Mexico

48-hour bag, reserve box for 2 more days

National, with limits

2–4

days

Read this4 days is our sum of the 48-hour backpack and the two-day box. CENAPRED's family plan booklet says food and bottled water for two days. The newest dated figure we found from CENAPRED itself is from December 2019.

CENAPRED's newest dated article says a backpack for the first 48 hours, plus a reserve box for two more days. Its 2018 articles, still online, say 72 hours, and it has not announced a change.

“prepara una mochila de emergencia, la cual te ayudará afrontar las primeras 48 horas después de un desastre. [...] También planea una caja de reserva, la cual, si continúa la emergencia, te permitirá sobrevivir dos días más.”

prepare an emergency backpack, which will help you face the first 48 hours after a disaster. [...] Also plan a reserve box which, if the emergency continues, will let you survive two more days.

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The figure over time

Days over time, from the first date we can document. Yellow marks a range.

Every dated step

31 Oct 2026
Restated
A CENAPRED article for older people mentions the emergency backpack without a number of days, and cites its own 2017 article.
CENAPRED ↗Official
19 Sep 2026
Restated2
On the day of the second national drill, the federal agriculture ministry describes the backpack as an aid for the first 48 hours.
Secretaría de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural ↗Official
6 May 2026
Restated
First national drill of 2026, called by the civil protection coordinator. The announcement gives no number of days for households.
Secretaría de Seguridad y Protección Ciudadana ↗Official
30 Dec 2019
Reworded3 → 2–4
A CENAPRED article says the backpack covers the first 48 hours and a reserve box two more days. Not announced as a change, and the 2018 articles stay online.
CENAPRED ↗Official
27 Nov 2018
Restated3
A CENAPRED article repeats that the backpack helps you survive the first 72 hours.
CENAPRED ↗Official
16 Apr 2018
Reworded2 → 3
A CENAPRED article says backpack items should last 72 hours. Not announced as an increase.
CENAPRED ↗Official
2 May 2017
Restated2
A CENAPRED article on the emergency backpack asks for tinned food and bottled water for two days.
CENAPRED ↗Official
Apr 2012
First seen2
CENAPRED's family plan booklet, in its April 2012 reprint, says to have tinned food and bottled water for two days. Food and water only. An electronic version was issued in 2021.
CENAPRED ↗Official