This must include the emergency kit proposed by the EU before the dangers as a great blackout
Tension in Europe is increasing. The Secretary General of TakeMark Rutte, said yesterday that taking into account the latest technologies of Russian missiles“The difference between An attack on Warsaw or an attack in Madrid is 10 minutes“, Put the importance of improving the safety of countries on the table without taking into account their proximity to the eastern side.
The European Union announced on Wednesday Europeans should start preparing for future difficulties To which the old continent can face, including wars, health crises, natural catastrophes and IT attacks. But what exactly should emergency kits contain?
In the strategy presented, the European Commission urges the 27 Member States to ensure that citizens have An emergency kit This allows them to be self -sufficient during a minimum of 72 hours In the event that they remain without essential supplies.
The plan intends harmonize guidelines in European countries To ensure that “everyone, at different levels, must speak, a manual of what must be done when the sirens play,” said a high EU official “Euronews”, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
What should emergency kits include?
The Commission did not specify What should that kitBut several European countries have already published lists of elements that are key To survive a few days without basic supplies. The French executive, for example, asks to include:
- Bottle water (Minimum 5 liters per person)
- Food easy to prepare and preferably non -perishable
- A Radio Pilas
- A flashlight
- A Replacement battery for mobile device
- AND Hornillo or portable cuisine (and packaged gas)
- Fuel
- Correspondences
- Cash
- Medicine
- Iodine pills
- First aid material
- Adhesive tape
- A fire extinguisher
- Hygiene items
In general, the survival kit in case of emergencies must also allow to be self -sufficient without basic supplies For at least 72 hours.
Moreover, The Netherlands have also recommended its population who maintain cash, Canned foods, water and batteries. In a video published on the Social Network X, the European Commissioner for Equality, the preparation and management of crises, Hadja Lahbib, teaches what leads to his bag to be prepared before an emergency:
The Spanish government requires calm
Although Europe is in a situation of uncertainty, the first vice -president and minister of finance, María Jesús Monterolaunched this week A message of “tranquility” To citizens. “We are outstanding, we are vigilant and we are working on peace,” he told several journalists in the halls of the Senate. However, it is “logical” to which you have to prepare yourself The worst caseHe added the minister.
For his part, the Foreign Minister, José Manuel AlbaresHe explained in an interview with “tve” that “we must not disturb, Nobody is preparing for a war“, With reference to EU recommendations.
The plan that Brussels has developed also includes Periodic exercises in European schools And asked to be established A day of EU preparation For children to learn to face emergencies, an initiative that also want to introduce in key sectors such as health care, transport and telecommunications.
