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Prepared, not scared

A calm emergency preparedness checklist for your household.

Enter who lives with you. See what you need for a week. Tick what you have, shop only the gaps. Ready for a Week: Emergency Preparedness is a Notion template for your household, built on Sweden's one-week advice. Sweden's advice: plan to manage on your own for a week, while society gets back on its feet.

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Ready for a Week: Emergency Preparedness Notion template on a tablet and phone, showing the household card and the one-week goal (demo data)

Most people have a list. Few have turned it into their household's plan.

You got the yellow brochure. Or you found it online. You mean to do it properly.

Then the questions start. How much water for us? What about the kids? The dog? The apartment?

Lists grow. Dates slip. The camping stove goes missing. Cash never gets withdrawn.

Worry stays. The plan does not.

  • What does that mean in terms of volume for our household?
  • Do I have everything, or have I missed something?
  • Keeping track of expiry dates by hand is a bit much
  • It never happens. The list sits. The worry stays.
Illustration: a kitchen table covered in loose lists and the brochure, a bag not yet packed and a dog asleep

Why I want to make emergency preparedness practical

After: the same room in order, with a radio, a candle, water and food on the shelves and a packed bag
Before: loose papers and lists on the table, a bag not yet packed
BeforeAfter

I know that gap. In 2024 every household in Sweden got Om krisen eller kriget kommer. I looked into what practical preparedness would mean for my own household.

A lot of the advice I found was for an American market. Stockpiles for 90 days or years. Gear that looked tactical. That was not the approach I wanted. A cupboard of canned beans would not help if we do not normally eat them.

Sweden's brochure says manage at home for at least one week. Food we actually eat. Enough water. Light and batteries if the power goes out. Warm clothes if it gets cold.

So I buy a little extra of what we already use on an ordinary Tuesday. I organise it so we can find it. I built this Notion template for myself first, for my own household.

Illustration: a man at home with his laptop, organising a shelf of everyday food and water
Walkthrough

See the page on a tablet and phone

Ready for a Week: Emergency Preparedness Notion template on a tablet and phone (demo household data)

Inside the template: your household emergency preparedness checklist

Enter your household. Tick what you have. Then use the views below. A home emergency preparedness checklist with amounts, gaps and dates on one page.

Household card: adults, children, infants, pets and days, with water in litres, food in person-days, energy and cash (demo data)
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Your household's emergency supply calculator, set once

Start here. Enter adults, children, infants, pets and days. See water in litres, food in person-days, an energy target, cash and pet days for your home. Default is seven days. Change it if you want. About ten minutes to set up, then tick what you already have and open Shopping list.

Preparedness items by category, with Have at home ticks, quantities and brochure sources (demo data)
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Your home emergency kit list: 73 items with sources

Open All items or By category. Tick Have at home. Add quantity, best-before date and where it is stored, so you can find the camping stove when you need it. Each item links to the brochure section it comes from. Assumptions that are not from the brochure are labelled as such.

Progress view: items at home out of 73, and a bar chart by category (demo data)
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Progress you can see

Open Progress. A chart shows how many of the 73 items you have at home. Another breaks it down by category. Shopping list shows only what is still missing. Start with food you already eat. Fill gaps over a few grocery trips.

Expiring soon view: food and water sorted by best-before date (demo data)
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Food rotation and your emergency preparedness inventory

Open Expiring soon (60 days) to see what to use first. Food rotation sorts food and water by date so you eat the oldest and replace it. Check and rotate helps you taste and smell stored water once or twice a year. The dates live on the item, not in your head.

Evacuation bag view: the items flagged for the bag, marked at home or to get (demo data)
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Evacuation bag, ready to pack

Open the Evacuation bag view. Seventeen items are flagged for the bag. Photo ID, radio, power bank, medicines, a few days of food and water. Pack it once. Check it when you review the rest.

Household plan: emergency numbers 112, 114 14, 113 13 and 1177, meeting points, warning signals, shelter and children (demo data)
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A household emergency plan on the same page

112, 114 14, 113 13 and 1177. Meeting points. A contact outside the area. Numbers on paper. Which radio channel to tune to (P4) when the network is down. What the outdoor warning signals (Hesa Fredrik) mean: VMA, air raid, alert and all clear. Shelter. Who picks up the children. Fill it in once. Print the Printable checklist view and this plan, and keep them with the brochure.

Pay once. Keep it in your Notion.

