Slovenia's official advice is less a kit than a well-stocked home. It asks for water for at least three days, gives a detailed food list for a whole month, and sets a far larger water allowance than most national guides. Here is what it says.
The official guide
- Title: Bodite pripravljeni ob nesrečah ("Be prepared for disasters")
- Publisher: Uprava Republike Slovenije za zaščito in reševanje (URSZR), the Administration for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief, on GOV.SI
- Last updated: 7 October 2026
- Horizon: water for at least three days
- Link: gov.si (Slovenian)
Water: 7.5 litres per person per day
The page asks you to keep a permanent stock of drinking water for at least three days. In a disaster, it says, the minimum is 7.5 litres of drinking water per person per day, which can last for two to three days at most. After that, the amount should rise to at least 20 litres per person per day, or 15 in exceptional cases.
That is far more than the 2 litres of Germany and France or the 3 of Sweden and the Netherlands, because it covers cooking and hygiene, not just drinking. For a household of four over three days, 7.5 litres a day means 90 litres. Bottles for drinking plus containers filled from the tap for washing is the realistic way to get there.
The page also suggests keeping something to disinfect water, and notes that your water utility may order you to boil water when it poses a health risk.
A month of food for one adult
Slovenia's food list is unusually precise. It gives quantities for one adult for 30 days, to be checked twice a year. A selection:
| Food | For 30 days |
|---|---|
| Wholegrain pasta | 2,500 g |
| Rice, barley and other grains | 2,000 g |
| Flour | 3,000 g |
| Potatoes | 3,000 g |
| Dried beans, lentils or soya | 1,000 g |
| Rusks | 1,000 g |
| Tinned fish | 500 g |
| Tinned peas, sweetcorn and beans | 500 g each |
| Tinned fruit | 1,500 g |
| Honey | 1,000 g |
| Sterilised milk | 4 litres |
| Cooking oil | 1 litre |
| Nuts | 400 g |
| Dried fruit | 600 g |
| Table water | 10 litres |
The full list also includes tinned meat and meat sauce, cured meat, sauerkraut, pickled beetroot, jam, juices, hard cheese, butter, energy bars, chocolate, iodised salt, dried yeast, tea and coffee. The page stresses that the 10 litres of table water are on top of your drinking-water stock. For cooking, it suggests a gas stove and a can opener.
Everything else
- Home medicine cabinet: the medicines you take regularly; remedies for fever, pain and digestive upsets; bandages, plasters and gauze; a thermometer, scissors and tweezers; hand disinfectant; spare batteries for medical devices.
- Hygiene: soap and shampoo, toothpaste and toothbrushes, toilet paper, sanitary pads, nappies, washing powder, disinfectants, cleaning products, insect repellents, and bin bags.
- Clothes: warm and waterproof clothes, gloves, blankets.
- Light: a battery torch, both hand-held and head torch, or light sticks. Candles and matches too, but don't light them if there is any risk of explosion.
- Information: a battery radio, with spare batteries.
- Documents and valuables in waterproof, fireproof boxes.
- Cash in small notes, as far as you can afford it.
- Tools to deal with the aftermath of the kind of disaster you expect.
How Slovenia compares
Our data counts 24 of our items in Slovenia's advice. None of them is rare: each appears in at least five of the 24 guides. Its standout features are the water allowance and the month-long food table.
What it leaves out is a power bank, which 19 of the 24 guides list. With a battery radio you will hear the news, but a phone you can charge lets you call family and receive alerts.
Build yours
Our checklist covers Slovenia's list and scales it to your household; start at 3 days and build from there. For water, see how much water to store.