RESOURCES FOR REAL-WORLD READINESs
Official guidance, practical tools, and trusted information for Pacific Northwest households.
Use this library to find local alerts, prepare for regional hazards, build household plans, and get reliable information when conditions change.
Weatherstead organizes these resources to make them easier to use. Emergency instructions should always come directly from the appropriate public authority.
OFFICIAL STARTING POINTS
WASHINGTON EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
State preparedness guidance, hazard information, publications, and the official goal of becoming two weeks ready.
LOCAL EMERGENCY ALERTS
Find your county or region’s official emergency-alert system. Sign up to receive local notices about evacuations, wildfires, storms, floods, road closures, and other urgent conditions.
NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS
Federal planning tools, emergency kit guidance, household communication worksheets, and information on major hazards.
PACIFIC NORTHWEST HAZARDS
EARTHQUAKES
Learn Drop, Cover, and Hold On, reduce hazards inside your home, and prepare for extended utility and transportation disruptions.
WILDFIRE SMOKE
Check current air quality, understand health alerts, and learn how to reduce smoke exposure inside your home.
SEVERE WEATHER
Find official watches, warnings, forecasts, and safety information for winter storms, flooding, extreme heat, and high winds.
HOUSEHOLD PLANNING
BUILD YOUR SUPPLY
Begin with three dependable days of water, familiar food, lighting, medications, sanitation supplies, and other household essentials.
MAKE A HOUSEHOLD PLAN
Choose meeting places, an out-of-area contact, evacuation routes, and a plan for communicating when household members are separated.
INCLUDE YOUR PETS
Prepare food, water, medication, identification, carriers, sanitation supplies, and a confirmed place your animals can go during an evacuation.
READINESS CHECK
Evaluate ten essential areas of household preparedness and receive a personalized score with three priorities for improving your readiness.
START WITH THREE DAYS
Build a practical three-day foundation using water, familiar food, lighting, health supplies, household information, and a simple communication plan.
WATER DECISION TOOL
Answer a few questions about an outage, advisory, questionable tap water, stored water, or an outside source. Get the safest next step, what not to do, and when official local guidance must take priority.
WEATHERSTEAD TOOLS
MORE TOOLS ARE COMING
We are developing printable checklists, regional hazard guides, household planning tools, and straightforward resources for Pacific Northwest households.
POWER-OUTAGE CHECKLIST
Print a one-page household review covering outage information, lighting, backup power, alarms, food, water, health needs, home access, pets, and a short household drill.
EARTHQUAKE DRILL CARD
Print this one-page household drill for practicing Drop, Cover, and Hold On, checking for hazards, reviewing accessibility needs, and choosing one improvement to make afterward.