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Disaster preparedness takes center stage in Hesse for a week

From Die Zeit · () German

Translated from German and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Hesse will focus on crisis prevention and preparedness during a week of public events led by Interior Minister Roman Poseck.
  • Poseck will visit schools, municipalities and critical-infrastructure facilities to discuss self-protection and personal preparedness.
  • The program includes a school firefighting group, disaster-response training and an emergency-stock shopping demonstration during Germany's nationwide warning day.

Hesse is putting crisis preparedness in the spotlight for a week, with Interior Minister Roman Poseck visiting schools, municipalities and critical-infrastructure facilities.

During the state's “Resilience Week,” Poseck plans to encourage residents to prepare for emergencies and learn about self-protection. Critical infrastructure includes energy, information technology, transport, traffic, health care and drinking water, all areas whose disruption could cause supply shortages or threaten public safety.

Everyone can and should prepare for an emergency.

· Roman PoseckHesse's interior minister urging residents to improve their personal preparedness.

The minister is due to visit the “Fire Brigade AG” at the Diemeltalschule in Willingen, northern Hesse, and attend disaster-protection training in Hofheim in the Rhine-Main area. On Thursday, he is scheduled to assemble an emergency stock at a supermarket. That day will also feature Germany's nationwide warning day and a test alarm.

“We have been planning Resilience Week for some time, but it is more relevant than ever,” Poseck said. He added that the security situation requires people to rethink their preparation. “Everyone can and should prepare for an emergency.”

We have been planning Resilience Week for some time, but it is more relevant than ever.

· Roman PoseckPoseck explaining why the preparedness campaign is being held now.
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Originally published by Die Zeit in German. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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