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IF CRISIS
OR WAR
COMES
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Contents
Emergency preparedness
preparedness
Emergency
Swedish Civil
If you are prepared, you are contributing to improving the
Contingencies ability of the country as a whole to cope with a major strain.
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What would you do if your
everyday life was turned Your emergency
upside down? preparedness
An emergency can result in society not functioning in the Your municipality is responsible for ensuring that services
way we are used to. Climate change may mean that flooding including care of the elderly, the water supply, the fire and
preparedness
preparedness
and forest fires become more common. Incidents in the rest rescure service and schools continue to function, even in the
Emergency
Emergency
of the world may result in shortages of certain foodstuffs. event of a societal emergency. As a private individual, you also
Disruptions to important IT systems may have an impact on have a responsibility. Preparing correctly can enable you to
the electricity supply. In just a short time, your everyday life cope with a difficult situation, regardless of what has caused it.
can become problematic:
In the event of a societal emergency, help will be provided
• The heating stops working.
first to those who need it most. The majority must be
• It becomes difficult to prepare and store food. prepared to cope on their own for some time. The better
• The shops may run out of food and other goods. prepared you are, the greater the opportunity you will also
• There is no water coming from the taps or the toilet. have to help others who do not have the same prerequisites.
• It is not possible to fill up your car.
• Payment cards and cash machines do not work. What is most important is that you have water, food
and warmth and are able to obtain information from the
• Mobile networks and the internet do not work.
authorities and the media. You also need to be able to make
• Public transport and other means of transport are at a standstill. contact with relatives. There are check-lists on pages 10 and
• It becomes difficult to obtain medicines and medical 11 with foodstuffs and items that are good to have at home.
equipment.
Think about what risks may affect you and your local area. Do
Think about how you and people around you will be able you live in an area that is sensitive to landslides or flooding?
to cope with a situation in which society's normal services Is there some sort of hazardous industry or something else in
are not working as they usually do. your area that may be good to know about?
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calls to get through.
• Comply with requests from the police, the fire and
rescue service and the authorities.
• Search for information – the best way to counteract • Do not share unconfirmed information online or in any
propaganda and false information is to have done your other way.
homework.
• Do not believe in rumours – use more than one reliable
source in order to see whether the information is cor-
rect.
• Do not spread rumours – if the information does not
appear trustworthy, do not pass it on.
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D t to
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Sweden's defences total defence
In Sweden there is a duty to contribute to total defence. This
Sweden's combined defences are in place to protect the means that everyone who lives here and is between the ages
country, our freedom and our right to live as we ourselves of 16 and 70 can be called up to assist in various ways in the
choose to. All of us have a duty to act if Sweden is threatened. event of the threat of war and war. Everyone is obliged to
contribute and everyone is needed.
Total defence
consists of military defence and civil defence.
• General national service involves serving in
organisations that must function even in the event of the
Military defence threat of war and war. This means that you continue to
Sweden's military defence consists of the Swedish Armed do your normal job, work in a voluntary organisation or
Forces, including the Home Guard, and a number of other are tasked by Arbetsförmedlingen with performing work
public authorities whose main duty is to support Sweden's that is of particular importance to Sweden's total defence.
military defence. The Armed Forces defend our territory and Those compelled to contributed to Sweden's total defence can
our borders. be given wartime postings. If you are given a wartime posting,
you will have received wartime posting orders or another
form of confirmation from your employer about this.
Civil defence
Civil defence deals with the whole of society's resilience in
For many years, the preparations made in Sweden for the
the event of the threat of war and war. Civil defence is the
threat of war and war have been very limited. Instead,
work that is carried out by central government agencies,
public authorities and municipalities have focused on Follow
municipalities, county councils and regions, private companies what is happening
building up the level of preparedness for peacetime
and voluntary organisations. This work aims to protect the at
emergencies such as flooding and IT attacks. However, as
civilian population and to ensure that, for example, healthcare dinsäkerhet.se
the world around us has changed, the Government has
and the transport system continue functioning in the
decided to strengthen Sweden's total defence. That is why
event of the threat of war and war. In the event
planning for Sweden's civil defence has been resumed. It
of the threat of war and war, Sweden's civil
will take time to develop all parts of it again. At the same
defence also has to be able to support
time, the level of preparedness for peacetime emergencies
the Armed Forces.
is an important basis of our resilience in the event of war.
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Home preparedness tips
Your prerequisites and needs vary, for example, depending on whether you live in the countryside or in a built-up area, in a house or in an apartment. Here are some general home preparedness tips.
Use that which is appropriate for you and those close to you. It is a good idea to share certain things and borrow from one another.
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Emergency alarm
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clothes, something to eat and drink and identification docu- where you live and where you are during the daytime. In the
ments. If you have been given a wartime posting, you are to event of an air raid alarm, go immediately to a shelter or, in
proceed immediately to the place you have been instructed an emergency,
emergency to another protective space such as a celler,
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Educate yourself! Important notes
Learn to provide first aid. Your knowledge can save lives. Write down important telephone numbers, addresses
If you are the first on the scene after an accident or other
and the closest shelter or other protective space.
serious incident, call SOS Alarm on the emergency number
112. Even if your pay-as-you-go SIM card has no credit, or
your mobile has no SIM card, you can still call 112. SOS
Alarm can provide advice about what to do at the site of the
accident.
Get involved!
Many non-profit organisations and faith communities make
important contributions to our collective security and
preparedness. The voluntary defence organisations have
specific duties as part of Sweden's total defence and offer both
courses and training programmes. In the event of emergencies
and heightened states of alert, their tasks include distributing
important information to Sweden's population. You are
needed and your contribution makes a difference!
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IMPORTANT TELEPHONE NUMBERS
AND WEBSITES
112
In an emergency situation that requires the immediate assistance
of an ambulance, the fire and rescue service or the police.
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To provide or obtain information about serious accidents or
emergency situations.
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All police matters that are not about crimes or incidents that
are ongoing.
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Healthcare advice.
Dinsäkerhet.se
More detailed information about the contents of this brochure.
Krisinformation.se
Emergency information from Sweden's public authorities
collected in one place.
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