Get your guide: Prepare for any disaster!

Get your guide: Prepare for any disaster!

The Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance (BBK) published a revised guide at the end of 2025, which is intended to provide valuable support for the population under the title “Preparing for Crises and Disasters”. This guide contains comprehensive preparation and action recommendations for various emergency situations and is an important step in preparing citizens for potential disruptions to everyday life or crises.

This is not just about theoretical approaches, but also about practical advice that can be helpful in an emergency. The situations to which the advice relates are diverse: from power outages and floods to extreme weather events, disinformation and explosions. Such crisis scenarios can often occur unexpectedly and good preparation can be crucial.

Guides and checklists available online

The recommendations of the guide are not only available in printed form, but can also be viewed online on the BBK website www.bbk.bund.de can be viewed. Various checklists are available to users here to help them create a personal emergency plan and optimally prepare for various crisis situations.

In addition, interested citizens can order a printed version of the guide free of charge, which provides an additional incentive to engage with the topic. The measures it recommends are designed to make individuals and communities more resilient to crises and to raise awareness of possible threats.

The BBK's initiatives are particularly important at a time when extreme weather events and other crises are increasing. Given the recent developments in the environmental and security situation, it is essential that the population is well informed and prepared in order to be able to act quickly and correctly in critical situations. The publication of the guide “Preparing for Crises and Disasters” therefore represents a significant contribution to strengthening society’s crisis resilience.