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In Switzerland (formerly preper heaven, the government would even pay on your foundation if you put in a shelter) it used to be normal for everyone to have a sp
by sschueller 5y ago
In Switzerland (formerly preper heaven, the government would even pay on your foundation if you put in a shelter) it used to be normal for everyone to have a specific amount of supplies in case of an emergency. From Iodine pills to water. This fits together with the bomb shelters that every one has access to.
Now a days many are completely oblivious and have no clue although the government provides a handy guide to what you should keep [1] . Most have iodine pills at home as they are sent in the mail if you are close enough to a nuclear reactor. Everyone else can get them for free at the pharmacy.
In fact many don't know where their bomb shelter is, if it's not part of their home. Every home used to have a yellow plak which stated where the shelter is but because people are very mobile today the government will inform the public where they should shelter when an incident occurs. Also many of the bomb shelters are now used for other things such as storage. I remember as a kid when we bribed the inspector to come back later so we could clean out the shelter for inspection so we would not be fined. The shelters have active air filters and other requirements that were regularly inspected. At least you can now use them for storage and other things as long as you can clean it out in 24-48 hours.
Sirens are tested once a year and usually will freakout tourists which is entertaining to watch.
For anyone visiting or living in Switzerland I highly recommend downloading the Alert Swiss app [2] which will let you know what is going on like if you should close windows because of a chemical fire or if there is a siren test.
[1] https://www.bwl.admin.ch/bwl/en/home/themen/notvorrat.html https://www.bwl.admin.ch/bwl/en/home/themen/notvorrat.html
[2] https://www.alert.swiss/ https://www.alert.swiss/
- JNRowe 5y agoI sat here reading this thinking "that is really cool," followed immediately by "hang on a minute I'm only ~750km away." I can't work out if I'm woefully ignorant of the procedures in the UK or if I live somewhere that has no general plans. Half an hour in to the rabbit hole my answer appears to be: perhaps learn how to use a shovel. There isn't a whole lot of useful info on the government website¹ for longer term problems², not even a calming procedure to deal with the pain from the typo emergency in the first URL. ¹ https://www.gov.uk/government/emergency-preparation-reponse-and-recovery https://www.gov.uk/government/emergency-preparation-reponse-... ² https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-risk-register-2020 https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-risk-reg...
- jeffybefffy519 5y agoSwitzerland is so interesting. Genuinely would love to live there.