Czechia's official list is one dense leaflet, and it is the longest of the 24 national guides we compiled. It covers two things: emergency supplies for 72 hours at home, and what to pack in an evacuation bag. Here is what it says.
The official guide
- Title: Co si připravit na 72 hodin krizové situace? ("What to prepare for 72 hours of a crisis?")
- Publisher: Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic, with the campaign site 72h.gov.cz
- Year: 2025
- Horizon: 72 hours
- Link: 72h.gov.cz checklist (PDF, Czech)
The leaflet says it was written with crisis management and communication experts. A QR code on it leads to English and Ukrainian versions.
The most important supplies
- Bottled drinking water. The guide says that in an emergency an adult can manage on 2 litres a day.
- Water containers: jerrycans or other containers that close.
- Long-life food.
- A first-aid kit and the medicines you need for a week.
- A battery radio and torch.
- Cash: coins and notes of different values.
For a household of four over 72 hours, 2 litres a day comes to 24 litres to drink. Water in containers, filled from the tap when a warning comes, covers washing and flushing.
Long-life food, for example
Bottled water, cordials and juices; long-life milk; long-life bread; cereals, muesli, oats, nuts and seeds; tinned meat and beans; tinned fruit and vegetables; jam, honey and preserves; dried fruit and dried meat; energy and protein bars, biscuits, chocolate and glucose.
What else to have ready
- A charged power bank and spare batteries
- Copies of important documents
- A gas stove and matches
- Hand sanitiser
- Toilet paper and hygiene products
- Pet food
- A multi-purpose knife
- A fire extinguisher or fire blanket
- Strong adhesive tape
- Bin bags
- A full fuel tank in the car, or a charged battery in an electric car
The evacuation bag
- Personal items: ID card, passport, health insurance card; copies of important documents; birth and marriage certificates and important contracts; keys; cash and payment cards.
- Health and hygiene: a first-aid kit and a week of regular medicines, with a note of how you take them; painkillers and remedies for fever and diarrhoea; bandages and plasters; wound and hand disinfectant; disposable gloves; glasses or contact lenses; toilet paper and hygiene products; a towel; a tourniquet; a foil rescue blanket; respirators; a thermometer; tweezers and scissors.
- Food and drink: bottled water (again, 2 litres a day for an adult), a day's long-life food, a mug, bowl and cutlery, a multi-purpose knife.
- Clothes and sleeping: sturdy shoes and a rain cape, a change of clothes and underwear, a sleeping bag or blanket, a sleeping mat.
- Electronics: a phone and charger; your family's numbers written on paper; a battery radio and torch; a charged power bank, spare batteries and cables.
- Pets: food, medicines and bowls; a carrier, muzzle and lead.
- Entertainment: pencil and paper; a book, magazine or board game; toys for children.
How Czechia compares
Our data counts 37 of our 51 items in the Czech list, more than any other guide. There is no item listed by 18 or more guides that it leaves out. Three of its items appear in four guides or fewer:
- A full fuel tank. Only Czechia, Estonia, Slovakia and Greece list a fuel tank. Pumps need power, and a car is both a way out and a phone charger.
- A mug, bowl and cutlery, which only Latvia, Czechia, Austria and Bulgaria list.
- A sleeping mat, with Latvia, Poland and Slovakia.
Two details go beyond our list: a tourniquet in the bag, and a note for electric cars to keep the battery charged.
Build yours
Our checklist covers the Czech home supplies and scales them to your household. For the evacuation bag, see our grab bag checklist.