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title: "Make a household emergency plan"
description: "Prepare for NSW fires, floods, storms, heatwaves and other disruptions."
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## Start with official planning resources

**Get Ready NSW**

NSW · Reviewed 14 Oct 2026

Official preparation hub: understand your risk, make an emergency plan, pack a kit, know the warnings and plan with neighbours.

[Open official resource — Get Ready NSW](https://www.nsw.gov.au/emergency/get-ready)

**RFS bushfire survival plan**

NSW · Reviewed 14 Oct 2026

Official bushfire survival planning guidance to use with your household and MyFirePlan.

[Open official resource — RFS bushfire survival plan](https://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/plan-and-prepare/bush-fire-survival-plan)

Get Ready NSW organises preparation around **understanding your risk**, **making an emergency plan** and **packing an emergency kit**. Use the official guidance for the hazard, location and needs of your household.

## Discuss these needs before an emergency

- Who needs help, and who can provide it if the usual carer is unavailable?
- Where will you go, how will you travel, and what is your backup route?
- How will you receive warnings and contact people if power or mobile service fails?
- What medicines, documents, equipment and supplies need to leave with you?
- How will you move pets, livestock or assistance animals safely?

These are planning prompts, not an evacuation order or a complete kit specification. Use the agency checklists below and review your plan when your circumstances change.

## Choose the relevant pathway

[Bushfire planning and MyFirePlan](/bushfire) · [Flood, storm and tsunami guidance](https://www.ses.nsw.gov.au/during-emergency) · [Disability and accessible planning](/accessible-help) · [Animal planning](/animals).

## Save essential contacts

Print the [urgent-help page](/urgent-help) and your household's plan. The Site's page menu offers PDF export for printing, or use your browser's Print function. A printout is a backup reference; current warnings still come from official services.