Emergency kit

Equip your house with an Emergency kit (see the suggestions of the governments of Québec and Canada); it could come in handy, even if you never have a power outage.

The Direction générale de la sécurité civile du Québec provides useful information on how citizens should prepare for various emergency situations, including power failures.

If you decide to equip yourself with a generator, make sure it is safely installed. To learn more about precautions for using generators, read the Health hazards section.