Blunt copy from r/EuroPreppers.

National and official guidelines for emergency preparedness including official information sources for alerting (a.k.a. Apps and websites).

Pain alphabetical list.

Austria

• (DE-AT/EN) Zivilschutz Österreich / Civil Protection Austria
• (DE-AT/EN) oesterreich.gv.at zu Katastrophenfälle / General information towards disasters
• (DE-AT/EN) Bundesministerium für Inneres (BMI) about Civil Protection in Austria
  • Civil Protection in Austria Guidebooks and Download
    • (DE-AT) Risikoeinschätzung
    • (EN) Risiken verstehen - Bericht der “Understanding Risk Austria” Konferenz
• Hazard Overview and Risk Assessment Austria (HORA)
• AT Alert via cell broadcast

Belgium

• (NL/FR/DE/EN) National Crisis Center
  • An emergency kit
  • Risks in Belgium
  • (EN) Belgian National Risk Assessment (BNRA)
• (NL) Emergency plan creation via crisiscenter.be
• (NL/FR/EN/DE) BE-Alert

Bulgaria

• 🛟 Help needed to find something e.g. via https://mvr.bg/gdpbzn

Croatia

• 🛟 Help needed to find something e.g. http://civilna-zastita.hr/

Cyprus

• (EN/GR) Republic of Cyprus - Civil Defence Force/Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία - Δύναμη Πολιτικής Άμυνας
  • (Publications
    • National Risk Assessment
• (EN/GR) Fire Service
  • (EN) Publications empty for now
  • (GR) Publications

Czechia

• ZÁCHRANKA The mobile app for emergency call
  • iOS
  • Android
• Weather Service
• (CZ) Map with Weather Warnings
• (EN/CZ) Fire Rescue Service as part of the civil protection

Denmark

• Danish Emergency Management Agency
  • (EN/DK) Prepared for crises
  • Publications
  • National Risk Profile
• The DEMA explained on wikipedia 😂

Estonia

• (EN/ET/RU) Estonian Rescue Board
  • https://www.rescue.ee/en/instruction/preparing-for-crisis-situations
• (EN/ET/RU) Code of conduct for crisis situations
• (EN/ET/RU) Warnings on the Estonian Weather Service

Finland

• (EN/FI/SV) Preparing for incidents and crises
  • (multilingual)Checklist for preparing for incidents and crises
• 112 Suomi App
  • Android
  • iOS
• The Finnish Meteorological Institute’s smartphone weather application
  • Android
  • iOS

France

• (FR) Protection Civile
• FR-Alert via cell broadcast

Germany

• (EN) Bundesamt für Bevölkerungsschutz und Katastrophenhilfe (BBK) / Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance
  • (EN) Guide for Emergency Preparedness and Correct Action in Emergency Situations
  • (DE) Ratgeber für Notfallvorsorge und Ratgeber für Notfallvorsorge und richtiges Handeln in Notsituationen
• (DE) BBK Warning App NINA
• (EN) German Weather Services
• (EN) DWD Weather Warning App
• (DE)Hochwassergefahren- und Hochwasserrisikokarten in Deutschland
• (DE)Länderübergreifendes Hochwasser Portal (LHP)

Greece

• (GR/EN) Ministry for Climate Crisis and Civil Protection
  • (multilingual) Protection guidelines
  • Daily Fire Hazard Forecast Maps

Hungary

• [(HU) Ministry of interior - National directorate for disasaster protection - Disaster types, rules of conduct])https://www.katasztrofavedelem.hu/47/katasztrofatipusok-magatartasi-szabalyok)

Ireland

Italy

• (EN/IT) Dipartimento della Protezione Civile

  • Publications
  • Risks
  • Maps (Riskmaps, Weather, …)
  • (EN) The Civil Protection Handbook For Families via Bologna
  • (EN) The Civil Protection Handbook For Families via Rimini

• IT-Alert

Latvia

Lithuania

• (EN/LT/RU) A website intended to prepare Lithuanian residents for emergencies

Luxembourg

• (EN/DE/FR) Info Crise
  • (multilingual) What to do in the Event of a Nuclear Alert?
• (EN/DE/FR) LU-Alert

Malta

Netherlands

• (EN) What to do in the event of a disaster
• (EN/NL) Think ahead (denkvooruit) preparedness
  • Emergency Kit
  • Regional radio frequencies
• NL-Alert cell broadcast

Poland

• (PL) Be prepared – a guide for times of crisis and war

Portugal (TODO: revisit do add more information)

• (PT/EN) Autoridade Nacional de Emergência e Proteção Cívil

Romania

• (RO) Ministry of Internal Affairs
• (RO) Preperation campaing of MIA
• Aplicația DSU
• Android
• iOS

Slovakia

• (SK) List of goverment institutions
• (SK) Emergency state reports
• (SK) Recommendations for catastrophic events
• (SK) Siren alert pattern
• (SK) Flood activity map
• (SK) Weather warnings
• (SK) Air quality
• (SK) Amateur emergency radio A.R.E.S
• (SK) Emergency phone numbers

Slovenia

Spain

• Due to recent affairs some pages are under hevay load and are not responsive.
• (ES) Dirección General de Protección Civil y Emergencias
  • Publications to risk topics like flooding, fire, tusnamis, … Page navigation does not work currently.
  • Recommendations on meterological and natural risks
• (ES) Publications of the Ministry of the Interior including the infos above

Sweden

• (SWE) krisinformation.se
  • (SWE) Om krisen eller kriget kommer
• (ENG) krisinformation.se
  • [(SWE) Guidebook In case of crisis or war](https://rib.msb.se/filer/pdf/30874.pdf Leaflet when crises or war comes)
  • (multilingual) Guidebook in case of crisis or war
• (ENG) Weather Warnings

Honorable Mentions

United Kingdom

• (EN) gov.uk on Terrorism and national emergencies
  • (EN) National Risk Register 2023
• (EN) gov.uk’s Prepared Campaign
  • (EN) Household emergency plan

Swiss

• (CH) Bundesamt für Bevölkerungsschutz BABS
  • Downloads
    • Unterlagen Gefährdungen und Risiken
• (EN/CH) Alert Swiss Warning, Alerts
  • (CH) Alert Swiss Notfallplan
  • Alert Swiss App
• (CH) Bundesamt für wirtschaftliche Landesversorgung (BWL) - Kluger Rat - Notvorrat
• Pflichtlager

• (EN) Council of the Baltic Sea States Civil Protection Network (CBSS)

EU

• Copernicus Global Climate Report 2024
• European Drought Observatory
• European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS)
• European Flood Awareness System
• (EN) Regional Guidelines document on Civil Protection Planning
• European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
• meteoalarm
• EU-Alert system implemennts alerting via cell broadcast on national levels. Some national alert chose to also support additional ways of distribution (e-Mail, SMS, …). See implementation by member states.
• (EN) Disaster risk awareness and preparedness of the EU population
• (EN) Policy comparison tool (e.g. civil protection policies)

Afterthoughts

(I obviously started with the list of countries in the European Union+Swiss+UK). The list could be extended for all countries on the European continent.

• ℹ️ To keep the list manageable, I’ll link to english resources first, whilst indicating the other native languages. This is based on the idea, that anybody reading this should be capable of understanding English, and be able to to navigate the page to its native version.