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november 2022

Safe storage of ammonium nitrate products – scientific framework for government regulations

Forsvarets forskningsinstitutt (FFI) har på oppdrag fra DSB utarbeidet en rapport som skal bidra til tryggere lagring av ammoniumnitratprodukter. Rapporten gir DSB økt kunnskap og vil legges til grunn for vårt regelverksar...

juni 2022

Risk assessment and handling of fire in lithium-ion batteries

Guidelines for fire and rescue services - Version 1 – November 2021

desember 2021

Guidelines for quantitative risk analysis of facilities handling hazardous substances

This edition of the Guidelines for quantitative risk analysis of facilities handling hazardous substances is revised in November 2021. The report is written by Vysus Group on behalf of the Norwegian Directorate for Civil...

september 2021

Assessment of the Viking Sky Incident

On March 23, 2019, the Viking Sky cruise ship suffered an engine shutdown and had to make an emergency stop at Hustadvika between Kristiansund and Molde. The ship nearly ran aground, which could have had catastrophic...

juni 2021

Risk Analysis at a Societal Level - Method and Process for Producing ‘Analyses of Crisis Scenarios (ACS)’

In February 2019, the Norwegian Directorate for Civil Protection (DSB) published a new edition of Analyses of Crisis Scenarios (ACS) (previously called the National Risk Assessment) containing a compilation of 25 different...

november 2020

Analyses of Crisis Scenarios 2019

The Norwegian Directorate for Civil Protection (DSB) is tasked with maintaining a general overview of risk and vulnerability within society. The DSB has published risk analyses of scenarios since 2011. The analyses cover...

februar 2021

Emergency Preparedness Analysis - Forest fires

The Norwegian Directorate for Civil Protection (DSB) has analysed forest fire emergency preparedness in Norway in relation to the experiences from fires in the Nordic region in recent years and expected climate change in a...

juni 2019

Guidance to holistic risk and vulnerability assessment in the municipality

Update: A new 2022-edition of this publication is available (only in Norwegian).

juni 2017

Vital functions in society

What functional capabilities must society maintain at all times?

mai 2016

Hazardous Materials CBRNE

This handbook for hazardous materials was produced by virtue of Nordic collaboration in accordance with the Haga Declaration.

februar 2016

Evaluation Report HarbourEx15

HarbourEx15 was carried out at Sydhavna from 28 to 29 April 2015. The scenario for the exercise was an explosion and fire in containers with hazardous substances in the container area, fire in the fuel depot, evacuation of...

oktober 2015

National Risk Analysis 2014

Disasters that may affect the Norwegian society.

februar 2015

Explosion Accident during Mobile Production of Bulk Explosives

Report by DSBs project committee on the follow up of the accident in Drevja on the 17th of December 2013.

mars 2014

Barents Rescue 2013 Evaluation

Hovedmålene med Øvelse Barents Rescue 2013 var å forbedre kommunikasjon, samordning og koordinering mellom land som potensielt vil være involvert i redningsaksjoner i Barentsregionen.

desember 2013

Guideline to Host Nation Support in Norway

As the title suggests, this guideline is generic. That means that every Norwegian sector should be able to use it as a resource in their planning for emergencies and the reception of emergency assistance.

januar 2013

Comparative study on gas dispersion

Report no. 101368/R1 Date 24 January 2012 Client DSB

oktober 2012

SkagEx11 Way Forward-rapport

Way Forward-rapporten følger opp læringspunkter fra evalueringen med en rekke anbefalinger til endringer og tiltak på de områdene hvor det er påpekt svakheter eller forbedringspotensial.

april 2012

SkagEx11 Evaluation Report

Hovedmålene med Øvelse SkagEx11 var å forbedre beredskapen under nødsituasjoner, i tillegg til å bedre krisehåndteringsmekanismer internt og mellom de deltakende landene i øvelsen.

januar 2011

New influenza A virus (H1N1)- A summary of a study on the national response in Norway

The response to the pandemic caused by the new influenza virus involved the entire Norwegian health sector and the majority of Norwegian society.