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Civilian Emergency Platform
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Store and purify enough drinking water for your household when supply stops during flood, earthquake, or contamination event.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — NOT EXPERT REVIEWED — NOT FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Household has no stored water beyond one day of normal use.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — You do not know how to make river or tanker water safe to drink.
Scene hazards: Contaminated water, Dehydration, Diarrhoeal disease
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Count household members — multiply by 15 litres for 3-day minimum stock.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Use food-grade plastic drums or bottles — not old chemical containers.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Store in cool dark place — sunlight grows algae in clear bottles.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Buy ORS sachets and chlorine tablets from pharmacy for go-bag.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Municipal water tanker schedules broadcast on radio during outages — listen on battery radio.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — 108 if child shows severe dehydration — no tears, sunken eyes, lethargy.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Bloody diarrhoea or high fever after bad water needs hospital care.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Pregnant women and infants need safest water — prioritize boiled supply.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT drink untreated flood water or water with fuel or chemical smell.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT use more chlorine than packet says — overdose harms health.
MYTH: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Clear water from a well is always safe
REALITY: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — WHO states visible clarity does not mean safe — flood and sewage can contaminate wells without smell.
DANGER: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Cholera and typhoid from untreated well water after flood.
MYTH: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Stocking water is only for villages without piped supply
REALITY: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Urban floods and pump failures cut city water too. NDMA recommends storage in all households.
DANGER: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Dehydration when city supply stops for days after cyclone.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — WHO and NDMA both rank safe water as top priority after disasters — piped supply often fails or contaminates in floods.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — FEMA standard: minimum 4 litres per person per day for drinking and basic hygiene — Indian heat may need more.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Before monsoon: clean rooftop tank and check municipal advisory on chlorination.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Practice boiling and cooling small batch so family knows taste and time needed.