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536: 704: 754: 844:'s Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG-ECHO) is in charge of the EU Civil Protection Mechanism to coordinate the response to disasters in Europe and beyond and contributes to at least 75% of the transport and/or operational costs of deployments. Established in 2001, the Mechanism fosters cooperation among national civil protection authorities across Europe. Currently 34 countries are members of the Mechanism; all 27 EU Member States in addition to 535: 168: 31: 821:. Their main task is to prevent, combat and overcome the consequences of disasters, incidents, natural disasters, epidemics, fires and explosions; search, rescue, rescue; forest protection, environmental protection and other civil defense tasks according to the provisions of law. They can be deployed as active military soldiers, as it is one of the three branches of the Armed Forces. 785:
Ministry of Emergency Situations. It conducts exercises in the territories of industrial enterprises with non-militarized rescue workers, developing tactics in the event of various natural disasters and/or rescue operations. The directorate opened the Center for Emergency Management in January 2011.
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was set up May 20, 1941, by Executive Order 8757, to co-ordinate state and federal measures for protection of civilians in case of war emergency. The Federal Civil Defense Administration (FCDA) was organized on December 1, 1950, and distributed civil defense information until it was merged with FEMA
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declared that, as of 1986, "Switzerland has the best civil defense system, one that already includes blast shelters for over 85 percent of all its citizens." As of 2006, there were about 300,000 shelters built in private residences, institutions and hospitals, as well as 5,100 public shelters for a
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Swedish civil defense "consists of a diverse range of activities conducted by society to strengthen the ability to cope with a state of heightened alert and war." Sweden's objectives of civil defence are to: protect the civilian population; contribute to peace and security; and strengthen societies
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The EMO then became Emergency Planning Canada in 1974, then Emergency Preparedness Canada in 1986. In February 2001, the Government replaced Emergency Preparedness with the Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection and Emergency Preparedness (OCIPEP), responsible for civilian emergency planning
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Among the "Core Missions" of the Canada First Defence Strategy (under the Canadian Department of National Defence) are to respond to terrorist attacks and other crises such as natural disasters. According to the Emergency Management Act, the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness is
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Canada's civil defense measures evolved over time. As with many other matters in Canada, responsibility is shared between the federal and provincial government. The first post-WWII civil defence co-ordinator was appointed in October 1948 "to supervise the work of federal, provincial and municipal
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China continues to construct large public emergency shelters. Not less than three large (maximum capacity of around 8000) shelters are to be completed in the Shanghai area by 2012, with more planned. The ironic completion date of late 2012 has been dismissed as coincidence, with the true intent
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Civil defense in Finland is a civilian effort, coordinated by the Ministry of Interior through the Civil Defense Act of 1958, to provide shelters in high-risk areas, evacuate civilian populations from threatened areas, and limit damage from natural disasters.
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civil defence troops must retain such a wartime role. Thus they are charged with the organisation and coordination of Russian military forces for the purpose of civil defence not only during natural and manmade disasters, but also during wartime.
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There are more than 117,000 air raid shelters in Taiwan, some dating back to the Japanese colonial period. Many more obsolete shelters as well as military bunkers have been repurposed as commercial, artistic, or public buildings.
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organizations dedicated to protecting civilians from military attacks and providing rescue services after widespread disasters. In most countries, civil defense is a government-managed and often volunteer-staffed organization.
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The Cyprus Civil Defense Force was established in 1964 in response to the Turkish bombings of Tilliria in order to protect the civilian population and to help it recover from the immediate effects of hostilities or disasters.
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A number of organisations have been created to try and emulate the work of Civil Defence, but none are government funded or recognised as such. However, Emergency Preparedness is the responsibility of agencies under the
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responsible for exercising leadership relating to emergency management in Canada by coordinating, among government institutions and in cooperation with the provinces and other entities, emergency management activities.
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Australia's State Emergency Service is a fully volunteer organization intended to provide emergency help during and after officially declared disasters. The SES is one of many public safety organizations using the
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deals at national level with the forecast, prevention, management and overcoming of human and natural disasters and in emergency situations. It also deals with sector such as forest fire and hydrogeological risk.
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During the Soviet era, specialized civil defence subunits were maintained in order to provide assistance to the population after bombing raids and nuclear, biological or chemical attacks. And today, by law, the
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The German Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW Technisches Hilfswerk) is an organization of voluntary experts as an authority in the department of the Federal Ministry of the Interior, founded in 1950.
