2. ENVIRONMENTAL ChEMISTRy & TEChNOLOGy 2.1. Lectures

Chem. Listy, 102, s265–s1311 (2008) Environmental Chemistry & Technology
Project: Who is Who in Civil Protection in the Czech
Republic
Aim of the project:
• to compile a database of specialists in the fields related
to civil protection in the Czech Republic
• to support preparedness and capacity of action of professional
and voluntary bodies related to civil protection
• to list bodies or people in the database based on voluntary
principle (protection of personal data of listed participants
of the project)
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Project outcomes:
Proceedings (printed publication)
Implementation and update of a website
Participating organizations – initial suggestion:
Universities: e.g. Technical University of Ostrava
– Faculty of Safety Engineering; University of Defense
Brno – Institute of nBC Defense Vyškov; Police Academy
of the Czech Republic, Prague, Department of
Crisis Management; Brno University of Technology,
Faculty of Chemistry; Tomas Bata University Zlín; University
of South Bohemia, České Budějovice; Palacky
University Olomouc; University of Pardubice; University
of Economics, Prague etc.
Research institutes and specialized institutions: e.g.
Population Protection Institute Lázně Bohdaneč; Military
Technical Institute of Protection Brno; national
Institute for nuclear, Chemical and Biological Protection
Kamenná; State Office for nuclear Safety, Prague etc.
Companies and firms manufacturing and marketing
materials for civil protection (e.g. syndicate of companies
Czech nBC team etc.)
Ministries: Ministry of Interior – General Directorate of
Fire Rescue Service and Police of the Czech Republic;
Ministry of Health – Department of Crisis Preparedness,
Emergency Medical Service, Air Rescue Service,
selected hospitals; Ministry of Defense; Ministry of
Industry and Trade; Ministry of Transport; Ministry of
Education, Youth and Sport; Ministry of Environment;
voluntary bodies, e.g. Czech Red Cross, Mountain Rescue
Service of the Czech Republic etc.
Proposed personal data of specialists to be listed in the
“Who is Who in Civil Protection in the Czech Republic”
database:
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First name and surname, academical degrees
Employment history/accomplishments
Major contemporary professional orientation
Major supervised projects and publications in the field
of CP in recent 5 (10) years
Contact information for communication: address, telephone
and fax numbers, e-mail address etc.
Implementation of the above process makes sense when
its outcomes are accessible e.g. on a special website available
for selected specialists assigned with passwords and when the
database is regularly updated.
Conclusions
Contradictory and contrary character of civilization
activities accompanied with permanent proliferation of security
risks results in increasing danger for citizens caused by
growing number and types of emergency events. The development
of corresponding security system lags behind the
above described process, which makes the problems of civil
protection permanently unresolved.
Civil protection as a system of specialized measures
remains an integral part of crisis management and represents
its priority in non-military emergency events. Concerning the
systematic approach to solve individual types and kinds of
emergency events civil protection is understood as a separately
controlled and coordinated domain.
With regard to growing importance of civil protection
nowadays and in future preparation of and negotiation on
special legislative regulations (see the proposed law on civil
protection above) based on a “set of acts on crisis states”
passed in the half of 2000 year and effective January 1, 2001
can be highly recommended. The field of civil protection
deserves proper background in thorough legislation.
REFEREnCES
1. Zeman M., Mika O. J.: Protection of Citizens. Brno University
of Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Brno 2007
2. Silhanek B., Dvorak J.: Short History of Civil Protection.
Ministry of Interior, General Directorate of FRS of the
Czech Republic, Prague 2003
3. Kratochvilova, D.: Protection of Citizens, Society of
Safe and Fire Engineering, Ostrava 2005
4. Krulik O., Masek I., Mika O. J.: Phenomenon of Current
Terrorism. Brno University of Technology, Faculty of
Chemistry, Brno 2008