PrépaCivile

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Prevention, action and recovery: the uses of PrépaCivile.

Updated on 1 November 2026.

In this page
  1. Discover the features of the PrépaCivile app
  2. PREVENTION
  3. ACTION
  4. RETAILING

Discover the features of the PrépaCivile app

Navigate easily among the preparation, action and recovery modules. Each tile offers a concrete tool to strengthen your resilience.


PREVENTION

✅ Personal profile

Manage your basic information (first name, status, level of preparation). You can also see your progress and adjust your plan.

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family plan

Create your cell (family, neighbours or team) — you can join several of them — add your loved ones, define gathering points and assign roles to each in case of emergency.

🚩 Local risks

Discover the main risks that affect your municipality (flood, forest fire, ice, etc.) at your municipality level.

🎓 Competences

Test your knowledge of survival, first aid, emergency communication, food, water, etc. Get a score and personalized advice.

📍 Offline cards (temporarily disabled)

Function removed for the moment, the time to rely on it: no reactivation date is announced.

📡 Local alerts

Receive Environment Canada's official alerts for your area (extreme weather, notices, closures). Your area automatically updates to your location, or you choose it by hand.

🧠 Self-assessment

Take stock of your overall level of preparation through a course of preparation themes. Results, advice, progress follow-up.

🎯 Plan according to my locality

Turn your municipality's risks into additions to your 72-hour kit, with reminders adapted to Quebec seasons.

🏃 Guided exercise

A training scenario per month, chosen according to the risks of your locality, to practice with your family.


ACTION

🚨 Trigger an alert

Are you a witness or victim of an event? Make an alert to your family to report an emergency: evacuation, sheltering in place, incident.

🧭 Follow-up by members

View the GPS position of your family members (with their consent) and declared status (safe, need help, critical emergency), and contact them.

🧰 Intervention kit

Check your ideal 72h kit (with or without children, animals, particular health), check its contents, add items.

📝 Crisis log

Keep an event log: what happened, when, where, with whom. Add photos, notes, GPS, documents. Useful for memory or insurance.

📢 Crisis communication

Message templates ready to send to your loved ones or authorities. Stay clear and organized, even under pressure.

📍 Point of assembly

Register your meeting places (home of a relative, gas station, refuge) with map and photo to find easily there.

🆘 Report a situation

Allows you to document an observed incident: breakdown of infrastructure, injury, escape, danger. Can be shared with your loved ones or kept for reference.

📋 Intervention protocols

Protocols supported by official sources (earthquake, fire, flood, heat wave, active shooter and others), with filters by category and level.

🧭 Incident co-pilot

Highlights useful protocols according to the severity of alerting your cell.

🏘️ Solidarity neighbourhoods and Location in the neighbourhood

Organize self-help in your neighbourhood and follow a clear path to act without intervention: call 911, contact the non-emergency police, record observable facts.


RETAILING

🔁 Back to normal

Recovery checklist after an emergency: restore services, check damages, reorganize.

🧾 Intervention review

Analyze what worked well or not. Note the strengths, gaps and plan improvements.

📸 Damage Gallery

Take pictures of the affected places, objects, vehicles or people. Archive for your insurance or records.

📑 Insurance & compensation

Follow your claims, insurance contacts, required documents, steps to complete.

📅 Monitoring & deadlines

Plan the steps to follow after the crisis: calls, repairs, appointments, revisions of your plans. Integrated notifications.

🧹 Cleaning & Repairs

Detailed checklist for post-crisis cleaning: safety, hygiene, damaged materials, areas to be disinfected.

🗂 Administrative procedures

Quick access to forms, numbers and aids available depending on the situation (loss of housing, financial assistance, CNESST, etc.)