While the government is preparing a national plan to adapt to global warming which will be unveiled by this summer, the Red Cross unveiled this Thursday, April 25, ten recommendations in the face of extreme weather events, including an “emergency bag” for every French person. .
A proposal studied by the government according to the entourage of Christophe Béchu, Minister of Ecological Transition, cited by Le Figaro.
The French “do not feel prepared”
In this “catakit” drinking water, a first aid kit with medicines, non-perishable food, warm clothes, a flashlight with spare batteries and a battery-operated radio and objects for signaling its presence, waterproof pouch with copy of identity papers… Currently“ only 11% of French people have an emergency bag ready, and less than half know the essential items to put in it », Details an OpinionWay survey for the French Red Cross.
Another lesson from this study in collaboration with the Research Center for the Study and Observation of Living Conditions (Crédoc): “ 75% (of French people) do not feel prepared for floods, 73% for forest fires, 59% for heatwaves. »
Training in life-saving actions
The Red Cross also recommends training in life-saving actions. “ Today, it is estimated that only 40% of French people have recently received training in life-saving gestures, compared to 95% in Norway or 80% in Germany. », notes the report.
The association suggests that every French person have at least a minimum knowledge of vital reflexes: “know how to identify sound alerts, behave correctly in the event of a disaster” in addition to mastering life-saving actions.
“Everyone’s business”
“ Extreme climatic events occur more frequently, more intensely, longer and more geographically.t, underlines Philippe Da Costa, president of the French Red Cross to AFP. “ All French and Overseas territories are concerned. »
There is also the idea of setting up a “very hot plan”, inspired by the “very cold plan”, in order to help the most deprived during heatwaves by identifying reception places giving access to freshness and drinking water.
Philippe Da Costa insists that “preparing for crises is everyone’s business”: “ It obviously concerns public authorities, but also associative and private actors, as well as citizens. »
