About the guide · Be Prepared

What it is

Be Prepared is a free emergency preparedness guide that runs in your browser and can be installed on your phone or computer. Once opened, it is stored on your device and keeps working without internet, during power cuts, network outages and evacuations. It is written in clear, simple steps and is available in 25 languages.

It is a starting point for getting ready, not a replacement for official instructions. In a real emergency, always follow your local authorities and call your emergency number first.

What's included

Step-by-step guide

Water, food, shelter, fire, first aid, heat, cold, floods, earthquakes, fires, storms, power cuts, evacuation and staying in touch.

Checklists

Go-bag, home supplies, documents, car kit, pets and more. Tick items off; progress is saved on your device.

Stockpile calculator

Enter your household, days and climate to see how much water, food, hygiene and pet supplies to store.

Printable sheet

Print a tidy shopping and packing sheet with icons and tick boxes to keep on the fridge or in your bag.

Emergency wallet card

Keep contacts, medical notes and meeting points in a printable card. It never leaves your device.

Live hazard map

Earthquakes, wildfires, storms and official warnings from public agencies, plus weather, wind and night/day shading.

Practice simulations

See roughly how a chemical cloud, radiation plume or blast could spread with today's wind, as a learning aid.

Project NOMAD explainer

An independent explainer of a free offline knowledge server you can run at home.

Works offline

Installs like an app. Everything except live map data is available with no signal.

How to install it for offline use

Android (Chrome): open the site, tap Install in the header or the browser menu → Install app.
iPhone / iPad (Safari): tap the Share button → Add to Home Screen.
Computer (Chrome, Edge): click the install icon in the address bar.

Open it once while online so every page and language is saved. After that, it updates itself quietly when you are connected.

Where the advice comes from

The guidance is based on public advice from the Red Cross and Red Crescent, the World Health Organization and national civil-protection agencies, rewritten in plain language. Live map data comes from public agencies listed on the Sources & credits page.

Your privacy

No account, no ads and no tracking cookies. What you enter stays on your device. Read the Privacy Policy.

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