I have a plan for hunkering down and a plan for evacuation, depending on which is required I would like to be prepared.
They are for zombies of course, but also for any apocalypse that doesn't result in the world literally on fire.
If staying put is an option I will do so, at least for a time.
I live in a town that has a population of about 1400, which includes a lot of the surrounding farms, so there would be considerably less zombies to deal with/competition for resources than the more metropolitan areas.
At the first signs of impending doom myself, my family, and a few friends will meet at my house if possible.
It is ideally located nearly outside of town, very covered from the main road and both sides so we can remain unseen more easily, field out back with clear line of site for a very good distance so nothing can sneak up behind us, small house so it is easy to defend, a creek runs through my yard which means fresh water within arms reach, one neighbour is a functional produce farm which means tools and many handy supplies and depending on the season a field full of corn/wheat/beans, the other neighbour is a municipal warehouse loaded with building/roadwork supplies, tools, gravel, salt, etc and at any given time heavy machinery like backhoes, front end loaders, transport trucks and various tractors.
My friend Reid will bring his camping gear for obvious reasons, his firearms(a few shotguns, a .22 rifle and a hunting rifle) and if possible he will grab what he can from the gun store that is down the street from his house. Not a guarantee that will pan out but worth a shot (tisk) for the extra guns and more importantly, ammo for the ones we have. He will also load his truck up with any food and water he has as well as any other supplies he can manage. My parents live across the street from me so loading everything they have supply wise up and moving it here is not necessary, it is well within reach. Just what they need to hunker down and arm up if need be. They have no guns, but my dad collects knives and had several machetes. Reid's sister is a PSW and has access to all sorts of meds and equipment for general medical practices. She is a must.
If zombies are the name of the game we fortify all windows and doors with flooring that I have collected from my work, which is all at least 1 5/8" thick oak or maple and therefore sturdy as hell. And I have more than enough to cover all entrances to the house so there will be leftovers for other building or burning for heat/cooking. Then I remove the stairs to the second floor and make that the place we all sleep and maintain it as a fall back for if the house is breached. My bedroom window exits on to the front porch roof which is perfect egress to the front yard with relative ease if the second floor is compromised.
If there are no zombies than I will leave the stairs where they are and fortify basically the same only with a few more escape points for if assholes show up and do a good old fashioned raid and we cannot defend.
Short term this works perfectly.
Lots of supplies readily available, building materials on all sides for fortification, familiar territory (lived in my town for twenty five years now) which means better chance of banding together with survivors and smaller chance of people turning on one another.
My long term plans are to either stay put or leave and make my way to Algonquin park up North.
If there are enough survivors left at home to group together and fortify on a larger scale than home is the place to be.
Lots of farm land and probably farmers around to work the land for food and lots of manpower to make things work.
If zombies are the threat and there are very few survivors at home I will most likely leave because though the number of zombies may be low compared to large cities there are still enough small towns nearby to make continued survival difficult. And if there aren't many left alive there wouldn't be the potential for a community and a bit larger scale fortification/rebuilding. Which means that getting my small group to a remote area is the ideal plan. Less people/zombies means less threat overall.
In this case the plan starts out the same with everyone gearing up and getting to my house.
Reid brings guns & ammo as well as some produce seed from his family's farm (corn and winter wheat so we can make bread like nobody's business), parents bring food and water mostly, I bring my camping hear and load up all food and such that I have.
There are almost always large water tankers next door at the municipal warehouse and also the smaller trailer style tanks.
We load up Reid's truck with whatever supplies fit with room for people, hitch up one of the smaller water tanks to it which we fill with water.
Do the same to my parents truck only the tank will be filled with fuel for the vehicles and the generators my dad and Reid have.
There are fuel pumps and a mainline water valve at the warehouse so filling them up is no problem to do quickly.
We then load up whatever building supplies we can get on to the trucks for when we get to our destination.
Mostly rolls of chain link fence and stuff like screws, posts and cable/wire.
If need be I have lines on several other trucks that I can acquire to balance the load.
Then we leave, taking back roads through rural areas instead of the highway.
The highway would most likely be a cluster fuck of people trying to escape as well, or littered with abandoned vehicles and obstructions that are better off avoided.
