In any major emergency, the first 72 hours are when help is hardest to reach.
The 72-Hour Rule™ is the standard everything FIRST72 is built around.
The 72-Hour Rule™ means being ready to survive on your own for at least three days.
This includes looking after yourself, your whānau and your community for at least the first 72 hours without outside help.
It’s where our name comes from, and it’s the standard every FIRST72 product, project and partnership is built around.
Pre-packed with 40+ emergency items to get one person through 72 hours if you need to evacuate. Available in 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5-person sizes.
Designed to support 2, 4 or 6 person households for 72 hours at home. Contains food, water, power, lighting, first aid, communications and shelter.
Generators, solar systems, water storage, communications, food and 500+ other items used by communities, marae and councils across NZ to meet the rule at scale.
First aid kits, vehicle kits, workplace kits and tailored emergency kits designed to support people, teams and communities through the first 72 hours.
New Zealand’s most trusted community resilience solution. Self-contained emergency pods that give marae, hubs, businesses and response teams everything needed to support hundreds of people through the first 72 hours and beyond.
Find out how our EPOD Emergency & Disaster Pods can build resilience and self-sufficiency in your community. Download our helpful guide.
