A series of seminars on civil defense recommendations will be held for Riga citizens “X per hour”

The Riga City Council will hold an information campaign for residents and a cycle of eight seminars on civil protection, which will begin on April 10 with the seminar “General recommendations for residents in X hours”, the External Communication Department of the Riga City Council informed LETA agency.

The seminar will be the first of eight seminars organized by the municipality, in which residents will be informed about Riga’s civil defense plan, evacuation, safe places of refuge, involvement in national defense and other important issues of personal protection.

The seminar will take place from 18:00 to 20:00 and it will be available online on the municipality’s website “riga.lv” and on the municipality’s “Facebook” account. Residents of Riga, who will participate in the seminar in person in the meeting hall of the Riga City Council, will be able to ask questions to the experts.

To participate in the seminar in person, you need to register in advance by filling out the registration form. When the maximum number of participants is reached, the registration form will be closed.

It has already been reported that on March 27, the Riga City Council adopted the civil defense plan of the capital, in which algorithms were developed and concrete advice was given on how to act for citizens in various crisis situations, including in the event of a military threat.

Since the beginning of the war started by Russia against Ukraine, Latvian state and local government institutions have often received criticism from the public for insufficient civil defense plans in cases of threats.