Storing gear in roofbox during summer

Just some thoughts I have:

Is the car + box kept in a garage or always in the shade? I'm thinking that after months in direct Colorado sun, some of the nylon gear might delaminate. Keep in mind, I have no scientific basis for this, just wondering.

Maybe keep everything in a few clear plastic containers in one place near a main exit, i.e. a door to the garage, in the garage, next to the front door. One for all the dog stuff, one or more for the gear, one for food and water items.

Think about making a master list, typed, in a ziploc bag or sheet protector, with all the items you'd need. Include everything you can think of now, like keys, a list of passwords and account info (mortgage, financial, insurance numbers, important phone numbers + addresses, etc), cell phone chargers, external hard drives or laptops and so on. If you only have 10 minutes, at least you would have a list to follow and organize your thoughts.

Good luck!

Thanks for your feedback and suggestions, Steven. My car is usually garaged most of the day, but with temps >100F, the garage gets to the high 80s and low 90s.

Most of our essentials are already organized close to the garage door for a quick exit, but my outdoor gear is spread across a couple of closets. Time to box them up and keep them near the essentials for a quick getaway. Priority-wise, the gear is well down the list, but I was thinking of a single tent, bags and pads as an alternative to being holed up in an official evacuation center.

What we do whenever fire danger gets too high is get a storage space in town for the summer. We move everything that is of significant value (personal, not monetary) to us to the space for the summer. We drop backups off as needed. Doing that this evening as a matter of fact. In 15 years, we've evacuated once, been told to evacuate another but that was rescinded, and been on evacuation watch 2 more times. The time we evacuated we were given 2 hours. So we haven't been rushed yet. But our evacuation plan is now simply load up the kids and animals and go. I have grabbed my gear since I had time. But I wouldn't worry about it if I couldn't get it. Homeowners will cover it. And if you do own your home, your insurance should also cover a hotel for the days you are evacuated.

I also do a yearly video tour of the house showing all the furniture, electronics, tools, etc. That disc gets taken to the storage space as well. Gives you something to take to your insurance if you need to.

I don't really know if heat is harmful to the gear. I have a large attic I can store the gear in but I keep it in a room in the basement because I assumed cooler was better than hotter. I;ll be interested to see what others say.

We were evacuated two years ago during the Fourmile Canyon fire. The closest it came was about 3.5 miles to our house, but winds were erratic and power was cut to the entire community. We were out of town when the evacuations came, and we had no chance to get back in until after the orders were lifted. I've spent much time since then improving the protective perimeter around the house, and we have a plan in place for the essentials. I hadn't added outdoor gear to that list but thought I'd ask about heat and its effect on tents, sleeping bags, air mats and the like.

An offsite location makes a lot of sense. Short term it'll probably be my wife's office, until she complains about tripping over my gear for the nth time :-)