How it works
Is My Household Ready? How PrepCompass Measures Readiness
PrepCompass measures readiness across seven lifelines and ten capabilities, from hazards through next best actions to an overall readiness score. A capability counts when it is built, stocked, and practiced — not when it was merely planned — and the score improves as you close gaps.
The seven lifelines
Safety and security, food, water and shelter, health and medical, energy, communications, transportation, and hazardous materials. These are the essentials a household cannot do without; a weakness in any one of them is where a disruption hurts first.
The ten capabilities
Practice self-care, establish mutual assistance, establish energy sources, protect health and safety, secure supplies, manage food and water, establish shelter, establish communications, avoid secondary hazards, and address injuries. Capabilities are the things a household can actually do — and the unit readiness is measured in.
Why the score moves
A readiness score that never moves is a decoration. PrepCompass readiness moves for honest reasons: completing an action raises it, an expiring supply lowers it until refreshed, and a household change (a new member, a move, a new risk) reopens gaps that need closing. The point is not a perfect score. The point is that you can see, at a glance, what to do next — and watch the picture improve as you do it.
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