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Emergency bag, no number of days
No number
advice, but no count of days
Read thisThe guide asks for at least 72 hours of medicines only for a family member with a particular condition. We read it on municipal websites, because the commission's own site would not open for us.
The national emergency commission tells families to keep an emergency bag to see them through until help arrives. It gives no number of days for the household.
“nos asegura que con sus artículos adecuados, la familia podrá sobrevivir ante una emergencia, mientras llega la ayuda del Comité Comunal o del Comité Municipal de Emergencias.”
it assures us that, with the right items, the family will be able to survive an emergency while help arrives from the Community or Municipal Emergency Committee.
The figure over time
Every dated step
12 Aug 2026
RestatedThe eighth national drill is announced for this date, with people practising their own emergency plans. We read of it in press and saw no number of days.
El Observador ↗Press
Jun 2023
RewordedA later version of the guide, undated in a file made in June 2023, lists the bag's contents and still gives no number of days for the household.
CNE, municipal copy ↗OfficialWeak baseline
2016
First seenThe commission's family plan guide mentions an emergency bag, with no number of days.
CNE, municipal copy ↗Official