When preparing for the millennium bug during 1999, the city of Naestved uncovered sensitive points in the emergency service chains and came up with a new communication system. There was no guarantee from power suppliers, none from telecommunication companies and also no guarantee on back up systems, so the city had to set priorities to prepare to be able to ensure the most basic needs in case of emergency. This led to the importance of a new communication system independent of power supply and existing telecommunication or radio infrastructure. The city of Naestved came up with special selected equipment communicating radio frequencies, especially ordered for this separate situation. All emergency units and all volunteer aid services were equipped with these portable radios. As the citizens also needed to be able to communicate with people the city also made up contact points for the citizens that were also equipped with communication technology. These contact points were strategic points known to all citizens, such as elderly homes and public schools. There was also a communication plan worked out for this occasion. As a storm on 3rd December 1999, where several households were with no power for up to ten days, showed, the city needed to improve their communication plan, which it did until the night of the millennium bug. The citizens were informed via local newspapers, including a “help Your neighbour campaign”, via official letters from the mayor to all citizens. On 31st of December 1999 luckily nothing happened. On a power break down in September 2003 the communication in Naestved completely failed, which is why the city made considerations to put the millennium communication plan back in action.