1. www.duzs.hr www.duzs.hr National Protection and Rescue Directarate www.duzs.hrwww.duzs.hr EU PROMETHEUS 2014 KICK OFF MEETING 9-10 April, Brussels

2. www.duzs.hr www.duzs.hr National Protection and Rescue Directarate www.duzs.hrwww.duzs.hrCONTENTS 1.Republic of Croatia 2.National Risks 3. National Protection and Rescue Directorate - organization and tasks - 112 emergency number - international cooperation 4. National Partners 5.Local and Regional Self-administration Authorities 6.Tentative participation in EU Prometheus

3. www.duzs.hr www.duzs.hr National Protection and Rescue Directarate www.duzs.hrwww.duzs.hr 4 500 000 inhabitants 20 Counties + City of Zagreb 124 cities and 426 municipalities Total area 87 609 km2 Currency – Croatian kuna (kn) Government – 15 Ministries + 9 National Directorates Slovenia Bosnia and Herzegovina Hungary Serbia Montenegro

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5. www.duzs.hr www.duzs.hr National Protection and Rescue Directarate www.duzs.hrwww.duzs.hr DAMAGES FROM NATURAL DISASTERS 1980-2002 5,520 billion USD

6. www.duzs.hr www.duzs.hr National Protection and Rescue Directarate www.duzs.hrwww.duzs.hr NATIONAL PROTECTION AND RESCUE DIRECTORATE Definition: An independent, professional and administrative organization in the Republic of Croatia, which prepares, plans and manages operational forces and coordinates the operation of all participants in the protection and rescue system. It started functioning on 1 January 2005, on the basis of: Law on Organization and Jurisdiction of the Government Administration Protection and Rescue Law (Updated 2007) Decree on the Internal Organization of the National Protection and Rescue Directorate (Updated 2008)

7. www.duzs.hr www.duzs.hr National Protection and Rescue Directarate www.duzs.hrwww.duzs.hr NATIONAL PROTECTION AND RESCUE DIRECTORATE Basic Tasks:  Risk assessment and drafting of protection and rescue plans for local and regional self-government  Preparation of mandatory guidelines for risk management,  Monitoring and analyzing the P&R situation; recommending to the Government improvement measures,  Collecting, analyzing and distributing risk and consequence information through a single communication system,  Conducts activities related to the 112 system  Organizes, trains and equips operational forces  Drafts and conducts training programs,  International cooperation

8. www.duzs.hr www.duzs.hr National Protection and Rescue Directarate www.duzs.hrwww.duzs.hr DIRECTOR GENERAL INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION DEPARTMENT FIREFIGHTING SECTOR PERSONNEL, LEGAL AND FINANCE SECTOR CIVIL PROTECTION SECTOR FIREFIGHTING, PROTECTION & RESCUE SCHOOL NATIONAL PROTECTION AND RESCUE INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM DIRECTOR GENERAL’S OFFICE National level COUNTY PROTECTION & RESCUE OFFICE(x20) PREVENTION AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT COUNTY 112 CENTER INTERNAL AUDIT DEPARTMENT County level DEPUTY DIRECTOR INSPECTION DEPARTMENT HEAD NATIONAL CP INTERVENTION UNIT NATIONAL FF INTERVENTION UNIT

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10. www.duzs.hr www.duzs.hr National Protection and Rescue Directarate www.duzs.hrwww.duzs.hr TRAINING FOR DISASTER MANAGEMENT Firefighting, Protection and Rescue School. Main task of the School are:  Education of professional firefighters  Getting information on and exchange of technical and scientific methods in firefighting  Training of organized protection and rescue forces  Training of the 112 system personnel  Production of technical literature  Testing and certifying of protection and rescue equipment  Proposing Croatian norms in the field of protection and rescue

11. www.duzs.hr www.duzs.hr National Protection and Rescue Directarate www.duzs.hrwww.duzs.hr AmbulanceFire Dept.Police Civil Protection, Mountain Rescue Service, Port Authorities, Armed Forces… 112 Centre Integrated single information-communication network User-friendly modern IT solutions Procedures defined in advance PositioningDigital maps

12. www.duzs.hr www.duzs.hr National Protection and Rescue Directarate www.duzs.hrwww.duzs.hr INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION BILATERALREGIONALINTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS Hungary, Slovenia, B&H, Austria, Slovakia, Poland, France, FYR Macedonia, Montenegro, Albania, Russia MoU (Germany, Netherlands, Kosovo) NATO CEP UN (ISDR, OCHA, CADRI) EU Council of Europe CMEP SEE Council DPPI SEDM – SEESIM Adriatic – Ionic Initiative

13. www.duzs.hr www.duzs.hr National Protection and Rescue Directarate www.duzs.hrwww.duzs.hr PUBLIC INFORMATION web site press releases raising of public awareness daily contacts with public analysis of information conveyed by media

14. www.duzs.hr www.duzs.hr National Protection and Rescue Directarate www.duzs.hrwww.duzs.hr NATIONAL PARTNERS  Ministry of Defence (Army FF, Coast Guard)  Ministry of the Interior  Ministry of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure  Ministry of Regional Development, Forestry And Water Management  Ministry of Environmental Protection, Physical Planning And Construction  Ministry of Health and Social Care  State Office for Nuclear Safety  Institute for Radiations Protection  Croatian Waters  National Red Cross Society  Mountain Rescue Service  Firefighting Association  Others….

15. www.duzs.hr www.duzs.hr National Protection and Rescue Directarate www.duzs.hrwww.duzs.hr RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF LOCAL AND REGIONAL SELF- ADMINISTRATION AUTHORITIES According to the Constitution, Article 134., local and regional self-administration authorities are responsible for fire protection and civil protection affaires HEAD of local and regional self-administration authorities (municipality, city or county) is PERSON RESPONSIBLE for mobilizing all the human and material-technical resources in the region under this local self-government unit

16. www.duzs.hr www.duzs.hr National Protection and Rescue Directarate www.duzs.hrwww.duzs.hr CROATIAN INTERVENTION TEAM Team management TL,DTL,LO Arial Forest Firefighting module + planes 2 Canadair CL 415 4 crews Technical team Ground forest firefighting module

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