Ready Boston is a city-wide community preparedness initiative meant to educate and empower Bostonians about the hazards they may face and to encourage residents to prepare for all types of emergencies. Whether it be natural or human caused disaster, ReadyBoston focuses on an all hazards approach to preparing based on 4 pillars: creating a household emergency plan, making a household emergency kit and Go-Bag, being informed about various hazards, and getting involved in community preparedness organizations. Since every emergency is different and we can't anticipate the exact nature of an emergency, we need to have a range of preparations-only some of which will be needed depending on the situation. While the City of Boston is taking important steps to prepare for an emergency, Boston residents must also start down their own road to being ready.