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Encyclopedia > Civil protection

The overall objectives in the field of Civil Protection are to ensure better protection of people, the environment, economies and infrastructure in the event of major natural or man-made disasters, including accidental marine pollution, chemical spills. Civil Protection can also refer to coordination with regard to prevention, preparedness and consequence management vis-à-vis international terrorism. The word protection has several uses: Protection is a euphemism for contraception. ... Pumping of highly toxic (dark black) sludge, much seeps back into the ocean in the form of particles. ... A chemical substance is any material substance used in or obtained by a process in chemistry: A chemical compound is a substance consisting of two or more chemical elements that are chemically combined in fixed proportions. ...

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Prevention and preparedness

To support and supplement efforts at national, regional and local level with regard to disaster prevention, the preparedness of those responsible for civil protection and the intervention in the event of disaster This article lacks information on the importance of the subject matter. ...

  • To establish a framework for effective and rapid cooperation between different civil protection services when mutual assistance is needed (police, fire service, healthcare service, public utility provider, voluntary agencies).
  • To set up and implement training programmes for intervention and coordination teams as well as assessment experts including joint courses and exchange systems.
  • To enhance the coherence of actions undertaken at international level in the field of civil protection especially in the context of cooperation.

Firefighter with an axe A firefighter, sometimes still called a fireman though women have increasingly joined firefighting units, is a person who is trained and equipped to put out fires, rescue people and in some areas provide emergency medical services. ... Health care or healthcare is one of the worlds largest and fastest growing professions. ... A public utility is a company that maintains the infrastructure for a public service. ... This group of political volunteers is working to promote voter turn-out. ... See: Intervention (counseling) - an orchestrated attempt by family and friends to get a family member to get help for addiction or other similar problem. ... Coordination or Co-ordination is the regulation of diverse elements into an integrated and harmonious operation. ...

Information

  • To contribute to the information of the public in view of increasing the level of self-protection of citizens
  • To collect and disseminate validated emergency information
  • To pool information on national civil protection capabilities, military and medical resources.
  • To ensure efficient information sharing between the different authorities.

Intervention

To facilitate the rapid mobilisation of intervention teams, experts and other resources on request in the event of major emergencies in order to alleviate the effects of a disasters during the first days to offer technical support, including satellite images and communications (satellite phones). Mobilization (or mobilisation in British English) is the act of assembling and making both troops and supplies ready for war. ... See: Intervention (counseling) - an orchestrated attempt by family and friends to get a family member to get help for addiction or other similar problem. ... Look up Emergency in Wiktionary, the free dictionary An emergency is a situation that poses an immediate threat to human life or serious damage to property. ... A satellite is any object that orbits another object (which is known as its primary). ... A satellite phone or satphone is a mobile phone that communicates directly with orbiting satellites. ...


Reaction (post disaster analysys and recovery)

To share lessons learnt from interventions and to grant financial assistance.


See also: civil defense. The old United States Civil Defense logo. ...


External links

  • http://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/section.asp?catId=2341
  • Modelling Society’s Capacity to Manage Extraordinary Events From the Swedish Morphological Society
  • www.civilprotection.net – Website settled to promote the "PO 2005 - Flood Emergency" European project and that should become a larger Eruopen network

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Civil protection - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (324 words)
The overall objectives in the field of Civil Protection are to ensure better protection of people, the environment, economies and infrastructure in the event of major natural or man-made disasters, including accidental marine pollution, chemical spills.
To establish a framework for effective and rapid cooperation between different civil protection services when mutual assistance is needed (police, fire service, healthcare service, public utility provider, voluntary agencies).
To enhance the coherence of actions undertaken at international level in the field of civil protection especially in the context of cooperation.
Protection - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (256 words)
Environmental protection is political movement directed towards the preservation, restoration, or enhancement of the natural environment.
Civil Protection is about citizens (life and health), their property and their environment.
Civil Protection is a function of Civil Society.
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