Go-Bags & Evacuation Kits
You leave with what you packed in June, not what you remember in August.
Evacuation orders can come with under an hour's notice. A 72-hour go-bag for each person, plus a vehicle kit and a document pouch, is the baseline. This category covers pre-built kits and the components most kits leave out — N95 respirators, headlamps, power banks and pet supplies.
Our picks
2 products · price bands $ to $$$$
Best base kit $$
72-Hour Emergency Kit (2–4 person)
Various (Ready America, Sustain Supply, Redfora) · 🇺🇸 🇨🇦
A pre-built backpack with water, food, first aid, light and warmth for 72 hours. Treat it as a starting point: add medications, documents, chargers, cash and respirators.
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Cheap essential $
Fireproof & Waterproof Document Bag
Various · 🇺🇸 🇨🇦
A silica-fibre pouch for passports, insurance policies, deeds, and a USB drive of scanned records. Lives in the go-bag, not the filing cabinet.
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Before you buy
- Buy a pre-built 72-hour kit as a base, then customise: medications, glasses, phone chargers, cash, copies of ID.
- N95 or P100 respirators for every family member — smoke exposure is the most common wildfire injury.
- A fire-rated document bag for passports, insurance and deeds; scan everything to cloud storage too.
- Pets need their own kit: carrier, food, leash, vaccination records.
- Keep the vehicle fuelled above half a tank throughout fire season, and back it into the driveway.