Emergency supplies

Consumer goods, especially food, are transported to all parts of the country every day via a smoothly functioning distribution system. If this system fails as a result of blocked roads or for any other reason, remote locations can quickly be cut off from food supplies.

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Nowadays we can assume that supplies will not be held up for months, but they could still be held up for several days. This is why we recommend that you keep enough supplies to tide you over for about a week.

You can find a brochure on this subject in
German (PDF, 1 MB, 17.11.2020),
French (PDF, 1 MB, 17.11.2020) or
Italian (PDF, 1 MB, 17.11.2020).

More information

Publications

Report on Strategic Stockpiling 2023 (PDF, 277 kB, 17.11.2023)

Cooking without electricity - a guide from the canton of Berne (in German) (PDF, 254 kB, 11.10.2021)

Study: Determinants of the decision to build up excessive food stocks in the COVID-19 crisis (PDF, 3 MB, 09.06.2022)

Agroscope: Emergency Supplies Before, During and After the Swiss Confederation's COVID-19 Measures (study in German) (PDF, 1 MB, 19.04.2021)

Links

FOEN: Food Waste

Gfs.bern: Survey on nutrition and physical excercise 2022: Emergency supplies for a time of crisis by generation (in German)

Gfs.bern: Survey on nutrition and physical excercise 2022: Time of establishment of the emergency supply stockpile (in German)

Study agroscope: Emergency Supplies Before, During and After the Swiss Confederation’s COVID-19 Measures

Canton of Bern: 13 October - International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (in german)

Canton of Zurich: Emergency supplies

UNO: International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction

Last modification 27.11.2023