19/20 May 2015, Riga “From Gaps to Caps – Risk Management Capability Based on Gaps Identification in the BSR” TASK D COMPARISON OF EVALUATIONS OF EMERGENCIES AND EXERCISES Jürgen Krempin Hamburg Fire and Rescue Service Hamburg Fire Service Academy 1 Risk Assessment Structures in Germany
16 Federal States (Bundesländer) Federal Republic of Germany
More than 400 districts, and more than cities or villages Germany
Hamburg Mecklenburg- Vorpommern Schleswig-Holstein Baltic Sea Bundesländer
Article 30 Grundgesetz (“Federal Basic Law” / Constitution) „Responsibilities of the States“ Grundgesetz The Federal States (Bundesländer) are responsible for disaster protection Special law for Disaster Protection Legal Regulations of Disaster Management
The Federal Government is responsible for „Civil Defence“ Special Federal Law „Civil Protection in case of war“ Grundgesetz Civil Defence
Responsibilities Federal Government Civil Defence: Shelter, Alarm System, Protection of Culture, Epidemic Disease, Federal Police. States (Bundesländer) Police. Departments / Counties / … Civil Protection, Ambulance, Fire prevention. Municipalities / Cities / Villages Fire Fighting, …
Governmental and non governmental agencies in disaster response / management German Red Cross German Organization for Search and Rescue on Sea Federal Agency for Technical Relief Bundeswehr
Disaster Management … is mainly a task of the Bundesländer and their subordinated structures (districts, cities, villages), assisted by the BBK (Bundesamt für Bevölkerungsschutz und Katastrophenhilfe / Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance) and the AKNZ (Akademie für Krisenmanagement, Notfallplanung und Zivilschutz / Academy for Crisis Management, Emergency Planning and Civil Protection)
Consequences for us… Bundesländer are (mainly) responsible for disaster management We have to talk to… “Baltic” Bundesländer: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg A lot of different contact points (Bundesländer, Federal Institutions) Outcomes so far Many different exercises (and emergencies), A lot of different evaluations No matrices / evaluation forms No tangible results We are still working on this topic
Hamburg Townhall Meeting in June 2016