The Polish Government Issued a War Survival Guide

Check here how it may be useful for YOU

Levi Borba
11 min readApr 6, 2022

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War survival guide — How to survive a military invasion
Photo by Алесь Усцінаў

Due to the military conflict in neighboring Ukraine, yesterday (05.04.2022) the Polish government issued a 36-page manual outlining what we (civilians) should do in the event of war.

The manual is in Polish, but I translated the most interesting points for this article. This is not an official translation.

The manual’s advice was written by specialists and is useful not only to Poles but to anyone living in a region threatened by military threats.

It even includes instructions on what to do in the event of a radiological, chemical, or biological disaster.

RCB: Poland’s Emergency Management

The manual publisher was RCB. If you’ve lived in Poland for more than a few months, you’ve probably heard of this acronym. It is the Emergency Management System of Poland.

When a dangerous situation approaches, they have a system that automatically sends SMS messages to all Polish phone numbers, as well as messages across TV and radio channels.

Throughout my years in Poland, I received warnings about severe storms, blizzards, and even a local outbreak of the rabies virus (the RCB SMS told us to stay away from…

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