Short answer. Egypt publishes no official list of household emergency supplies: no number of days, no litres of water per person and no item checklist from the Cabinet, the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Health or the Meteorological Authority. The only related official advice concerns water cuts: the HCWW 125 app announces them so that people can arrange their water needs 1.
How many days of supplies does Egypt recommend?
None is set. Phaenyx searched the Cabinet's Information and Decision Support Center and its crisis and disaster risk reduction sector, the Ministry of Interior (Civil Protection), the Ministry of Health, the Egyptian Meteorological Authority and the water utility HCWW. The Cabinet's earthquake guide for governorates (April 2021) is written for public agencies and contains no household list 2.
How much water should I store in Egypt?
Egypt gives no official figure. What is official is that water can be cut: the HCWW 125 app sends notifications of planned and unplanned maintenance and of water-cut times, so that people can arrange their water needs 1. A home reserve of drinking water is therefore the most useful stock. For the volumes used by other agencies, see How much water per person per day? and Water storage containers. See also Heatwave.
What should a household keep, then?
Without an Egyptian list, use the general guides, which cite the agencies that publish one:
- What goes in a 72-hour kit? and Two weeks of supplies
- First aid kit and Emergency medication
- Emergency lighting and Emergency radio
- Important documents
- Food shelf life and Cooking without power
These are not Egyptian official advice. A checklist version is on Egypt emergency kit.
Frequently asked questions
Does Egypt have an official emergency kit list?
No. Phaenyx found no official Egyptian household list.
How will I know a water cut is coming?
Through the HCWW 125 app, which announces planned and unplanned water cuts 1. See Water in Egypt.
Who should publish a supplies list in Egypt?
Crisis and disaster risk reduction is coordinated by the Cabinet's IDSC sector; see Egypt emergency contacts.
Preparedness index: Egypt ranks 67th of 67, 9/100 · full ranking
Sources · 2
- Holding Company for Water and Wastewater (HCWW) · تطبيق HCWW-125 (HCWW 125 app) checked 2026-11-13
- Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC), Egyptian Cabinet · دليل استرشادي لمواجهة مخاطر الزلازل بالمحافظات (Handbook on Combating Earthquakes Risks in Governorates, 6 April 2021) checked 2026-11-13