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On September 27, 2010 the "Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010" was passed to strengthen the country's disaster risk reduction and management system in response to Typhoon Ondoy.
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or loosely translated into English as Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management is the government agency that has the authority of managing disaster in the national scale.
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in 1949 as the primary organisation for civil defence work, primarily concerned with nuclear war preparations but could respond to civil emergencies; it was supported by the
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The Norwegian Civil Defence support the police, fire departments and health care during larger incidents which those departments do not have the manpower to handle.
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The Office of Civil Defense began as the National Civil Defense Administration, established on August 18, 1954 through the Civil Defense Act of 1954. The
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and heavy technical assistance. As of 2016, the Belgian Civil Protection employs about 1,100 people, of which 450 professionals and 650 volunteers.
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total of 8.6 million places, a level of coverage equal to 114% of the population. Switzerland also has mandatory stockpiling of essential goods.
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and the Sous-Direction des opérations de Secours et de la coopération civilo-militaire (Rescue operation and civil-military cooperation branch).
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is a military force, consisting of 135 military personnel and 25 civilian employees, which handles fire-fighting and civil defense duties.
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that is commissioned in 2003, to provide measures against threat and any form of attack or disaster against the nation and its citizenry".
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was created in February 1992 to cope with the variety of military and terrorist threats to the centers of civilian population in Israel.
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authorities in planning for public air-raid shelters, emergency food and medical supplies, and the evacuation of likely target areas".
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Ministry of the Russian Federation for Affairs for Civil Defence, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters
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Towards the end of the Cold War, a number of civil defense organizations have been disbanded or mothballed (as in the case of the
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has the capability of informing and warning citizens of hazardous conditions such as earthquakes, volcanoes, or tsunami.
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handed authority for civilian defense to the Emergency Measures Organisation (EMO). Large fallout shelters, known as "
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The concept of centralized civil defence was established by law in 1933, through the Royal Decree 433, to which Col.
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to supplement existing emergency services and create wartime specialist services. This service, later called the
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In 1995, the Civil defense was institutionally established with the establishment of the General Secretariat for
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First batch of self-protection squads in Damascus Countryside finishes training, SANA, 13th August 2013
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are responsible for civil defence, as well as tax collection, domestic security, and traffic control.
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in June 2003. It was established with the duty to conduct nationwide post-disaster activities. All 21
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chiefly tasked with preparing for and responding to natural disasters and national emergencies in
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Formerly a munisterial level agency, today the State Emergency Service of Ukraine is part of
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also have their own civil defence plans. Also, since 2006 there is a military unit, the
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made essential contributions. It continues to be part of various ministries, such as
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has existed to develop the government policy on civil protection. In addition, the
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Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations
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in the area. IGSU is accountable for the construction and maintenance of public
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Personnel of the General Directorate of Civil Defense and Rescue at a parade in
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in 1979. Between 1979 and 2001, the duties of Civil Defense were served by the
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States and some cities have their own civil defense measures, overseen by the
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Spain started the civil defence policies in the 1940s and since 1960s, the
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is mainly in charge of disaster relief efforts. A separate department the
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held its largest civil defense drill in since 1975, in response to the
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Personnel of the Emergency Management Department with members of the
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exercises executive supervision over the Office of Civil Defense.
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Committee of Emergency Situations and Civil Defense of Tajikistan
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The Swiss Federal Office for Civil Protection (FOCP), under the
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Established in 1949, the IOMCDC is an emergency service of the
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British Broadcasting Corporation. Monitoring Service (1981).
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ability to prevent and manage severe peacetime emergencies.
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Seoul Metropolitan Fire and Disaster Management Headquarters
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An Emergency Management Framework for Canada Second Edition
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Official Website of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine
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Before 2005, in Ukraine existed the Civil Defense Troops.
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Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports
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In addition to providing funding to humanitarian aid, the
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is in charge of the fire and rescue services in Malaysia.
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Directorate-General for Civil Protection and Emergencies
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Directorate-General for Civil Protection and Emergencies
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have a NEMA division and department. Similarly to the
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Australasian Inter-Service Incident Management System
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was a civilian volunteer organisation established in
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The General Directorate of Civil Defense and Rescue (
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