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PrépaCivile route · 52 stages
52 weeks to strengthen your preparedness
A weekly project to consolidate resources, practice useful skills and install sustainable preparation.
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Each week offers a complete action and its dedicated PrépaCivile sheet. Go ahead in order or return to a priority need; the numbers and your progress remain the same.
The pace is a proposal, not a deadline. Some steps require an appointment, training or outside help. Adapt the steps to people, housing and budget. "Not applicable" means that you have checked that the step does not concern your situation.
Weeks 1-17
Organizing the essentials of the home
Week 1 To do
Start Food Reserve
Your action
Count the usual meals already available and choose a realistic first amount to complete gradually.
To complete this step
The quantities correspond to the household; meals are still feasible with the means provided.
Read the sheet of the week : Week 1 : organize a short-term food reserve
Week 2 To do
Inventorying equipment
Your action
Sort resources by function and test useful objects before planning a purchase.
To complete this step
The objects work; their location and consumables are noted.
Read the sheet of the week : Week 2 : inventory and organize its material
Week 3 To do
Organize first aid
Your action
Invent the kit, check dates and identify recognized training adapted to the household.
To complete this step
The kit is accessible; the help numbers and limitations of known gestures are clear.
Read the sheet of the week: Week 3: organize first aid
Week 4 To do
Preparing for communications
Your action
Choose your alert sources, an external contact and a solution if the mobile network is disturbed.
To complete this step
The contact information is on paper; each person knows the message to be transmitted.
Read the sheet of the week: Week 4: preparing the papers
Week 5 To do
Provide for the needs of animals
Your action
Calculate the usual needs of the animal and check its transport and reception conditions.
To complete this step
The prescribed treatments and identification are up-to-date; the veterinarian remains the reference for care.
Read the sheet of the week : Week 5 : predicting the needs of animals
Week 6 To do
Arrange a departure
Your action
Confirm two possible destinations and means of transport, with the needs of all concerned.
To complete this step
The hosts or reception places are checked; a solution exists if the first journey is closed.
Read the sheet of the week : Week 6 : organize a departure
Week 7 To do
Check home security
Your action
Inspect exits, lighting and alarms according to housing instructions.
To complete this step
The passages remain free; technical defects are entrusted to the competent professionals.
Read the card of the week : Week 7 : check the security of the home
Week 8 To do
Prepare daily hygiene
Your action
Gather the appropriate hygiene resources and consider water or sanitary interruptions.
To complete this step
Waste disposal follows local instructions; products are used according to their label.
Read the sheet of the week: Week 8: preparing daily hygiene
Week 9 To do
Complete the care plan
Your action
Take up health needs with the individuals concerned and the pharmacist, including barriers to access to treatment.
To complete this step
Useful orders and contacts are available to authorized persons.
Read the sheet of the week: Week 9: completing the care plan
Week 10 To do
Preparing oral health
Your action
Check the usual hygiene products and note where to get a consultation in case of problems.
To complete this step
The dentist's coordinates are accessible; no improvised invasive care is provided.
Read the sheet of the week: Oral preparation: hygiene, contact and access to care
Week 11 To do
Consolidate Reserve Meals
Your action
Compose complete meals from your inventory, with a rotation compatible with the usual diet.
To complete this step
Special needs and allergens are taken into account; quantities are verifiable.
Read the sheet of the week: Week 11: consolidating the reserve meals
Week 12 To do
Revise the emergency budget
Your action
Encrypt the essential expenses of an interruption and prioritize a realistic margin without credit purchases imposed by the route.
To complete this step
Priorities are written; alternative means of payment are feasible.
Read the sheet of the week: Week 12: revising the emergency budget
Week 13 To do
Maintaining benchmarks and support
Your action
Discuss the routines, social ties and beliefs that help everyone maintain a balance, without imposing a common practice.
To complete this step
Each person can name a support resource and a useful routine.