It is a four or five hour drive from here to Algonquin park using the highways, so taking the back roads that run roughly parallel to those highways will most likely add at least a handful of hours to the drive, which is fairly easily done given the amount of fuel we will bring with us,
Provided we safely get to Algonquin park I plan on driving as far as possible in to a remote area that I haven't nailed down yet and setting up temporary camp around the vehicles. We scout the area for the best spot to more permanently dig in and start moving supplies there from the vehicles. Ideally I would want a small island that is within canoe distance from mainland, preferably elevated enough to provide vantage of the surrounding area and reduce the risk of flooding some rainy season. I have been around the park area a few times before and an island like that would not be tough to find. Then we use the chain link fence we brought to set up and underwater perimeter around the island so nothing can walk along the bottom and get to us, and make a floating barrier out of whatever debris/canoes are in the area. There are obscene numbers of boats and watercraft in cottage country so this should be easy enough. This is so no one else in boats and just romp up and make land. They would need to use the access points we set up for our own use which would be monitored for exactly that. The park is abundant in fresh water thanks to the great lakes and loaded with wildlife due to it being a giant untamed national park. The trade off on having lots of deer and rabbits and such to live off of at first is that there are bears/wolves/mountain lions kicking around in some areas. Which is not ideal, but people have lived along side these guys for a long time, and we will have weaponry and counter measures in place to deter their presence sooner or later. Well worth the hazard to live in a remote wilderness area that is far removed from zombies and people alike that we can easily hunt in and eventually farm a bit to establish more solid food resources. Also, there are caves all over the place up there so for the first few winters we can hole up there to offset the temperature (which is fucking cold) and in the summer the caves can be used to keep food refrigerated for prolonged keeping.
And those are my rough plans for if and when shit hits the fan.
They aren't perfect, but they are a good step in the right direction for keeping myself and my people alive for as long as I can.
On the note of weaponry, I think a mix of firearms and hand to hand weapons is the best bet.
Guns are great, but being quit is sometimes necessary and shit might get real close to you real fast and shooting may not be a safe or effective option.
A .22 rifle is the absolute best option for most situations I can think of.
The rifle is light and the ammo is crazy light compared to other options, it is quiet compared to other firearms (especially if you have subsonic rounds), and you don't really need anything more powerful than a .22 round to murder something in it's face, especially if that thing is a soft rotting zombie skull.
Everything else is super loud and not what you would want to shoot off in a zombie scenario because you will be up to your balls (or lady balls) in zombies in no time.
I have a re-curve bow that will definitely be in my arsenal for the scenarios that suite it best.
Most likely hunting so that I do not waste ammo.
I would also trap a lot for hunting because why waste time chasing things down when you can make them murder themselves and collect at a later time.
My hand to hand weapons are a bit varied, but I like to have options.
I carry two knives and my kukri machete on me when I go camping, which would also be on my person at all times in an apocalypse.
This is they:
The wood handle knife is my go to tool for everything and the black handle Smith & Wesson knife is my backup for if I fuck up my go to.
The machete is an awesome tool.
Mine isn't a big long clunker so it's easy to manage, and the kukri style blade is great for giving me some more weight and momentum at the end for a more hatchet like function than other blade styles. Awesome for cutting down trees, snapping brush, and mashing skulls.
I would also carry two crowbars with me if I were to end up in a more metropolitan area.
Not full size ones, the smaller half size jobs because that shit gets heavy when coupled with all of my other gear.
They would be ideal because they are simple blunt weapons that you will never break and never have to sharpen, can be used to pry open stuff like doors and windows for easy entrances and exits, and any other prying needs you may have. I would also rig wrist loops to the spiked ends of my crowbars made of this 200lb test rope that I have that is crazy thin. Triple braided it is about as thick as a shoelace. This way I can loop them on to my wrists and use them as climbing hooks for getting my ass off the street in a hurry if I need to go up a wall and can't quite do it by hand. Extra reach, hooks for hooking piped and ledges, wrist loops so I don't slip and let go of the bars whilst madly climbing for my life.
I think that's about it.
The rest would be a figure it out as I go romp through the apocalypse.
Luckily I am pretty clever and entirely confident in my ability to survive whatever bullshit gets thrown my way.
Above all survival preparation that someone can make, the will to survive and the stubbornness to not die is what really makes someone a survivor.