter in place.
02 Grab-and-Go Bag Supplies for leaving quickly Keep portable emergency essentials together in an
easy-to-carry bag that you can take with you if you
need to evacuate your home quickly.
A simple rule: Your emergency kit helps you stay. Your grab-and-go bag
helps you leave.
PreparedBC Video Guides
See What Goes Into Being Prepared
These short PreparedBC videos show how to build emergency supplies for home, prepare a grab-and-go bag and understand the role each one plays in your emergency plan.
Watch Video 01 Building an Emergency Kit Learn what basic supplies can help your household manage
safely if services are disrupted and you need to stay home. Watch on YouTube →
Watch Video 02 Grab-and-Go Bag See what portable essentials to keep together so you can
leave home quickly if an evacuation becomes necessary. Watch on YouTube →
Watch Video 03 Kit vs. Grab-and-Go Bag Understand how your home emergency kit and grab-and-go
bag serve different purposes — and why having both matters. Watch on YouTube →
PreparedBC video resources: Select any video to watch it directly on YouTube.
Keep It Ready
Your Supplies Only Help if They’re Ready When You Need Them
Store emergency supplies somewhere easy to reach and review them from time to time so your household can rely on them when it matters.
01 Easy to Reach Keep supplies somewhere accessible, not buried behind
seasonal storage or heavy items.
02 Everyone Knows Where Make sure household members know where kits and
grab-and-go bags are kept.
03 Rotate Supplies Replace food, water, medications and other dated
items before they expire.
04 Check Equipment Test flashlights, radios and batteries so they’re
ready to work when needed.