There's a lot of governmental preparedness in place with a response time of say 2-10 days (depending on specifics). The idea is to carry over until communal res

There's a lot of governmental preparedness in place with a response time of say 2-10 days (depending on specifics). The idea is to carry over until communal response kicks up and starts working; not to hole up in the woods by yourself for months, that's an Americanism. Nordics are not like the US; there's no separate paid military, everyone is part of defense, and all crisis planning is about defense in depth, which includes protecting civilian infrastructure. To give an idea of the amount of preplanning and resources to be deployed in the timescale of days: I'm part of the Finnish reserve. When I was younger, if called upon, I would have been deployed in my pre-assigned, pre-planned, military position of defending a major branch of nearby industry within 48 hours, with a task force of some two dozen people fully geared up and under my command. There's literal warehouses very near population centers to quickly hand out weapons to the early response groups. Main force activation happens on the timeline of a handful of days, staggered largely based on age so youngest most combat-ready first and older people in coming weeks or months. Every reservist has been pre-assigned a role and where to show up in case of crisis (whether they know it or not).