Read the sheet of the week: Week 13: Preserving landmarks and support
Week 14 To do
Simplifying decisions under stress
Your action
Prepare a short list of first actions for a plausible scenario, with a pause moment and a relay.
To complete this step
The instructions are kept on a page; uncertain information remains identified.
Read the sheet of the week: Week 14: simplifying decisions under stress
Week 15 To do
Preparing for access to care
Your action
Check how to call 911, give the address and facilitate access to the location, without delaying an urgent call.
To complete this step
Localization information is available; emergency reception is provided if possible.
Read the sheet of the week: Week 15: completing first aid and preparing access to care
Week 16 To do
Choosing useful tools
Your action
Associate each tool with an authorized and controlled task, then test its grip and storage.
To complete this step
Protections and notices are available; the tool does not replace a professional.
Read the sheet of the week: Week 16: Choosing useful tools
Week 17 To do
Check the water supply
Your action
Use the water calculator to prepare the quantities of the fireplace and distinguish between drinking water, official uses and notices.
To complete this step
Containers are adapted; a resupply solution is identified.
Read the sheet of the week: Week 17: preparing drinking water and its treatments
Week 18 to 37
Strengthening resources and back-up solutions
Week 18 To do
Choosing conservation methods
Your action
Classify foods according to their conservation and consult the sanitary instructions before testing a method.
To complete this step
Canning recipes are tested; no universal duration is assumed.
Read the sheet of the week : Week 18 : choose conservation methods
Week 19 To do
Organize containers
Your action
Check the formats, closures and intended uses of containers, then label what needs to be followed.
To complete this step
Food contact and loading are adapted; containers do not block exits.
Read the sheet of the week: Week 19: organizing containers
Week 20 To do
Assessing an expansion of reserves
Your action
Calculate the quantities for a selected time depending on your budget and space; 30 days remains an option to evaluate.
To complete this step
Storage and rotation are still possible; basic needs are covered before expanding.
Read the sheet of the week: Week 20: planning a month of reserve meals
Week 21 To do
Clarifying energy continuity
Your action
Invent electrical needs and choose safe solutions to examine with a professional, including fuel constraints.
To complete this step
No external combustion appliances are provided for indoors; storage and building rules are verified.
Read the sheet of the week: Week 21: predicting energy and fuel without unnecessary risk
Week 22 To do
Test alternative resources
Your action
Choose a current resource outage and try a back-up solution without voluntarily interrupting an essential service.
To complete this step
The test is safe; limits and consumables are noted.
Read the sheet of the week : Week 22 : maintenance of the household's manual tools
Week 23 To do
Preventing around the home
Your action
Identify obstacles, poorly lit areas and aid resources, then choose an improvement that respects neighbours and access.
To complete this step
No surveillance of persons or confrontation is organised; the rescue routes remain free.
Read the sheet of the week : Week 23 : prevent around the home
Week 24 To do
Preparing an opinion on water
Your action
Identify the local source of the advisories and note the difference between a boil notice and a consumer ban.
To complete this step
The fireplace knows where to check the deposit; an ordinary filter is not presumed to resolve any contamination.
Read the sheet of the week: Week 24: Strengthening the water supply and resupply
Week 25 To do
Review access to dental care
Your action
Complete the consultation contact information and verify the needs of children, prosthetics or devices with the professional concerned.
To complete this step
Prevention is organized; pain or injury does not trigger DIY treatment.
Read the sheet of the week: Week 25: Review access to dental care
Week 26 To do
Preparing for a health interruption
Your action
Consider local accommodation solutions and instructions if the sanitary or water in the dwelling is no longer usable.
To complete this step
Special needs are anticipated; no waste disposal in the environment is improvised.
Read the sheet of the week: Week 26: prolonging the hygiene and sanitation plan
Week 27 To do
Test lighting
Your action
Try the lamps in the rooms and useful routes, checking power supply and accessibility.
To complete this step
The batteries or recharges are adapted; the open flame is not retained as an ordinary solution.
