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Anyone who has ever been through a disaster knows that local resources are necessary for the initial response. If those resources are already owned and stored with the people who need them, early response is much less critical. You may notice that every government preparedness plan urges people to have their own emergency evacuation plan in place, including food, water, medicine, clothing, etc.
Sweden has to add the possibility of an invasion by a superior military force. There are still many people alive who remember the last time it happened to them. It's a cinch that the Russians wouldn't prioritize food and water for civilians. People need to know that if it happens, they will be on their own for a long time.
I have mentioned this here before, but it's a good idea to get trained in the FEMA Incident Management System. It's a scalable system for managing response to disasters from small to regional, and is pretty well thought out. All first responders are trained in it. If you ever seen an Incident Command van at a fire or flood, that's the nucleus of the system. Typically, all public works crews and local governments are trained in incident control. It can scale to huge disasters. For instance, if there is a tsunami, it will coordinate operations between FEMA, the Coast Guard, local law enforcement, hospitals, the Red Cross, churches, contractors, and a host of other resources.
If your local sheriff maintains a list of emergency volunteers, the fact that you are trained and your skills listed allows you to be slotted into the system at need. Someone has to coordinate camp kitchens, transportation, laundry, porta-potties, generators, and a host of other civilian services. Where you fit depends on your skill set. If you are a ham operator, you probably already know about this.
You can take the training online, for various levels. The entry level NIMS-100C is at
The training is online, free, and available to anyone. The intro section takes about 2 hours, and you can move up from there. An overview of the system is at
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