A public-interest readiness tool built for real local use
Stay Ready Now was built to make disaster risk easier to understand, more actionable, and more connected to the realities families in Alameda County face.
Adan J Allen
Founder, developer, and Alameda County builder focused on creating technology that serves people in moments when clarity matters most.
The project started from a simple problem: hazard information often exists, but it is hard for families to interpret quickly. Maps can be technical. Preparedness guidance can feel generic. Local planning documents can be important but inaccessible.
Stay Ready Now pulls those layers together into one product experience: a person enters a location, sees a clean summary, explores the map, and then opens hazard pages that translate Oakland LHMP-style information into practical next steps.
The goal is not just to display data. The goal is to help someone know what deserves attention and what to do next.
Local by design
The app is grounded in Alameda County and uses Oakland hazard context where that planning data is most meaningful.
Guided experience
The UX is organized around a clear path from location input to summary, map, and hazard-specific guidance.
Built for households
The product is meant to feel useful to an everyday resident, not only to someone already fluent in emergency planning language.
Built through a community-centered lens
This project reflects the belief that emergency technology should feel understandable, respectful, and practical for the people who may rely on it under stress.
That means better copy, clearer navigation, stronger defaults, and a product flow that helps people keep moving instead of getting lost between features.
Technology with purpose
Stay Ready Now was developed in the spirit of building technology that creates positive local impact, strengthens communities, and turns technical skill into something public-facing and useful.
The project’s direction is shaped by the idea that good software is not just functional. It should help people feel more prepared and more capable.
See the app in the intended order
For the strongest experience, start with the home page location form, continue into the risk summary, then use the map and hazard dashboard to go deeper.