Katastrofberedskaper : En studie om vad en katastrofberedskap är

Abstract This thesis handles the subject about emergency preparedness. The cases that are chosen are Sweden and the tsunami catastrophe and Great Britain with the bombings in London. The purpose with this case study is to reveal what factors that are important for an adequate emergency preparedness plan by studying Sweden’s and Great Britain’s emergency preparedness plans and how they handled the two catastrophes. The questions for the report are as follows: 1. Why did Great Britain’s emergency preparedness plan on the London bombings function better than the Swedish in the tsunami catastrophe? 2. How was Sweden and Great Britain’s emergency preparedness plans formed and why were they formed like that? The results was that the British emergency preparedness plan was more adequate because they hade a better communication to their citizens and a better relationship to the media than the Swedish one had. Both countries followed the ideal model that the theory presented but the British took it one step further by having a better layout and deeper understanding for emergency planning. Keywords: Emergency preparedness plan Organisation Governmen