Raising the population’s awareness of resilience is a challenge – especially with traditional top-down approaches in civil protection. Frank Plamboeck from the Augsburg Office for Fire and Disaster Protection advocates a participatory approach that relies on community-based solutions. Instead of appeals to fear, personal responsibility should be strengthened and neighborhoods should be actively involved in emergency preparedness. Joint concepts for blackouts or childcare in the event of a crisis are more effective than purely knowledge-based, unidirectional information transfer. The aim is systemic resilience that actively involves citizens.
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