Having an emergency bag is only part of disaster preparedness. Tainan City Government is inviting the public to carry one from home and walk to the nearest earthquake shelter, disaster-prevention park or community drill route, then record the real trip in a video of up to 30 seconds to verify the evacuation route.

Participants should first identify a suitable evacuation site near home, walk there with their emergency bag and record the travel time. The video should show the route and end with one sentence sharing their experience.

The focus is not on elaborate filming, but on clearly recording where the journey starts, where it ends and how long it takes. Entries are limited to 30 seconds and judged on creativity, technical execution, storytelling and disaster-prevention knowledge. Awards include excellence, merit, honorable mention and an online popularity award.

This year's National Disaster Prevention Day uses the theme "Earthquake Crisis, I Am Prepared". As Taiwan is prone to earthquakes, strong tremors may disrupt roads, communications and daily services. Walking an evacuation route in advance can reveal problems that are easy to miss when people only know the shelter's name.

The nationwide call for entries runs from September 1 to October 15, with only the first 50 submissions accepted. When filming, participants should avoid showing addresses, house numbers or other identifiable residential information. Rules and registration details are available on the Facebook page "Tainan Disaster Prevention Focus".