Who is your beredskapsvenn?
Norwegian authorities ask everyone to find a beredskapsvenn: someone you agree with in advance about helping each other in a crisis. Here you find one, and write the agreement down.
What is a beredskapsvenn?
A neighbour, friend or relative you have agreed something concrete with. You share equipment and supplies, can take each other in, help with practical tasks, and look after one another.
- Sharing equipment and supplies
Tools, fuel, a charger, a water container, whatever you have. - Shelter and somewhere to sleep
Room for someone who cannot stay at home. - Practical tasks
Carrying, shovelling, fetching, fixing, driving. - Care and support
Looking in on someone, minding children, keeping company.
How it works
- Sign in with your email address. There is no password.
- Say what you can contribute. Rough answers are enough.
- Invite someone you know, or find someone nearby. Print the agreement.
This site is useless on the day it matters
The crisis we are preparing for is the one where power, internet and phones are gone. So everything happens beforehand, and the agreement ends up on paper, on the fridge.
We do not build a list of who has what
You answer roughly, not with stock levels and quantities. Others see distance and which kinds of help you can offer. Your name, address and phone number are shown only to the person you have an agreement with.