Build a Family Plan
Create a simple emergency plan for your household.
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The Good Neighbor Initiative
Preparedness
for real life.
Ready for whatever Tuesday brings.
Helping good neighbors build the skills, plans, and confidence to handle everyday emergencies, stay connected, and take care of the people who matter most.
New to preparedness?
Start somewhere useful.
Preparedness becomes approachable when the next step is clear. Choose one area and begin with what matters most to your household.
Vehicle Readiness
Essential items every vehicle should carry.
Learn more →Communications
Learn practical radio and backup communication options.
Learn more →Everyday Carry
Tools and gear that solve real-world problems.
Learn more →Home Preparedness
Simple steps that improve resilience without overcomplicating life.
Learn more →Our mission
Ordinary people helping
ordinary people.
The Good Neighbor Initiative exists to make preparedness approachable. We believe resilience isn’t about fear. It’s about confidence, capability, and helping the people around us.
Whether you’re building your first emergency kit, learning how to stay connected during an outage, or simply trying to be more self-reliant, every small step matters.
About the initiative →Why GNI exists
A calmer approach to
being ready.
Too much preparedness information begins with anxiety and ends with complexity. GNI starts with real life.
Traditional preparedness
- Fear
- Complexity
- Worst-case scenarios
- Isolation
The GNI approach
- Confidence
- Simplicity
- Everyday readiness
- Community resilience
Explore the library
Knowledge for a more
capable life.
Seven practical areas, organized to help you find clear information without the noise.
01
Preparedness
Sensible plans and supplies for the situations families actually face.
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Communications
Practical ways to stay connected when normal systems are unavailable.
Explore category →03
Family Readiness
Calm, age-appropriate habits that help everyone know what to do.
Explore category →04
EDC & Gear
Honest guidance on useful tools without hype, fear, or overkill.
Explore category →05
Gardening & Food
Everyday food resilience, simple growing skills, and thoughtful storage.
Explore category →06
Technology
Useful technology, backup systems, and tools that solve real problems.
Explore category →07
Practical Skills
Learn-by-doing skills that build confidence and reduce dependence on luck.
Explore category →Featured guides
Practical help,
built to keep.
These foundational guides are currently in development and will become part of GNI’s permanent resource library.
⌂01
Family Emergency Plan
A calm, practical framework for contacts, meeting places, and household responsibilities.
Read the guide
◇02
Vehicle Preparedness Checklist
The useful basics for breakdowns, delays, weather, and unexpected trips.
Read the guide
⌁03
GMRS Communications Basics
A plain-language introduction to radios, licensing, range, and good habits.
Guide in development
04Building a Practical EDC
Choose a small set of tools based on the problems you actually encounter.
Guide in development
05Power Outage Readiness
Lighting, communication, food safety, and backup power without overbuilding.
Guide in development
□06
Home Preparedness Starter Guide
A room-by-room starting point for water, food, safety, and household continuity.
Guide in development
Stewards of the mission
Built by neighbors,
for neighbors.
GNI is led by people who care about making useful knowledge easier to understand and share. The mission, not personality, remains the focus.
Built by two Rhode Islanders passionate about making preparedness feel practical, useful, and neighborly.
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Co-Founder
Alex
Focus areas
- Preparedness
- Technology
- Communications
- Practical gear
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Co-Founder
Tyler
Focus areas
- Financial security
- Training
- Skills development
- Preparedness