News and resources
We pick the news that matters for your safety: alerts, new official guidance and incidents we can learn from. Each item has our own summary, a link to the original source and what you can actually do.
- Two older men die in house fires in Romania as the heating season starts On 27 October 2026 two men aged 75 and 80 died in house fires in Romania's Vrancea county. The national emergency inspectorate (IGSU) warned that stoves, uncleaned chimneys and flue pipes too close to flammable materials cause most cold-season fires. The advice applies wherever homes are heated with wood or gas. Source: InfoCons, based on the IGSU press release (Romanian)
- UK asks households to keep three days of supplies: what's in the Be Ready campaign The UK government launched its Be Ready campaign on 22 October 2026, the first step of a three-year program. The advice: be able to cope for at least three days without power, water, phone or internet. The checklist closely matches the EU's own 72-hour guidance. Source: UK Defence Journal
- Russian drone enters Romanian airspace near Sulina, triggering a phone alert in Tulcea On 14 October 2026 a Russian drone briefly entered Romanian airspace over the Black Sea east of Sulina before turning back towards Ukraine. Residents of eastern and northern Tulcea county received a RO-ALERT message at 10:19; the all-clear came at 11:22. Source: European Pravda (citing Romania's Ministry of Defence)
- Romania gives schools drone-alert procedures: pupils to basements, parents to stay away In September 2026 Romania's Department for Emergency Situations sent schools clear rules for air alerts: pupils go to basements or windowless rooms and stay there until the all-clear, and parents should not come to collect them. The same logic applies to schools anywhere. Source: Edupedu (Romanian)
- 150 citizens from across the EU hand Brussels 20 ideas for a better-prepared Europe A panel of 150 randomly selected citizens from all 27 member states gave the European Commission 20 recommendations on crisis preparedness in May 2026: education, alerts tailored to people's needs, countering disinformation, support for older and disabled people, and household brochures on 72-hour self-sufficiency. Source: European Commission, Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid
- Germany updates its preparedness guide: ten days of supplies and new chapters on misinformation Germany's Federal Office of Civil Protection (BBK) published a new edition of its household guide in October 2025. It recommends about ten days of supplies and adds chapters on spotting misinformation, supporting children and relatives, storing documents and, for the first time, what to do in case of explosions. Source: iphone-ticker.de (German)