Home Infrastructure & Supply Readiness
How long can your household function without the grid?
Why this pillar matters
Modern homes are engineered for comfort, not continuity. A power outage exposes how few hours of margin most households actually have. We evaluate your backup power, water independence, food supply depth, fuel management, and overall independent operational capability: the difference between a household that functions through a disruption and one that fails within the first day.
What we evaluate
The five specific areas assessed within this pillar.
Backup power: generator sizing, fuel storage, automatic transfer switch
Water: stored supply depth, filtration capability, external source access
Food: supply depth in days, rotation system, caloric density and storage
Fuel: vehicle management, generator fuel, replenishment plan
Full independent operational capability: duration, tested, and documented
What your score means
After completing the questionnaire, your Home Infrastructure & Supply Readiness score falls into one of five bands. Here is what each level indicates.
Critical (0–19)
Critical infrastructure gaps. Power, water, food, and fuel dependencies make your home inoperable within 24 hours of a grid disruption.
At Risk (20–39)
Some supplies on hand but insufficient depth or redundancy to sustain your household through a meaningful disruption.
Developing (40–59)
Reasonable preparation in some areas but backup power, water, or supply rotation has gaps that would expose you quickly.
Prepared (60–79)
Your household could ride out a short disruption on what you keep on hand. Prepared becomes Resilient when supply depth matches realistic durations and the systems behind it have actually been run, not just owned.
Resilient (80–100)
Strong infrastructure readiness with backup power, water independence, 90-day food supply, and tested off-grid capability.
Free resources for this area
- Georgia Power outage map
Live outages and restoration estimates; report an outage from the same page.
outagemap.georgiapower.com - EPA: emergency disinfection of drinking water
How to store water and make it safe when the tap is not.
epa.gov - CDC: Prepare Your Health
Supplies, medications and records to have on hand before an emergency.
cdc.gov - Ready.gov: Build a Kit
The basic supply list and how to maintain it.
ready.gov
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