Civil Defense or Civil Defence (see spelling differences) is an effort to prepare civilians for military attack. Since the end of the Cold War the concept has been replaced by a more general intent to protect the civilian population in times of peace as well as in times of war. The new concept is described by a number of terms, each of which has its own specific shade of meaning. Terms include: Crisis Management, Emergency Management, Emergency Preparedness, Contingency Planning and Civil Protection. Civil Protection is widely used within the European Union and refers to government-approved systems and resources whose task is to protect the civilian population, primarily in the event of natural and technological disasters. In recent years there has been emphasis on preparedness for technological disasters resulting from terrorist attack. Within EU countries the term Crisis Management emphasises the political and security dimension rather than measures to satisfy the immediate needs of the civilian population.
Civil defense uses the principles of emergency operations: prevention, mitigation, preparation, response, or emergency evacuation, and recovery. Programmes of this sort were initially discussed at least as early as the 1920s but it was only after the threat of nuclear weapons became realized that they became widespread. As the intensity of the Cold War waned emphasis shifted from military attack to emergencies and disasters in general. In the context of Civil Defense in the United States this eventually led to the replacement of the United States civil defense with the Federal Emergency Management Agency. In some countries, the all-encompassing nature of civil defense is denoted by using name “total defense” such as the Swedish word totalförsvar. The name suggests committing all resources, hence the term total, of the nation to the defense. It can be compared to total war.
The biggest threats from a nuclear attack are effects from the blast, fires and radiation. There is also the possibility of terrorists employing a radioactive “dirty bomb”. One of the most prepared countries for a nuclear attack is Switzerland. Almost every building in Switzerland has an abri (shelter) against the initial nuclear bomb and explosion followed by the fallout. Because of this, many people use it as a safe to protect valuables, photos, financial information and so on. Switzerland also has air-raid and nuclear raid sirens in every village.
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September 2nd, 2009 at 8:04 am
at 0:45 it reminds …
at 0:45 it reminds me of the part of intro to fallout 2 where the enclave are standing there
September 2nd, 2009 at 8:04 am
I love that all the …
I love that all the future Obama supporters play the protesters…
September 2nd, 2009 at 8:04 am
please please post …
please please post the whole episode of this!
September 2nd, 2009 at 8:04 am
no ,there united …
no ,there united states civil defence “accident responce group” who deal
with things like “broken arrows” or misfires,its a training scenario to test the responce of the different agencies
September 2nd, 2009 at 8:04 am
So were they all …
So were they all actors?
September 2nd, 2009 at 8:04 am
0:37 What the …
0:37 What the “Hello can anyone here me?”
September 2nd, 2009 at 8:04 am
this needs some …
this needs some zombies
September 2nd, 2009 at 8:04 am
i know
i know
September 2nd, 2009 at 8:04 am
same here
same here
September 2nd, 2009 at 8:04 am
thats creepy if you …
thats creepy if you ask me.
September 2nd, 2009 at 8:04 am
i love that clip,i …
i love that clip,i seen it on tv about a year ago ,it was abour the ARG or accident responce group,where did u find it:)
September 2nd, 2009 at 8:04 am
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September 2nd, 2009 at 8:04 am
kinda scary if that …
kinda scary if that did hit us
September 2nd, 2009 at 8:04 am
wow
wow
September 2nd, 2009 at 8:04 am
I have that same …
I have that same kind of gas mask as they do.
September 2nd, 2009 at 8:04 am
I don’t get it….
I don’t get it….
September 2nd, 2009 at 8:04 am
cheers man
cheers man
September 2nd, 2009 at 8:04 am
more should see
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more should see
awesome music too
thanks for sharing