Leave Early: The Evacuation Pack

A calm, step-by-step plan for when to go, what to take, where to end up, and how to come home safely.

Decide on a calm day. Leave before the roads fill.

TWO PDFs IN ONE DOWNLOAD

- Quick Pack (11 pages): the one-page plan, the checklists and the sheets to fill in. Open this one first.

- Full Guide (157 pages): the reasons, worked examples and sources.

WHAT YOU GET

- A plain-English ladder of watch, warning and evacuation order, so you know what each alert asks of you.

- The Leave-Early Trigger Sheet, where you write your own go rules and your latest safe departure time while you are calm.

- A go-or-no-go decision table that combines your zone, your home type, your people and the hazard.

- Three countdown checklists: a week, 24 hours and 10 minutes.

- Three worked walkthroughs: a hurricane a week out, a flood warning with a few hours, and a wildfire level change at night.

- Go bag packing lists for adults, children by age, infants, older adults, people with medical needs and pets.

- A medicine and medical needs grid, and a documents, cash and digital backup grid.

- Car and no-car plans, a route planner, and a lodging, shelter and pet-friendly call log.

- A leave-a-note template, a home leaving checklist, a family communication plan card and a one-page grab-and-go card.

- Special-situation plans for mobility limits, power-dependent equipment, upper floors, school pickup, dementia and relatives in care facilities.

- A staged return plan from day 0 to day 7, with food and water safety tables.

WHO IT IS FOR

For any household that might have to leave home because of a hurricane, flood, wildfire or other emergency, including families with children, older relatives, pets, medical needs, or no car.

GOOD TO KNOW

- Print it, or keep it on your phone or tablet. US Letter, prints on A4 too.

- Digital download: read the free sample first. We cannot refund a guide once it has been downloaded. If the file is faulty, will not open or is not what we described, email hello@afternormal.co and we will fix it, replace it or refund you.

- General educational information, not medical, legal or emergency advice.