Have you heard about the emergency brochures Scandinavian governments hand out at the moment? What's your opinion on those?
Posted by Still_Tailor_9993@reddit | preppers | View on Reddit | 9 comments
Hej, have you heard about the emergency brochures Scandinavian governments hand out at the moment?
Here is an English version:
https://rib.msb.se/filer/pdf/30874.pdf (sweden, in english)
https://www.sikkerhverdag.no/globalassets/din-beredskap/brosjyrer-alle-sprak/dsb-egenberedskap-engelsk-web.pdf (Norway, english)
What's your opinion on those? Does your government hand out these kinds of brochures?
Sorry for my bad english.
Significant_Stoic@reddit
The brochures are nothing new, the new development is that more people are perhaps taking the advice seriously now.
In Norway the brochures are handed during "self preparation week", which is in week 44 every year. The media will publish content on how to prepare. They also publish profile articles on people who have prepped for every contingency, people who believe that prepping is the responsibility of the government and people who claim it is too expensive / takes up too much space.
Despite the emergency brochures being a feature of life in Norway for many years, the impact is probably more nuanced and "aspirational' There were waves of panic buying water containers and camping burners in Corona, then iodine pills when the war in Ukraine broke out.
There are of course Norwegians who are prepared because they live in places where a weather event could have serious consequences on water, power and supply chain, but in larger cities, the effect seems to be more mitigated unfortunately.
HiltoRagni@reddit
I randomly got one of these a few years ago in Czechia (2016 or so). It's nothing out of the ordinary really, most governments have these, some distribute them as a physical brochure, either yearly or when it's updated, others have it only online (i.e. ready.gov). Usually pretty good but fairly basic info.
LivingRefrigerator72@reddit
Might be news now, but they have been handed out for so long (more than 15 years that I know off, haven’t been in contact with Sweden before that).
Every few years we have a campaign about it, usually before winter as we need to be able to get by without power or water as it can suddenly happen that due to a storm you have neither for a week.
SunLillyFairy@reddit
They seem well thought and appear to be produced for general/broad distribution - you can see they are trying to be thorough while remaining easy enough to understand for anyone.
The US tends to provide information developed more locally. There are federal sites and information, but states and counties tend to have more localized disaster prep campaigns. Where I am they focus on general preparedness but add earthquake and wildfire prep, as that's the higher risk for the region.
Syonoq@reddit
“If attacked we will never surrender”
I like it.
Competitive_Mall6401@reddit
Pretty good guide honestly. Bad sign they're getting handed out, but decent advice.
VilleKivinen@reddit
They have been handed out for decades regularly.
Altruistic-Mud-8475@reddit
It’s there version of CERT. Smart move on the government to get the people ready.
VilleKivinen@reddit
These are normal protocol and have been going on for hundred years. Nordic Countries, especially Finland, have embraced Total Defence doctrine for all of our history.