90-day build
Four steps: 3 days, 14 days, 30 days, and a 90-day goal. The gear list uses the same steps. Priority 1 is the 3-day tier.
Site: https://yourfriendlyneighbor.org
3 days, the first 72 hours
The Red Cross go-kit is about 3 days of supplies you can carry. On the gear list, priority 1 is this tier.
- Store 1 gallon of water per person per day for 3 days (Ready.gov).
- Set aside 3 days of food you already eat, plus a manual can opener.
- Print a medicine list. The Red Cross kit page lists 7 days of medication, so the medicine bag can be longer than the food bag.
- Put a flashlight, a whistle, a radio, cash in small bills, and ID copies where you can grab them.
- Add pet food and a carrier, and infant formula and diapers, if those people live with you.
14 days, the two-week kit
The Red Cross stay-at-home kit is about 2 weeks. Florida Division of Emergency Management describes a kit of at least 7 days, so this step passes that mark. Priority 2 on the gear list sits here.
- Extend water and food from 3 days toward 14. Use the calculator so the gallon count stays tied to Ready.gov’s 1 gallon figure.
- Add sanitation supplies from the Ready.gov kit list: wipes, trash bags, soap, and a way to manage a toilet if the water stops.
- If a generator is even a maybe, add a carbon monoxide alarm with a battery backup and pick the outdoor spot 20 feet from openings.
- Sign up for county alerts and keep the radio. Practice the meeting place once.
30 days
The Red Cross hurricane page describes a 1-month supply of medication. A 30-day stock of food and water for the whole household is a planning step on this site, built on the same per-day figures. Priority 3 on the gear list sits here.
- Ask your pharmacist about keeping a month of each daily medicine. Do not stockpile past what you are allowed to have.
- Rotate pantry food so the 30-day shelf is food you eat in ordinary weeks.
- Copy insurance policies and keep them with the IDs. Ready.gov lists those records in a kit.
- Check spare glasses, hearing-aid batteries, and device chargers.
90 days, this site’s goal
Ninety days is the long goal on this site. It is not a separate official standard. Build it slowly from foods you eat. Priority 4 and 5 on the gear list sit here.
- Use the calculator’s 90-day tier. The water math is still 1 gallon per person per day, plus the labeled assumptions.
- Add a little each grocery trip instead of one large haul.
- Review dates at the start of hurricane season, June 1, and again in the fall.
- Keep the private household pages up to date on this device, and reprint a public card if you want a paper copy with no names on it.