Preparedness for families, responders, and communities.
Start with the basics. Build readiness. Practice it.
Turn intelligence into preparedness.
The Commons is where research, public-safety experience, family preparedness, and community resilience become something practical. Some people need a simple household plan. Others need to prepare a team, a venue, or an entire community. Start where you are and build from there.
Readiness now has to live at the community level — in neighborhoods, workplaces, schools, houses of worship, and every place where people depend on one another.
Choose where to start
Five paths through The Commons.
You do not need to be an expert to be better prepared. The family lane starts with the basics; the advanced lanes go deeper for people with greater responsibility.
01 · Family Basics
Family Preparedness
Clear, low-barrier planning for households that want to be more capable without turning preparedness into a full-time job.
Response-focused tabletop exercises designed so a mayor, police chief, emergency manager, church, business, or community coalition can put its plans under pressure.
A useful community tool about service, memory, endurance, veterans, Afghan allies, moral injury, and what communities carry forward after attention moves on.
An expanded checklist for families and communities: communications-down planning, essential buffers, go bags, vehicles, medical readiness, chemical and biological awareness, mobility, and local relationships.
Browse practical guides on family planning, severe weather, medical readiness, digital safety, community resilience, recovery, and everyday preparedness.
Calm
Working note
Calm rehearsal
Practice Without Panic
How families, workplaces, schools, and community organizations can rehearse plans in a calm, age-appropriate way.
A practical guide to location data, app permissions, device separation, connectivity, metadata, and the habits that reduce unnecessary exposure while traveling.
A responsible memory aid for prioritizing safety, severe bleeding, airway, breathing, circulation, shock, head injury, and heat loss while help is coming.
Digital Hygiene Checklist Search your name, phone number, and email online Remove your info from data broker sites (use tools like Optery, DeleteMe, or…
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When Your Apps Turn Against You: Digital Hygiene for Americans Overseas
Lately, Americans overseas are feeling uneasy. Rising tensions, news of Iranian and proxy targeting, and reports of digital compromise are putting people on edge.…
Surveillance of Churches in the U.S.: Awareness, Reporting, and Security Measures
Churches across the U.S. have been experiencing a concerning trend of surveillance activities. These incidents typically involve one to four individuals entering religious establishments…
Enhancing Airport Security – Your Role in Mitigating Terrorist Threats
Terrorist threats are expected to spike this year, with groups like al-Qaeda continuing to prioritize aviation and crowded spaces. Suicide vests remain a favored…
Start with one useful action: update the family contact list, register for local alerts, take a medical class, talk to a neighbor, or schedule a tabletop. Then build from there.