Crises that call for urgent coordinated intervention are managed at the national level on the basis of emergency response plans ('plans d'interventions d'urgence' - PIUs).
The aims of these PIUs are:
- to define the bodies dealing the crisis;
- to lay down the process for alerting the authorities and to provide information to the public;
- to define the emergency measures and associated actions, and the respective stakeholders in charge.
All Government emergency response plans adopted by the Council of Government, together with full information from the national authorities in connection with emergency situations can be accessed online via the portal at www.infocrise.lu.
- PIU in the event of a nuclear accident;
- VIGILNAT PIU;
- Power cut PIU;
- Drinking water PIU;
- Cyber PIU;
- Extreme weather conditions PIU;
- Influenza pandemic PIU;
- Ebola PIU;
- Mass casualties PIU.
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION
Portal infocrise.lu
The Luxembourg government attaches great importance to the protection of the population in the event of a crisis situation. In October 2014, the Luxembourg government launched the website www.infocrise.lu wih the purpose to inform the population, raise their awareness and prepare them for such an crisis eventuality. Indeed, managing a crisis may involve the entire population. Furthermore a good knowledge of the PIUs and the behaviour to adopt as well as of the protective measures implemented by the authorities makes the crisis easier to manage.
This tool will be used to communicate all of the authorities' decisions and actions in an emergency situation.
Twitter
The Luxembourg government also has a Twitter account (@infocriseLU) which it can use to inform the population of an emergency situation.