Read the sheet of the week : Week 27 : test lighting
Week 28 To do
Preparing for infection-related interruption
Your action
Consider a prolonged absence for illness, remote self-help and access to existing health facilities.
To complete this step
The relays have been agreed; the measures follow the health authorities and individual needs.
Read the sheet of the week: Week 28: preparing an infection-related interruption
Week 29 To do
Arranging realistic mutual assistance
Your action
Ask some relatives what they can offer or ask, with their agreement, and then agree on a first contact.
To complete this step
Commitments remain voluntary; personal information is not disseminated without agreement.
Read the sheet of the week: Week 29: organizing a realistic mutual aid
Week 30 To do
Adapt power and effort
Your action
Revise a journey or task according to real mobility and endurance, keeping an adequate diet.
To complete this step
No hazardous deprivation or test is imposed; professional advice is sought if necessary.
Read the sheet of the week: Week 30: adapting food and effort
Week 31 To do
Install inventory rotation
Your action
Create a short inventory with quantities, useful dates and consumables, then fix a regular check.
To complete this step
The oldest available resources are identified; tracking can be done without a screen.
Read the sheet of the week : Week 31 : install the rotation of stocks
Week 32 To do
Test several days of meals
Your action
Prepare a sequence of meals with the usual foods and measure water, cooking and storage constraints.
To complete this step
Servings are adapted; testing does not compromise health or budget.
Read the sheet of the week : Week 32 : diversifying a month of reserve meal
Week 33 To do
Check oils and fats
Your action
Check labels, storage conditions and usual uses before adding quantities to the reserve.
To complete this step
Products are consumed in rotation; no infinite shelf life is assumed.
Read the sheet of the week: Week 33: Keep oils and fats
Week 34 To do
Integrate pulses
Your action
Choose a usual recipe and check the time, water and energy required to prepare the selected legumes.
To complete this step
The ingredients are suitable for the fireplace; a simple option exists if usual cooking is not possible.
Read the sheet of the week: Week 34: preparing legumes from the reserve
Week 35 To do
Variating starches
Your action
Compare foods actually consumed and how they are prepared to avoid a reserve dependent on one ingredient.
To complete this step
Water, cooking and food restrictions are taken into account.
Read the sheet of the week: Week 35: Choosing useful cereals and starches
Week 36 To do
Adjust sweet products
Your action
Check the actual usefulness of these products in the usual meals and household health constraints.
To complete this step
The quantities remain appropriate; no food is presented as protection or treatment.
Read the sheet of the week: Week 36: adjust sugars and sweet products
Week 37 To do
Cook with the reserves
Your action
Test a simple recipe with your ingredients and check for storage of the lifting products and suitable substitutes.
To complete this step
The recipe is reproducible; substitutions are not extrapolated to canning.
Read the sheet of the week: Week 37: cooking with reserve ingredients
Week 38 to 52
Practice, maintain and develop mutual assistance
Week 38 To do
Testing the redundancy of communications
Your action
Compare the available solutions according to the areas visited; check subscription, charging and call protocol for any specialized device.
To complete this step
The limits are known; no apparatus is supposed to guarantee intervention.
Read the sheet of the week: Week 38: testing replacement communications
Week 39 To do
Studying energy solutions
Your action
Classify the uses to be maintained, deferred or transferred to a host location before dimensioning equipment.
To complete this step
Compatibility and security are verified; a large purchase is not decided on the announced power alone.
Read the sheet of the week: Week 39: Evaluating a backup power supply
Week 40 To do
Prepare the cold
Your action
Check clothes, medical needs, journeys and the possibility to reach a heated place during a winter breakdown.
To complete this step
Transport and reception are confirmed; no improvised heating is planned.
Read the sheet of the week: Week 40: preparing a heating breakdown in winter
Week 41 To do
Practice and transfer of competence
Your action
Choose a safe skill to practice with another person and then identify what requires recognized training.
To complete this step
The person can explain the gesture and its limitations; the exercise remains adapted to his/her abilities.
