Alert Pulse, October 2026:15,623 warnings in 3,650 countiesRead the report
Know before a storm, fire or flood reaches your home. Have your plan ready.
BePrepared monitors your address around the clock and writes your household emergency plan for where you live. When a warning covers your street, everyone at home already knows who does what.
Built for regular families, not preppers.
Where would you like to start?
A real BeReady plan
Written by BeReady for an example household. Every step in order: what to set up now, and what to do when the warning comes.
Tour the demo home
Watch the walkthrough, then look around a real account set up for an example household. Nothing you do is saved.
Plans from $7.99 a month, billed yearly. See pricing
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Four ways to get your household ready
Most households start with the free address check above. Then pick alerts, a plan, a kit or a call with an expert, and add the rest whenever you like. All four work better together: your alerts shape your plan, and your plan picks your kit.
Check my address firstGet alerted the moment a warning covers your street
BeAware monitors your address around the clock for official alerts, power outages, wildfire and air quality, and shows the all clear on your dashboard once the danger has passed.
How BeAware works
Have the plan before you need it
BeReady writes a household emergency plan for your address: who does what before, during and after an emergency, all the way to rebuilding.
How BeReady works
Buy what your plan calls for
Kits matched to your household and your plan, so you buy what you need and nothing else.
Browse kitsTalk it through with an expert
A one-on-one video session with one of our panel of experts, about your household and your address.
Book a sessionA plan for every address, including Mom's
If a parent lives alone, who checks on them when the power goes out?
With BeAware + BeReady you can monitor up to 3 addresses, so alerts for their county reach you too. Share the plan with up to 5 people, and print each person their own tear sheet: their first steps, where to meet and who to call out of the area.
Why Be Prepared — real moments, and the questions they leave with you
Built by two fathers who got their own households ready first
Brian brings the fieldcraft and Tiran brings the systems thinking. We test what we recommend, and we put nothing in front of you that we would not give to someone we love.
Being ready isn’t complicated.
It’s three things.
You're not starting from scratch. The research is done.
Awareness
Real-time alerts and historical risk data for your exact address. What's happening now and what's happened before, so nothing catches you off guard.
Our solution
Know-How
Most people know they should do something. Know-How tells you exactly what, with step-by-step guides and infographics written for the emergencies you're most likely to face.
Equipment
Every item ties back to a step in your plan. No impulse buys, no gaps. Gear that fits your household.
Our solution
Preparedness is broken. We built a better way.
Most families feel like they should be doing something but don't know where to start, what to buy, or who to trust. The information exists. The problem is none of it was built for you specifically.
What's real?
I see the news, but I don't know what's actually real and what could actually impact me.
Where do I start?
I know I need to do something, but I have no idea where to start and the topic feels overwhelming.
Not a prepper
I want to be prepared, but I don't want to be a 'prepper' or fall into the 'doomsday' trap.
Is my gear right?
I've bought some gear, but I don't know if it's the right gear or if I have an actual plan to use it.
Who has the time?
I have a job and a life. I don't have 40 hours a week to research supplies and monitor distant threats.
What people told us after trying it
In their own words, from our February 2026 focus groups and our first users. Shared with permission.
“The quality and personalization of the BeAware solution were strong. It gave me a ton of intel like my evacuation route and all the past patterns.”
Robin G.Household with pets · Early user, Jun 2026 “I looked at the real report, and then it was just very practical. I was like, 'Okay, this is smart, this is exactly what I would need to do.'”
Cesar E., NJFocus group, Feb 2026 “It's not like a doom prepper website. It's more like, 'Hey, be prepared in case of emergency.'”
Paschal F., NJParent · Focus group, Feb 2026 “Really impressive tool, my daughter looked through it last night and were impressed to see the local water levels for the various Chicago river tributaries nearby.”
Tim V., Winnetka, ILParent · Early user, Jun 2026 · Friend of the founders “…having something that's catered towards my specific circumstances is very appealing.”
Hannah G., NJParent · Focus group, Feb 2026 “High value and the format is easy to understand”
Joshua L.Early user, Jun 2026 “I think it's very, very thorough and compelling.”
Erin G., NJFocus group, Feb 2026 “I thought it was pretty practical, very practical.”
Catherine K., NJFocus group, Feb 2026
Included with BeReady
Whatever goes wrong, the guide is already written.
- Beyond the Basement Shelf: A Family Resilience Drill for Communications, Cyber, Security, and Neighbor Networks
- Radios, Cyber Hygiene, and the One-Page Family Plan: Your Week 7–8 Integration Checklist
- The 90-Day Household Fortress Audit: A Calm, One-Page Starting Point for Family Preparedness
- The Strategic Reserve That Actually Gets Used: 9 Rotation Mistakes With Food, Medicine, Hygiene, Cash, and Parts
- Flooded Basement Cleanup: What to Do in the First Hour, First Day, and First Week
- How to Build 30/60/90-Day Strategic Reserves Without Hoarding: Food, Medicine, Cash, and Local Supply Alternatives
- Harden the Home, Not the Household: 9 Home Security Mistakes Families Make and the Easy Fixes
- 90 Days of Water, Heat, and Cooking Without the Grid: A Household Systems Plan
- Critical Loads First: How to Size Backup Power Before You Buy a Generator
- Grid-Down Home Infrastructure Calculator: Critical Loads, Daily Watt-Hours, Stored Water, and Safe Fuel Rotation
- Your First 90 Days of Preparedness: A Calm Plan to Build a Personal Fortress
- Flooded Basement Cleanup: What to Do in the First Hour, First Day, and First Week
- Communication Plans for Nuclear Emergencies
- Wildfire Insurance Claims: What's Covered and How to Document
- How to Distill Water Off-Grid: A Step-by-Step Guide to Collecting, Purifying, and Storing Safe Drinking Water
- Flood Insurance vs Homeowners Insurance: What's the Difference?
- Wildfire Evacuation Go-Bag: Ultimate Packing Checklist
- How to Create Wildfire-Defensible Space Around Your Home
- Myths About Earthquake Safety: What NOT to Do
- How to Evacuate Safely During Flash Floods
- Emergency Vehicle Packing Mistakes: 7 Critical Errors That Could Cost You
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Common questions
Straight answers to the questions people ask before they start.
Alerts and a plan, one subscription
BeAware monitors your address, and BeReady writes your household plan around what BeAware finds.
BeAware + BeReady
$19.99 a month, billed yearly
$22.78 month to month
Less than the two bought separately.
7 days of BeAware and BeReady. Free.
Full access to both — build real plans and reports, and keep everything you create. No credit card, and nothing is charged unless you choose to subscribe.