Crisis Management, Defence, Security, Civil Protection

Recently, much has been written about crisis management. This has been in connection with possible terrorist attacks or with natural disasters, which have not avoided the Czech Republic, or in connection with possible environmental catastrophes, technical breakdowns, spreading of infectious diseases and also the adverse trend in road accidents.

However, still not much is known about crisis management, despite the fact that citizen’s health and lives may be and have been endangered, large property damage may be or has been incurred and there is a danger of environmental damage. 

On these pages you will learn about crisis management in public administration:

However, crisis management is a much broader area and contains three very different parts, which are closely connected to one another and influence each other, but which must be distinguished for the purpose of analytical processing of the issue. Crisis management is divided into these categories:

· PERSONAL, which includes only individuals – citizens, their protection and safety;

· PRIVATE, which includes all legal entities and natural persons doing business;

· PUBLIC, which is executed by public administration authorities and by local authorities empowered with rights and by legal entities and natural persons in compliance with legal regulations.

Tens of billions of Czech crowns are provided for the public part of crisis management from the national budget, because vital, strategic and other significant interests of the Czech Republic must be ensured, as must the protection of citizens by providing urgent help, rescue and liquidation operations; measures for civil protection must be taken, crisis measures in case of crisis situations must be implemented and, if necessary, defence, security and protective measures must be carried out.

Jindřichův Hradec Town Council also deals with the public part of crisis management. From the point of view of prevention, we also wish to deal with the personal part of crisis management, because this is where lives are most often endangered and lost. Many times this is completely unnecessary.

The first step to avoiding or at least minimising these injuries, detriments, harm, accidents, losses, failures and damage is to admit that there is a possibility of danger (peril, risk, threat) to my health, my life, property and environment, because despite all the measures taken and carried out, dangers will continue to hobble, menace, damage, destroy, devastate and liquidate.

Admitting the possibility that an extraordinary event or crisis situation may occur, which may affect me and my family, is the first step to obtaining information and knowledge about how to best defend myself against or how to avoid these adverse phenomena, events and processes…