Home safety inspection checklist
A room-by-room sheet covering alarms, heating equipment, electrical loads, storage, exits and outdoor hazards. Designed for a spring and autumn walk-through.
PDF · 4 pages · 320 KB · Revised March 2026
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Every document here is free to download, print and share for household, school and community use. All are designed to print legibly in black and white.
Before you print. Most households find it easier to start with the family emergency plan, then the home safety inspection checklist, then a seasonal guide. Working through everything at once is the most common reason a plan is abandoned halfway.
Checklists
Inspection sheets to work through room by room, twice a year.
Fire safety checklist
The shorter companion sheet: alarm tests, extinguisher pressure, dryer vents, cords and heat sources, plus a record of the dates you last checked each item.
PDF · 2 pages · 210 KB · Revised March 2026
Seventy-two hour kit checklist
What to include, how much water per person per day, what to rotate and when. Includes a version sized for one person and one for a household of four.
PDF · 3 pages · 280 KB · Revised January 2026
Planning templates
Fill-in documents that become your household record.
Family emergency plan
Contacts, meeting places, out-of-province contact, medical details, school and care arrangements, and utility shut-off locations. One page per household member.
PDF · 2 pages · 180 KB · Revised February 2026
Household inventory record
A room-by-room record of contents with space for serial numbers, purchase dates and photographs. Prepared with insurance claims in mind.
PDF · 6 pages · 410 KB · Revised November 2025
Medical information sheet
One page per person: conditions, medications and dosages, allergies, prescribing physician and pharmacy. Written so a paramedic can read it quickly.
PDF · 1 page · 120 KB · Revised February 2026
Printable family plans
Wall and fridge versions, designed to stay visible.
Escape plan grid
A blank floor-plan grid with a legend for exits, alarms, extinguishers and meeting places. Two sheets so you can draw one storey per page.
PDF · 2 pages · 150 KB · Revised January 2026
Fridge card: who calls whom
A single card for the fridge door listing emergency numbers, the out-of-province contact, the meeting place and the utility shut-off locations.
PDF · 1 page · 90 KB · Revised February 2026
Twice-yearly maintenance calendar
A one-page reminder sheet tied to the time change: alarm tests, battery replacement, extinguisher check, kit rotation and plan review.
PDF · 1 page · 110 KB · Revised March 2026
Seasonal guides
Longer guides published ahead of each season.
Winter preparedness guide
Heating safety, carbon monoxide, frozen pipes, roof and vent clearing, staying warm during an outage, and what to keep in the car between December and March.
PDF · 16 pages · 1.4 MB · Revised October 2025
Spring flooding and snowmelt guide
Grading and drainage, sump pump maintenance and backup power, backwater valves, what to store above grade, and documenting damage for a claim.
PDF · 12 pages · 1.1 MB · Revised March 2026
Summer heat and wildfire smoke guide
Recognising heat illness, keeping a home cool without air conditioning, air quality readings, filtration at home, and planning for people at higher risk.
PDF · 12 pages · 1.0 MB · Revised May 2026
Using these materials
Printing, sharing and reproducing
Households, schools, libraries, tenants’ associations and community groups may print and distribute these documents freely, provided the attribution line and revision date remain on each page. You do not need to ask us first.
Commercial reproduction — including use in paid training, inclusion in a product package, or resale in any form — requires written permission. The full licence terms are set out in our terms and conditions.
If you are adapting material for a specific community, please contact us before publishing. We are usually glad to help and would rather review a translation than discover an inaccurate one later.
Printed copies by post
We mail printed copies at no charge to households in Ontario without reliable printing access, and in bulk to community organisations running their own sessions.
- Single household packages: up to five documents
- Community bulk orders: from 25 to 500 copies
- Large-print versions of all checklists
- French-language versions of all documents
Allow ten business days. Request by phone or through the contact page.