Home safety
Locks, lighting, fire safety, neighbours and important documents.
- Securing Doors and Windows
Simple, defensive ways to make your home harder to enter during a long outage or emergency, without blocking your own way out.
- Lighting in an Outage
Safe, simple lighting when the power is out: why flashlights beat candles, and how to use candles if you must.
- Build a Neighbour Network
A simple plan for checking on each other in an emergency, based on PreparedBC's neighbourhood guide.
- Home Fire Safety During an Emergency
Smoke alarms, carbon monoxide alarms, escape plans and extinguishers, with the differences between US and Canadian advice.
- Protecting Important Documents
What papers to copy and how to store them so you can prove who you are and claim insurance after an emergency.
- Shutting Off Utilities
When to shut off water, power or gas, how to find the shut-offs, and why only a professional should turn gas back on.
- Cold-Weather Pipes
Keep water pipes from freezing during a cold snap or an outage, and what to do if one freezes.