Community resilience is essential to address and overcome emergencies caused by seismic events. The ability of a community to adapt, respond and recover from crisis situations, transforming difficulties into opportunities for growth and improvement, must be built over time by spreading the culture of safety. The involvement of populations in the regions most exposed to seismic risk in decision-making processes and emergency planning strengthens the sense of belonging and social cohesion.  Self-organization without central coordination is a property that emerges spontaneously in human clusters that face complexity and uncertainty and communities that actively collaborate are more ready to respond effectively to crises. The aim of this work is to analyze the state of the art on community resilience strategies in the European Union to prepare citizens to face emergencies and provide indications for the assembly of an advanced kit for the self-sufficiency of the population for 72 hours in order to allow relief organizations to reach the disaster sites and intervene effectively. The innovative indications are functional in nature, foreseeing a minimum mandatory part and the remaining adaptive based on context, climate, etc. with the aim of encouraging reflection and diversification of approaches while maintaining the same functions and exploiting adjacent learning paths.