A “emergency bag“for every French person in the event ofevacuation It front of extreme weather events : this is one of the recommendations of the French Red Cross in a report on the resilience of French society, which notes a lack of preparation.
Floods, fires, heatwaves: the majority of French people are not prepared
Heatwave, drought, forest fires, floods: the climate deregulation is already part of the daily life of the French but they are not ready to respond to it, estimates a study by the Red Cross, in collaboration with the Research Center for the Study and Observation of Living Conditions (Crédoc), published Thursday April 25.
“75% (of the French) do not feel prepared in the face of floods, 73% It front of forest fires, 59% in front of the heat wave“, according to an OpinionWay survey for the French Red Cross. “Preparing for crises is everyone’s business. It concerns, of course, the authoritiesbut also the associative and private actorsas well as citizens“, declared to theAFP Philippe Da Costa, president of the French Red Cross.
A “catakit” to be ready in the event of an evacuation
To face “the inevitable“, the association has ten recommendations. Whose constitution of “Catakit“, one emergency bag per person, ready in the event of an evacuation and including, for example, non-perishable food, water, a first aid kit, clothing and a flashlight, to wait for help to arrive. “Alone 11% of French people have a emergency bag ready, and less than half know the essential objects that need to be put inside“, details the OpinionWay survey.
Another recommendation:trainingto gesturesand behaviorswho save. “Today it is estimated that only 40% the number of French people who have recently followed a training in life-saving actionscompared to 95% in Norway or 80% in Germany“, notes the report. However, recalls the Red Cross, “if individuals are informed and trained, the impact of extreme climatic events on populations will be less and material damage reduced“.
Extreme weather events more frequent, more intense, longer
The association suggests that every French person has at least a minimum knowledge of the vital reflexes : “know how to identify sound alerts, behave correctly in the event of a disaster” in addition to mastering life-saving actions.
“Extreme climatic events manifest themselves in ways more common, more intense, longerAnd more extensive geographically“, recalls Philippe Da Costa. “All French and Overseas territories are concerned“.
For the Red Cross, “there is no no fatality“.”Prepare to know how to act before crises and how to react during crises” will be able to limit the impact of extreme climatic events on populations.
