Welcome to ARES

Always Ready Emergency System

Everything here starts from one number. The assessment measures where your household actually stands across twelve categories, and everything else — supplies, scenarios, training — works from the gaps it finds.

Begin Assessment

31 questions · about 7 minutes · no account needed

01 Assessment Thirty-one questions across twelve categories. Your ARES score, your level, and a ranked list of what to fix first. Begin assessment 02 Stock Track water, food, fuel, medical, and power against minimums scaled to your household and plan length. Check supplies 03 Scenarios Phased action lists for wildfire, storm, earthquake, grid failure, and winter. What to do, in the order you do it. Open scenarios 04 Checklists Eighty-seven supplies and actions across every category, each with the standard that makes it meaningful. Open checklists 05 Threat Map A live picture of the hazards near you — real earthquake and weather data, plotted and rated by severity. Open the map 06 Community Challenges, regional check-ins, and member accounts of what actually happened. Connect