Capacities of the Army of the Czech Republic in Rescue and Liquidation Work in The Regions of the Czech Republic

Tušer, Irena; Jánský, Jiří

doi:10.47459/cndcgs.2020.20

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“…Crisis preparedness in general (Svarcova et al 2015), on a national scale, can be understood as the ability of a system to have an early response to danger with adequate capacity of competent forces and resources. Such forces and resources, as part of resolving an emergency situation caused by a natural disaster or threat, with a national impact, also include rescue teams, which include both civilian and military units (Tušer and Jánský 2020b). The harmonization of civil-military cooperation in response to life-threatening and health-threatening situations is an essential aspect for the successful management of emergency situations in a given country.…”

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Emergency Management in Resolving an Emergency Situation

Tušer¹,

Hošková-Mayerová

2020

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Experience gained from NATO operations shows that the basis for an effective solution to a crisis is a combination of a comprehensive political, civilian and military approach. The cooperation of all stakeholders is thus a basic prerequisite for the effective resolution of crisis situations. These aspects and stakeholders include emergency management. This paper deals with civil-military cooperation in times of emergency caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in the Czech Republic. It qualitatively evaluates the findings resulting from the questionnaire survey focused on the state of crisis preparedness of the Army of the Czech Republic and the functionality of emergency management in cooperation with rescue work with other teams of the rescue system. The questionnaire was carried out at military units in all regions of the Czech Republic; organizational units of the Ministry of Defence with nationwide competence, which were directly involved in securing measures related to the declaration of a state of emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic in March—May, 2020; Operations Command, which currently manages operations in the Czech Republic designed to manage the consequences of a pandemic; and members of the Ministry of Defence participating in the activities of the Strategic Command and Control Group. A total of 21 stakeholders took part. The experience in managing the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic have shown that armed forces around the world have an irreplaceable position in dealing with nonmilitary crises. The conclusions and recommendations obtained from the research survey are the content of this paper.

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confidence: 99%