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specifi c services and employees in companies, MUP inspection services, and fi remen -
members of professional and volunteer fi re departments.
Protection from unexploded ordnance is to be organized by informing the population
about the procedures to be followed when coming across unexploded ordnance and by
forming detection, inactivation and destruction units.
Depending on the assessment of needs, the provision of fi rst medical aid may require
considerable resources. Th is can be done through self-help and mutual help within
the scope of personal and mutual protection, and by general protection civil defence
units, specialized emergency medical units, Red Cross fi rst-aid units and health care
organizations.
Th e scope of emergency medical aid could be limited because of the shortage of
medical supplies and equipment, and solutions need to be found in the use of auxiliary
resources.
All available eff orts and resources are required in the rescue and protection of animals and
foodstuff of animal origin because of possible livestock risks and diseases. Th is includes
livestock owners, veterinary companies and services, livestock breeding companies,
slaughterhouses and companies engaged in the protection and storage of foodstuff s of
animal origin.
Crops and plant products (720,000 of arable area and about 540,000 hectares of forests)
will need protection in terms of protective agents, hailstorm protection and other forms
of protection, especially regarding plant products.
Th e assessment and the number of the people and animals killed, their identifi cation,
transport and burial, the removal of waste and other hazardous materials along with
decontamination will determine the sanitization requirements.
Th ese protection measures, focused on preventing the spread of infectious diseases,
epidemics and other consequences, will demand the involvement of municipal services,
construction and transport companies, health care and veterinarian institutions. If they
should fall short of the needs, civil defence and sanitization units can be included.
According to estimates, the organization and implementation of protection and rescue
measures can mitigate overall consequences by 20-25%.
3. Needs and possibilities in the organization of civil defence units and agencies for the
management of protection and rescue actions
Th e described consequences and the assessment of the possible threat for the population
and material goods draw attention to the necessary implementation of preventive
protection measures and operational protection and rescue actions. In addition to
companies and other entities equipped and qualifi ed for protection and rescue the
implementation of operational measures will require the organization of civil defence
units and bodies for the management of protection and rescue actions.
As shown in the preceding assessments of the needs and possibilities, personal and
mutual protection (along with effi cient civil defence wardens) can help to mitigate overall
consequences by about 40%, and the organization and implementation of protection and
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