BeReady enables users to create personalized emergency preparedness plans. The process begins by selecting a household address and adding profiles for each household member with information relevant to planning. Users with private wells can include backup water strategies in their plans. Household member profiles support specialized skills that inform learning recommendations for the family.
Users select specific emergency scenarios and impact areas they want to plan for, then choose a plan duration, such as 3 months for large natural disasters. The system generates a detailed report with competency requirements, prerequisite skills, and curated articles organized by topic. For example, selecting “Growing Food” displays required skills, related articles, and links to track household competencies.
The platform organizes recommended emergency kits by selected scenarios and analyzes household needs to match appropriate kits. Users can view kit contents and access the BePrepared library, which groups articles by the outcomes chosen during plan creation. The interface includes a table of contents for navigation and offers both list and grid views for browsing the complete preparedness plan.
Be Ready — Not a generic checklist. A plan built for your household.
Answer a few questions. Get a step-by-step plan backed by hundreds of proprietary resources - built for your household, not the average family.
Built around your scenarios - flood, power outage, medical emergency - not a one-size-fits-all list.Supplies, skills, and protocols in order - you always know what to do next and why.Hundreds of proprietary articles, skill guides, and infographics - all tied to your plan and scenarios, nothing random.
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“What stood out was how this can bring everything together in one place - a plan, the right supplies, practical guidance, and access to expert help when you need more confidence.”
Why Be Prepared — real moments, and the questions they leave with you
Real problems. From real people.
These aren't hypothetical. They came from our own experiences, our families, friends, and our focus groups so we built BeReady to solve them.
I have notes. I wouldn't call it a plan.
“I have some ideas, but my plan feels incomplete — it's not linked to the actual skills or supplies I need.”
I've done the reading. I still don't know what to actually do.
“I read articles, but I don't know how to apply that knowledge to my specific emergency plan or practice key skills.”
Nobody told me which supplies I need — or how to use them.
“My plan doesn't tell me which supplies are best, or how to learn skills like filtering water or building a fire.”
Every checklist I find looks the same. None of them fit my life.
“Every list I find is the same generic checklist. It doesn't fit my family, my home, or my situation.”
Your plan connects to everything. And it grows as you do.
Most plans sit in a drawer. Yours won't. BeReady connects your personalized action plan to expert content, live sessions, and curated guidance - updated and tracked as you build your readiness over time.
Your Preparedness Plan
Personalized to your householdYour personalized action plan
A step-by-step action plan built around your household, location, risks, and scenarios. Broken into phases — day by day, week by week, or by stage of the emergency — whatever fits your situation. Not a checklist. A specific sequence of actions with reasoning, tied to everything else in your subscription.
Weekly live expert sessions
Every week, join a structured workshop led by our founders. Each session has a defined topic, a learning objective, and a curriculum — followed by live Q&A. Whether you're just starting or deep into your plan, there's always a session relevant to where you are.
A guided library of proprietary articles
Hundreds of proprietary articles created and approved by us. Every article comes in short, medium, and long form so you can read at your own pace. Each includes infographics, videos, pictorials, and/or step-by-step guides. The articles are synced and guided by your individual plan. We cover from the simple to the extreme, from short term to long term, across emergency scenarios and outcomes.
Emergency Skills Library — learn at your own pace, on your own terms
Your subscription gives you ongoing access to a growing skills library — developed by us and curated from leading preparedness experts and resources. Come back as often as you want. Each skill is tied to your plan and scenarios, so you always know where to start. Video walkthroughs, pictorials, and step-by-step guides across simple to extreme skills needed in emergency scenarios and outcomes. Your progress is tracked — so every session builds on the last.
Tailored kit and supply recommendations
Kit recommendations with fit scores based on your household. See exactly why each kit is recommended, what's inside, and how it connects to your plan.
Included with BeReady
The binder you'd have built, if you had a few years.
165 in-depth guides · avg. 3,426 words each
- Forest Fire Escape Routes: How to Get Out When Wildfire Surrounds You14 min
- Family Emergency Escape Drills: How to Practice Multi-Story Home Evacuations12 min
- Wildfire Evacuation Routes: How to Plan Multiple Escape Paths23 min
- Emergency Contact Cards: What Information to Include17 min
- Wildfire Smoke and Pregnancy: Protecting Expecting Mothers15 min
+ 68 more in this section
Browse the library
565,252 words · 1,059 cited sources · 807 original diagrams
A Complete Solution
Two minutes of questions. A plan built for your household, ready immediately.
1
Answer a Short Questionnaire
Tell us about your household, location, and concerns. Takes about two minutes.
2
Your Plan Generates Instantly
Your plan generates immediately - broken into phases, tied to your specific address and scenarios.
3
Work at Your Pace
Work through your plan at your own pace. Articles, skills, and kit recommendations are all connected and waiting.
An AI plan is not an AI chat
Anyone can ask a chatbot for a preparedness checklist. The answer reads well, then vanishes into your scroll history. A real plan is a different kind of artifact.
An AI chat answer
A BeReady plan
What you walk away with
An AI chat answer
A conversation transcript you scroll back through.
A BeReady plan
A standing plan document your whole household can open, print, and follow.
Built from
An AI chat answer
Whatever you remember to type into the box.
A BeReady plan
Your address risk profile, your household roster, and the Twelve Key Areas of preparedness.
Structure
An AI chat answer
One long answer, organized however the model decides that day.
A BeReady plan
A six-phase framework, from everyday readiness through long recovery, with actions sequenced per phase.
In your hands
An AI chat answer
Text on a screen.
A BeReady plan
A 50+ page plan, a 6-8 page quick read, a wallet card, and a printable sheet for every family member.
When life changes
An AI chat answer
Ask again, then reconcile the new answer with the old one yourself.
A BeReady plan
Regenerate against your updated household and location. The plan stays current in your account.
AI chat is a great way to ask questions. It is not a plan. BeReady works the other way around: structured analysis of your specific household and location first, then a document you can hand to your family.
Getting truly prepared takes time - most households work through their plan over 6 to 12 weeks. For $14.99 a month, BeReady stays with you for every step: new articles, live sessions every Sunday evening, and a plan that updates as your household changes. Pay annually and it drops to $12.99.That's why it's a subscription.
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Frequently asked questions
FEMA guidelines are general and national. Your plan is built around your specific household, address, and concerns — including quantities, kit items, and skill priorities personalized to you.
We account for it. Renters get recommendations that don't require permanent modifications — apartment-friendly storage, portable gear, and evacuation plans for multi-unit buildings.
About 10–15 minutes to answer the questions. Your plan is generated immediately — no waiting for a human review.
Yes — and we encourage it. As your household, location, or concerns change, update your plan. Your articles, skills, and kit recommendations update with it.
Kit recommendations are optional. Subscribers get discounts on BeEquipped kits as part of their plan.
Your subscription includes weekly live expert sessions — structured workshops with a defined topic, curriculum, and live Q&A, led by our founders. Sessions are live only and not recorded, keeping the conversation real and unfiltered.
Sessions are Sundays at 7pm ET. They are live only — not recorded. This keeps the conversation real, unfiltered, and focused on the people in the room.
Because getting prepared isn't a single event — it's an ongoing process. Your plan updates as your household, location, or concerns change. Weekly live sessions every Sunday at 7pm ET, new articles, and an evolving skills library are part of what you're subscribing to. The plan on its own is the starting point. The subscription is what makes it work.