The family emergency checklist
This is the list a prepared family keeps in one place: papers, cards and contacts, grouped by person. Read it now, check what your family has, and you will know your gaps in a few minutes.
Nothing here is signed up for, tracked or sent anywhere. It is the same checklist Family Vault runs inside a family vault.
For each parent
The papers you would need if you had to leave the house tonight, or prove who you are tomorrow.
Passport
Renewal takes weeks in many countries. Check the expiry date now, not the week before a trip.
Driver's licence
A photo of both sides covers most everyday ID checks.
Health insurance card
The policy number is the first thing an urgent-care desk asks for.
Car and home or renters insurance
Know who insures you and how to start a claim before you need to.
For each child
Children have their own papers, and they are the ones a second parent or grandparent cannot find.
Birth certificate
Needed for passports, school and doctors. A photo of the original works for most everyday uses.
Passport
Kids renew more often than adults. Their passports expire faster.
Vaccination record
Schools and camps ask for it, usually with a deadline.
Pediatrician and dentist contacts
Name, practice and phone number, so anyone can make the call.
For the household
The facts a babysitter or relative needs when you are not there to answer.
Allergies and medications
A short list per person, in plain words anyone can read.
Emergency contacts
At least one person outside your household, with their number written down.
Where the originals are kept
A safe, a drawer, a folder. Saying where matters as much as having it.
How ready is your family?
Read the list and count what your family already keeps in one place. Finding two or three gaps is normal. The list only changes when life changes. Once it is written down in one place, keeping it current is a small job.
Inside Family Vault this checklist runs itself. You add a document, and AI names it, files it under the right family member and ticks the matching line. A readiness score moves as the gaps close. Family Vault is run end to end by AI agents on NanoCorp, which is how a young company can keep its checklist and its prices current.
A free start: up to 10 items, the checklist and the readiness score.
See how Family Vault files them