Read the sheet of the week : Week 41 : practice and transmit a skill
Week 42 To do
Choosing a place to stay
Your action
Evaluate a possible reception according to the access, services, needs and agreement of the persons concerned.
To complete this step
The place is not presumed to be accessible or safe under any circumstances; another option exists.
Read the sheet of the week: Week 42: choosing a realistic place of retreat
Week 43 To do
Evaluate small food production
Your action
Study a culture adapted to your space and time. A project with animals requires separate preparation and obligations.
To complete this step
The project complies with local rules; it does not replace the required resources in the short term.
Read the sheet of the week : Week 43 : evaluate a small food production
Week 44 To do
Protecting its financial approaches
Your action
Check documents, insurances, means of payment and access to essential procedures.
To complete this step
Contacts are verified; no promise of shelter placement replaces a suitable counsel.
Read the sheet of the week: Week 44: Protecting the financial organization of the household
Week 45 To do
Review continuity of water and water supply
Your action
Take back your resupply dependencies and the possibilities of help, delivery or reception if the interruption lasts.
To complete this step
Solutions are realistic and agreed; financial and material limitations remain visible.
Read the sheet of the week: Week 45: preparing the continuity of water and meals
Week 46 To do
Distribute useful resources
Your action
Avoid a single failure point for documents and small essentials using only authorized and accessible locations.
To complete this step
Authorized relatives know where to look; no depot hidden in a public space is organized.
Read the sheet of the week: Week 46: allocating resources between authorized places
Week 47 To do
Update the health plan
Your action
Review processing changes, contact information, storage instructions and assistance needs with the relevant professionals.
To complete this step
Useful information is up-to-date and protected; continuity is not based on improvised care.
Read the sheet of the week: Week 47: organizing continuity of care
Week 48 To do
Maintaining tools and consumables
Your action
Check the condition of the tools, batteries and instructions, then arrange the necessary maintenance or replacement.
To complete this step
Defective objects are identified; technical interventions remain qualified.
Read the sheet of the week: Week 48: Completing and maintaining useful tools
Week 49 To do
Prepare alerts and shelter
Your action
Identify official sources for rare events, including radiological events, and review the instructions applicable to your territory.
To complete this step
The household follows the authorities; no fictitious scenario or allegedly anti-EMP product is taken as a guarantee.
Read the sheet of the week: Week 49: Distinguish radiological hazards and electromagnetic disturbances
Week 50 To do
Organize community exchanges
Your action
Define voluntary exchanges of authorized services or resources with trusted individuals.
To complete this step
The needs and limitations are explicit; trade does not concern dangerous products or shared medicines.
Read the sheet of the week : Week 50: preparing exchanges and mutual help of proximity
Week 51 To do
Revise prevention at home
Your action
Take stock of preventive measures, assistance available and ways to report a dangerous situation.
To complete this step
Exits remain free; no trap or confrontational role is attributed to the home.
Read the sheet of the week: Week 51: preventing incidents and protecting people
Week 52 To do
Taking stock and preparing for the next round
Your action
Gather the people involved, remember three gains and three improvements, and then set a next review.
To complete this step
The tasks are responsible and accountable; the commitments remain time- and budget-specific.
Read the sheet of the week: Week 52: Maintaining the safety and achievements of the program
After 52 weeks: maintain the gains
To complete this course does not mean being ready for any situation. Take note of the useful actions, the still fragile points and the steps that require support. Set up a next review after a change of season, housing or situation.
Practical issues
Do I have to buy equipment at every stage?
No. Start with what you have. Associated resources can offer equipment with reported affiliate links; no purchase is required to follow this program.
Can I take another camera again?
The tracking remains in the browser used. It does not synchronize automatically. You can keep a paper list to change device.
What if one step doesn't concern my home?
Check the question and then use "Not applicable to my home". This answer is counted separately from the actions performed and can be cancelled.
What to do in a real emergency?
Interrupt the route and follow the local authorities. In case of immediate danger, contact the emergency services of your territory. These steps are used to prepare, not delay a request for assistance.