This week
Small steps that add up. Everything here also works offline from your LTAK node, with fewer extras.
📡 Weekly node check-in
Not done yet this week.
🎒 Kit status
🗺 Evacuation plan
🏅 Zone standing
📢 From your church leadership
Rewards ladder
Points never expire, and they unlock levels, badges, and bragging rights for your zone. The goal is a prepared household, not a rank.
| Action | Points |
|---|---|
| Weekly practice check-in | +10 (+2 per streak week, up to +20) |
| Each kit item stocked | +5 |
| Whole category stocked and in date | +15 bonus |
| Plan task done (alerts, routes, contacts…) | +5 to +15 |
| Join the annual earthquake drill, or a church drill | +25 |
| Check on a neighbor | +15 |
Weekly practice check-in
Same screen you'd use in a real emergency. Practice sends are tagged DRILL so leaders never mistake them for a real need.
Pick any color to practice. Try one you've never used.
Your practice streak
3 weeks 🔥
Colors practiced this week: none
Weekly 2-minute hardware drill
My emergency kit
Tick what you have, set expiry dates, and the page warns you before things go bad. Based on common Cal OES / Listos California, CAL FIRE and Ready.gov checklists.
⏰ Expiry reminders: with phone internet, the Hub can email or text you. Offline, your LTAK node shows "Kit check due" on its home page.
Evacuation & family plan
The five Listos California steps: get alerts, make a plan, pack a Go Bag, build a Stay Box, help others.
1 · Get alerts
2 · Make a plan
3 · Utilities & documents
4 · Help others
My plan card (print and keep in your Go Bag)
Leaderboard
Friendly competition between zones and teams. Individuals appear only if they opt in, and only by display name.
Design rule: rank teams by average points per household, not totals, so small zones aren't punished. Never show addresses, member numbers, or who has gaps in their kit. Leaders see only counts ("Zone 3: 14 of 20 households have water for 3 days").
Badges
Earn them by doing real preparedness tasks.
Hazard guides
Short, printable cards. Full versions live on the Pi's offline library.
🌎 Earthquake
- Drop, Cover, Hold On for at least 60 seconds
- Secure water heaters and tall furniture
- Know your gas shutoff, and use it only if you smell or hear a leak
- The Great California ShakeOut is held every third Thursday in October. Register and earn +25.
🔥 Wildfire
- Know two ways out, and your zone's evacuation terms (Warning vs Order)
- Go Bag by the door, car fuel above half
- If told to leave: close windows and doors (unlocked), shut off propane, move flammables away from the house
- Keep N95 masks and a battery radio in the bag
🌊 Flood / storm
- Never drive through moving water
- Move documents and medicines to a high shelf
- Know where sandbags are available
⚡ Power shutoffs / heat
- Charge power banks and keep the freezer full (it holds cold longer)
- Medical devices: plan a backup power source
- Check on elderly neighbors during heat waves
🏥 First aid quick cards
- Bleeding control
- CPR steps
- Burns, shock, hypothermia, heat illness
- Water purification
📻 Using your LTAK node
- Flip the rocker switch, scan the QR code
- If the page won't open, go to the web address on the label
- Window sheet: show the color that matches your status
Feature ideas for the real site
A starting wish-list. Marked by how it works with the LTAK portal.
| Idea | What it does | Needs internet? |
|---|---|---|
| Kit tracker with expiry dates | Per-item dates, color warnings, reminders, shopping list | Reminders yes. Viewing a node copy: no. |
| Household profile | People, ages, pets, medical devices, mobility needs. It generates a custom kit and plan. | No |
| Evacuation plan builder | Routes, meeting places, out-of-area contact, printable wallet card | Maps yes. Plan itself: no. |
| Alert sign-up helper | Walks through county alert registration (e.g. Nixle, AlertCA, Wireless Emergency Alerts) | Yes |
| Weekly node check-in + streaks | Practice send, hardware self-test, battery level, "heard a repeater?" | No (node only) |
| Points, badges, leaderboard | Zones and teams compete. Leaders can add challenges. | Syncs when internet or LoRa is present |
| Monthly challenges | "Water month", "Documents month", "Meet three neighbors" | Banner on portal when online |
| Document vault checklist | Reminds you to copy ID, insurance, deeds. It stores no scans on the public site. | No |
| Home inventory photos | For insurance claims. Stored on the household's own phone, not our server. | No |
| Medication tracker | Days of supply left, refill dates, expiry. Local only. | No |
| Neighbor check-list | "Who I'll check on" (elderly, disabled, alone). Points for doing it. | No |
| Skills & resources registry | Nurse, generator, chainsaw, ham license, truck. Leaders see counts and can request help. | No (opt-in) |
| Drill calendar | ShakeOut, church drills, battery-change days, with reminders | Reminders yes |
| Quizzes & short videos | First aid, CPR, how to use the node. Offline copies on repeaters. | Videos online only |
| Weather & alerts feed | NWS and fire alerts on the banner when phone internet is up | Yes |
| Spanish and other languages | Full translation, large-text mode | No |
| Leader readiness dashboard | "Zone 3: 70% have 3-day water", missing-gear counts, drill participation | No (on repeater) |
How the portal and the website connect
- Always works (offline): the node serves check-in, mailbox and a small copy of the Hub (kit list, plan card, drill, streak). Points are saved on the node and on your home repeater.
- When the phone has internet: the page can also load the latest banners, challenges and leaderboard from the church website. This is an extra that must be tested. Some phones stop using mobile data while joined to a Wi-Fi network without internet, and the portal mini-browser may block outside content. Plan: the banner is optional and the node page never waits for it.
- Privacy: the public site sees only an anonymous alias and points. It never receives member numbers, addresses, medical info, or GPS. Real data stays on the church repeaters.
- Sync of points: node → repeater by LoRa (tiny messages), repeater → website when it has internet. If you earn points offline, they arrive later.