Fuel and supply shortage
Fuel, food or other goods are scarce or rationed and deliveries are unreliable.
Warning signs
- Queues and empty shelves or pumps
- Official notices about rationing or supply disruption
- Card payment or delivery systems failing
Stay or go
Stay home and draw on your own stocks; travel uses fuel you may not replace. Move only if essential supplies such as water, heat or medicine run out.
Do now
- Draw on home stocks first; aim to cover at least one week without shopping. (continuity-18)
- Buy gradually, not in bulk, so others can also get what they need.
- Keep some cash, since card payments may not work. (continuity-19)
- Keep the vehicle tank topped up before forecast disruption and cut trips. (continuity-15)
Then
- Expect aid to go first to those most in need, and plan to manage meanwhile.
- Work with neighbours to share supplies and help each other. (continuity-20)
- Use stoves and fuel outdoors where possible; ventilate kerosene lamps well. (continuity-6)
- Check rumours against official sources before acting or sharing.
- Rotate stored fuel and food so nothing expires unused. (continuity-7)
Related steps
Sources
- Basics of home emergency preparedness. Swedish Agency for Civil Defence (MCF), accessed 2026-11
- Pandemic. Ready.gov (FEMA), accessed 2026-11
- If crisis or war comes (municipal edition, 2024). Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) / Linkoping Municipality, accessed 2026-11
- Power outage safety tips. Ready.gov (FEMA), accessed 2026-11