The distaster management and it needs in Hungary

László Weisz 11. December 2006Tolna County DM

Simplified operational system of Disaster Management in Hungary

Primary operational forces

• Disaster Management - Fire departments - Civil Protection branches - Special rescue teams• Other professional organisations - Police - Frontier guard - Army• Ambulance service

Further applicable organisations

• Civil protection „troops” assigned by mayors• Hungarian citizens assigned by war department• Industrial services • Volunteers

What kind of support and recources have these

organizatoins?

Disaster ManagementFire Departments

Civil Protection Branches

• Professionals/regular officiers • civil protection organizations• Emergency exploratory vehicles• Technical and chemical rescue vehicles• Volunteers by agreement (rescue teams)

Emergency exploratory vehicle

- Chemical exploring

- Nuclear exploring

- Meteorological station

- Sampling

- Voice and data telecommunication

- coveralls

Trucks, containers, power machines

Ordinary equipment of fire departments

Technical Rescue vehicles

Special containers

Chemical and technical containers

Police

- closing endangered area, directing the road traffic,

- Supervising of evacuation, relief consignments

- Protecting inhabitans’ properties in evacuated areas

- Identifying casualties

Police gives assistance to disaster management:

Hungarian Army

• Important role in solving problem that needs special expert (blasting, special chemical poisoning)

• Capable to help the work to police (protecting area, directing traffic)

• Effective support in air transport and exploration

• Military can offer special equipment in several type of disaster (boats, temporary bridges)

Frontier Guard

• Ensure the quick entry and exit procedure on boarder for intarnational rescue teams and refugees

• Cooperation in civil protection tasks during major disasters

• Cooperation with police in protecting endangered area, evacuation and other tasks

Ambulance Service

Medical spare of the Government

• Temporary hospitals with equipment

• Medical aid station with equipment

• Medicines, bandage, equipment on stock

• Further resources like tents, blankets, water cleaner, aggregators etc.

Mobil medical aid station

Special organizations

Special Organisations

• Air rescue• Divers• Rescue teams with dogs• Charitable organisations• Other participants of industry that have own

services eg. electricity and gas providers, the Hungarian State Railways

Other possibilities to meet needs

• Organisation of job affairs Public Works Program has detached funds to assure public workers during events

• Vis Maior funds

Yearly detached funds of government to support the extra expenses of participant in protection

Spare equipment and materials of government and selfgovernments:

Central and area warehouses and stocks of Disaster Management, departments, selfgovernments and Institute of Spare Economy

Thank you for attention