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Ideally, you should have an emergency kit at your home, which can provide for the needs of the family for three days.PHOTO : getty images/istockphoto / fstop123

Governments remind us of this from time to time, but it’s often when a major power outage or other disaster hits us that we realize how prepared we are…or not. Every household should have an emergency kit to be able to survive at least 72 hours. Prudent’s senior adviser, Daniel Dancause, says this is, historically, the maximum duration of claims. And what should the emergency kit contain? Just prepare as if you were going camping, according to Mr. Dancause.

Obviously, the emergency content will vary from household to household depending on the vulnerability of each, both in terms of people’s health and where they are.

Daniel Dancause also insists on the importance of being independent if disaster strikes.

In major disasters, emergency services are overwhelmed. It’s unthinkable to think that a city can come to the rescue of everyone instantlyhe argues.

In this interview, he gives several concrete examples of elements not to forget for this famous kit.