Bro­chu­re for Emer­gen­cy Ca­ses

When an ac­ci­dent or a ca­ta­stro­phe hap­pens, the res­cue ser­vice per­son­nel needs ti­me to re­ach the sce­ne of the ac­ci­dent and to ad­mi­nis­ter help. In the event of an ac­ci­dent or a fi­re, the vol­un­teers most­ly ar­rive wi­thin so­me mi­nu­tes. Ho­we­ver, in the face of a ca­ta­stro­phe, the ar­ri­val of the vol­un­teers can ta­ke much lon­ger.

Pos­si­ble emer­gen­cy si­tua­ti­ons are ac­ci­dents and fi­re as well as sup­ply bott­len­ecks or the pre­pa­ra­ti­on for spe­ci­al risks. The­se emer­gen­cy si­tua­ti­ons can oc­cur in the event of hea­vy thun­der­storms, snow ca­ta­stro­phes or lar­ge-sca­le floods and al­so when che­mi­cal (C), bio­lo­gi­cal (B) or ra­dio­lo­gi­cal (R) and nucle­ar (N) ha­zar­dous sub­stan­ces (CBRN-ha­zards) are re­lea­sed. If such events oc­cur, it is im­port­ant that the ci­ti­zens are ab­le to help them­sel­ves un­til or­ga­ni­sed help ar­ri­ves. The bro­chu­re of­fers in­for­ma­ti­on and ru­les of con­duct con­cer­ning dif­fe­rent emer­gen­cy si­tua­ti­ons. For ex­am­ple, the fol­lo­wi­ng to­pics are dealt with:

• Ge­ne­ral as­si­stan­ce
• Emer­gen­cy call
• Fi­re pre­ven­ti­on and how to be­ha­ve in the event of a fi­re
• Pre­pa­ra­to­ry mea­su­res in pri­va­te hou­se­holds in the event of sup­ply
• bott­len­ecks or lack of sup­ply
• CBRN-ha­zards
• Thun­der­storms and
• Dan­ger of floo­ding

The bro­chu­re “How to be pre­pa­red for an emer­gen­cy“ of the Fe­deral Of­fi­ce of Ci­vil Pro­tec­ti­on and Di­sas­ter As­si­stan­ce tells you what is im­port­ant to be rea­dy for such emer­gen­cy si­tua­ti­ons.

In a cle­ar and gra­phic way, the bro­chu­re gi­ves you ad­vi­ce and in­for­ma­ti­on about emer­gen­cy pre­cau­ti­on mea­su­res on 48 pa­ges. With the help of a per­so­nal check­list, it is pos­si­ble to as­sess the sta­tus quo of in­di­vi­du­al pre­pa­ra­ti­ons.