Join the Preparedness Day on Friday, February 7, 2025
Preparedness Day is a great day to share preparedness tips.
Preparedness Day is celebrated on February 7th, as the joint recommendation from authorities and organizations is that every household should be prepared for at least 72 hours. Preparedness guidelines for every citizen can be found on the 72 hours website.
1. Share preparedness information on social media on February 7
Share preparedness information on your organisation’s social media channels on Friday, February 7.
- You can share tips on how people can prepare themselves and provide a link to the 72 hours website: https://72tuntia.fi/en/.
- The theme for 2025: Start with water.
- SPEK is organizing Preparedness Day 2025 in collaboration with the National Emergency Supply Agency and the Finnish Water Utilities Association (FIWA).
- We will provide a few ready-made social media images that you can use if you wish. A link to the images will be added at the bottom of this page later.
- You can also share content that will be published on the @72tuntia social media accounts on February 7.
Use the hashtag #varautumispäivä in your posts.
Anyone can participate in Preparedness Day on Friday, February 7, on social media.
2. Preparedness information in libraries
SPEK has sent a message to the libraries about participating in the Preparedness Day. Libraries can choose to take part in the themed day on social media or by sharing information in the library. More details are in the message sent to the libraries.
3. Information video about water on Yle’s TV channels
An information video about Preparedness Day and water will be broadcast on Yle’s TV channels in Finnish and Swedish from February 3 to 9. The purpose of the video is to highlight the importance of water as part of preparedness and to encourage people to stock up on water at home and acquire a clean, lidded container, such as a bucket.
4. Start with water
Start with water. Water is one of the first things a person needs in an emergency situation.
- Make sure to have at least a few liters of bottled water and a clean, lidded bucket or canister for emergencies.
- With a bucket or canister, you can fetch water from a temporary water distribution point if there is a prolonged disruption in water supply.
- Emergency water distribution is typically arranged during water supply disruptions lasting more than 24 hours.
- Water can only be collected in your own container from the distribution point.
- The bucket or canister must be clean, as it cannot be washed once the water supply is interrupted.
- For the early stages of a disruption, it’s good to have water prepared in advance. Store-bought bottled water or a water canister will last for about two years unopened in a dark and cool place.
- A person needs about two liters of clean drinking water per day.
Read more: Many Finns are missing the most crucial emergency supply
5. Materials
The SPEK image bank includes a social media image and a suggested text for Preparedness Day, available for free use, for example, by libraries. The image Preparedness Day 7 February – Start with water can be used even before 7 February. It can be used to share your participation in Preparedness Day and to encourage others to join as well.
The social media images are also available in English.
Closer to Preparedness Day, we will publish another social media image that should only be shared on 7 February, the day of the event.