Meet Able Citizen: Readiness for Canadian Households

The gear is half of it. The plan is the other half.

You've probably got some of the gear already. A good flashlight. A lantern. A kit in the hall closet. Maybe a Faraday bag for the spare phone.

That's a solid start. But when the power goes out on a January night, gear only helps if you know what to do with it, and so does everyone else in the house.

The gear is half of it. The plan is the other half. That's why we built Able Citizen.

What is Able Citizen?

Able Citizen helps Canadian households get ready for when help can be a long way off. It comes from the same Ontario team as Civil Safety.

Help can be a long way off. Train like it.

Capable. Dependable. Adaptable. Be ABLE.

Start with the free Household Audit and the 72-Hour Standard at ablecitizen.ca.

ABLE kits are coming.

Gear is half of it. Here's how the halves fit.

Good kit doesn't do much in a closet if nobody knows where it is, whether it works, or who's supposed to grab it. That's the plan's job.

Lighting. An outage plan starts with light you can find in the dark, with batteries you've checked. If you're filling gaps, start with our LED lanterns for lighting a whole room.

Emergency and survival kits. A kit is only as useful as the plan around it: where it lives, what's in it, and who takes it when you leave. Browse our survival kits if you're starting from scratch.

CBRN protection. If you own a gas mask, know where it's stored, that it fits, and which filters you have on hand. See our CBRN gear.

Faraday bags. A backup phone or radio in a Faraday bag is only half of it. The other half is a family comms plan everyone in the house knows.

Every ABLE house counts.