What is 2 Weeks Ready?

Disasters ranging from earthquakes to global pandemics can impact you and those you care about when you least expect them to. You need to know what to do to be prepared so you can survive the next disaster! To help preparedness be simple and easy, our team is developing a brand new mobile app, 2 Weeks Ready, to help you and the people you care about get prepared.

The 2 Weeks Ready app is a unique app that provides a hands on interactive disaster preparedness experience. You will be able to create and share your family emergency plan together and securely with anyone you choose. The 2 Weeks Ready app also includes an emergency kit calculator to help determine exactly how many supplies you need to reach the goal of being “2 weeks ready.” With learning how much toilet paper your family needs for two weeks, receiving reminders to update your family emergency plan, and establishing an out-of-area contact, the 2 Weeks Ready app is ready to make it easy for you to get prepared.  

Join us as we develop the 2 Weeks Ready mobile app as a resilient user interface that will help you survive and thrive through disasters to come.

How Did We Get Here?

Immediately after a large disaster, it may take a while for emergency help and resources to arrive.

For many years, we’ve been talking about the importance of being prepared for 72 hours. This is a good start, and helpful in the event of short-term power outages or temporary evacuation but, when a disaster happens, the normal services we rely on each day will be disrupted. A quick trip to the store for a few essential items may not be possible and is not a reliable option. Natural disasters such as Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Tornados, Winter Storms, and Wildfires, may leave much of your area’s transportation routes destroyed, too. We will have to count on each other in the community, in the workplace, and at home in order to be safe until responders can reach you.

To help keep you and your family safe after a disaster, it’s important to build a kit at home with enough supplies to last at least 2 weeks. This means 2 weeks’ worth of food, water, pet food, warm clothes, medical supplies, and sanitation materials. Two weeks is a lot of supplies and it can be hard to keep track for not only yourself, but your family (and pets too). Also, what do you prepare for? What kinds of disasters can impact you? How do you share this information with those you love? How can you and your family…survive?

That’s where 2 Weeks Ready comes in.

To help facilitate the goal of being 2 weeks ready and answer these burning questions, we started to develop the 2 Weeks Ready app. Our Mission is to help you, your families, and community have one place where emergency preparedness is made Easy, Shareable, and Time-Saving. Where you can build your kits over time, create and share your plans, and learn about the hazards that can impact you and your family.

2 Weeks Ready is an mobile app developed by volunteers in the community and for the community to help you, and your family be prepared for the next disaster.