No app account. No subscription. No gear to buy from us. No affiliate links. One payment, then the template is yours to duplicate and share with your household the usual Notion way. Requires a Notion account.

Ready for a Week: a radio, a candle, a water bottle, a folded blanket and a mug

Ready for a Week: Emergency Preparedness

A 7 day emergency kit and one-week household plan, based on Sweden's one-week advice

$15one-time

One-time payment. Yours to keep.

  • Notion template with household calculator (adults, children, infants, pets, days)
  • 73 preparedness checklist items with brochure sources
  • Views for shopping list, progress, Expiring soon (60 days), check and rotate, evacuation bag
  • Household plan with emergency numbers, P4, sirens and family steps
  • Lifetime access to the template and updates we ship
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14-day money-back guarantee

Try it on your real household. Email [email protected] within 14 days and ask for a refund.

Emergency preparedness FAQ

The brochure is free. Why pay?

You pay for the work of turning the free advice into your numbers, a shopping list of gaps, rotation views and a household plan on one page. The advice is free, and you should read it. This template is based on that advice, with a source on each item. No gear upsell. No affiliate links. Free brochure: https://www.mcf.se/sv/publikationer/om-krisen-eller-kriget-kommer/

Who is this for, and who is it not for?

It's an emergency preparedness checklist for families and calm households with kids, apartments and pets. People who have the yellow brochure but no plan yet. Notion users who want amounts, gaps and dates on one page. Anyone who wants Sweden's one-week numbers explained in English. I made it for my own household first. Not a stockpiling guide. Not if you only want a physical kit, or an app with push reminders, or a document vault for insurance and IDs. Not if you only need the free brochure. One week. MCF baseline. Done calmly.

How much water to store per person?

At least 3 litres per person per day, mainly for drinking and cooking. That is the brochure figure. Enter your household size and days in the template, and the supply calculator scales the litres for you. A family of four for seven days is a clear target, not a guess.

What if the power or internet is down?

Do not rely on Notion in a blackout. Before a crisis, print the Printable checklist view and your household plan, or write them down, and keep them with the brochure. Notion is for planning while things are normal.

I live in an apartment. Does this still help?

Yes. You enter your household size. Water is still the hard part in a flat. The template helps you see the target and what you already have, then shop the gaps over time.

We have kids or pets. Does that matter?

Yes. The household card has fields for children, infants and pets. Pet food and water are on the checklist. The plan has a children section, including who picks the kids up.

Can't I just use Excel or paper?

You can. Many people do. This is the version that is already built and checked against the brochure. Calculator, views and household plan work from the first minute. If you enjoy building spreadsheets, keep doing that.

Why 7 days and not 72 hours?

Because Sweden's brochure asks households to manage on their own for at least a week, so help can go to those who need it most while society gets going again. Many guides plan for about 3 days, until help arrives. A week gives your household more margin, and the template scales to any number of days. Default is seven, whether you think in one week or a 7 day emergency kit.

What language is it in?

English, with the Swedish numbers and terms (112, P4, Hesa Fredrik, VMA) explained.

Does it work on my phone?

It opens in Notion on desktop and phone.

I am on a tight budget. Where do I start?

Start with what you already have and already eat. Tick those items. The shopping list shows only the gaps. Build it over a few grocery trips.

How much time does this take?

About ten minutes to set up: enter your household once and tick what you own. Then open Shopping list when you shop, and Expiring soon or Check and rotate when you review. The hard part is starting. The views keep the upkeep small.

How is this different from a Swedish preparedness app?

This lives in your Notion, calculates for your household, and keeps the plan next to the checklist, for a one-time price with no app subscription. Apps can send push reminders and keep working without the internet. The brochure is the source.

Is this affiliated with MCF?

No. Not affiliated with or endorsed by MCF (Myndigheten för civilt försvar). Built in 2026, based on Om krisen eller kriget kommer (2024 edition, published by MSB, now MCF). Each item links to the brochure section it comes from.

What do I need?

A Notion account. Duplicate the template into your workspace and start with your household.

What happens after I buy?

You get the template link after checkout. Clear the sample household, enter yours, and tick what you already have.

Can I share it?

It is a personal license. Share the duplicate with your household inside your Notion the usual way. A friend who wants their own copy can buy from this page.

Make the plan yours.

Enter your household. See what you need. Keep the dates. Knowing you have food and water for a week is calming. Now you will know exactly what you have. Prepared, not scared.

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Illustration: a calm, orderly room at dusk with a candle, a radio, stocked shelves and a packed bag