The State Emergency Service of Ukraine
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'' (24 December 2012) ( uk, Державна служба України з надзвичайних ситуацій), until December 24, 2012 the Ministry of Emergencies of Ukraine ( uk, Міністерство надзвичайних ситуацій України), is the main
executive
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body tasked with carrying out state policy in the spheres of
civil defence
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,
rescue
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, creating and managing the system of
insurance fund documentation, utilization of radioactive wastes, protection of population and territory in emergency situations, emergency prevention and response,
liquidation in the aftermath, and the
Chernobyl catastrophe
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.
It is abbreviated as ДСНС
країни It also directly administers the
zone of alienation
The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Zone of Alienation, Belarusian: Хона адчужэння Чарнобыльскай АЭС, ''Zona adčužennia Čarnobyĺskaj AES'', russian: Зона отчуждения Чернобыльской АЭС ...
located just north of
Kyiv
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Under the jurisdiction of the
Ministry of Internal Affairs
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, the agency's motto is "To prevent. To rescue. To help." ( uk, Запобігти. Врятувати. Допомогти).
History
The former ministry was created in 1996 with the merger of the state civil defense body and the Ukrainian ministry in charge of protecting the population from the consequences of the Chernobyl catastrophe. Until 1991, the latter was a state committee of the Cabinet of Ministers of the
Ukrainian SSR
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...
, while state civil defense was part of the
USSR's All-Union civil defense network.
In 2003, the ministry took over control of the firefighting service, previously under the jurisdiction of the
Ministry of Internal Affairs
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(militsiya). The ministry had been part of the military reserve of the
Ukrainian armed forces
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, but after the 2003 reform and fire services merger, all militarized formations were dissolved, and in 2005, the agency became officially non-military and focused on rescue services.
Until the administrative reform of December 9, 2010, the body was called Ministry of Ukraine in emergencies and the protection of the population from the consequences of the
Chernobyl catastrophe
The Chernobyl disaster was a nuclear accident that occurred on 26 April 1986 at the No. 4 nuclear reactor, reactor in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, near the city of Pripyat in the north of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Ukrainia ...
. After the reform, three major central executive power bodies were directly subordinated to it:
* State service of mining supervision and industrial safety of Ukraine ( uk, Державна служба гірничого нагляду та промислової безпеки України)
* State agency of Ukraine of the administration of the
zone of alienation
The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Zone of Alienation, Belarusian: Хона адчужэння Чарнобыльскай АЭС, ''Zona adčužennia Čarnobyĺskaj AES'', russian: Зона отчуждения Чернобыльской АЭС ...
( uk, Державне агентство України з управління зоною відчуження)
* State inspection of technogenic safety of Ukraine ( uk, Державна інспекція техногенної безпеки України)
;Other agencies
* State department of fire-prevention security (see
firefighting)
* State search and rescue aviation service: ''Ukraviaposhuk''
* State hydro-meteorological service
* State department of the insurance documentation fund of the Ministry
On December 24, 2012, the Ministry of Emergencies of Ukraine was transformed into the State Emergency Service
[ and placed under jurisdiction of the Ministry of Defence. On 25 April 2014, the service was transferred to the ]Ministry of Internal Affairs
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Structure
Main body
* Central Bureau of Emergency Situations
Specialized formations
* State militarized mining rescue brigade (Kryvyi Rih)
* Dnipro militarized mining rescue brigade
Other agencies
* Ukrainian Hydro-meteorological Center
* Ukrainian Aviation Meteorological Center
* Main Aviation Coordination Center of search and rescue
* "Rescuer"-Inform Information Analytical Center
* Center of Civil Security 112
* Mobile Rescue Center (Kyiv)
* Odessa Sanatorium (Odessa)
List of Heads of the State Emergency Service
Former agency executives (prior to 2012 reorganisation)
List of former chiefs of State Civil Defense
List of Ministers of Emergencies
Ranks
Medals
File:Медаль «Ветеран служби» (ДСУНС).png, 25 years in service
File:Медаль «20 років сумлінної служби» (ДСУНС).png, 20 years in service
File:Медаль «15 років сумлінної служби» (ДСУНС).png, 15 years in service
File:Медаль «10 років сумлінної служби» (ДСУНС).png, 10 years in service
File:Нагрудний знак «За відвагу в надзвичайній ситуації».png, For bravery in an emergency
File:Нагрудний знак «Знак Пошани» (ДСУНС).png, For honorable service
State Emergency Service Aviation
The Special Aviation Unit and Operational Rescue Service of the State Emergency Service (Спеціальний авіаційний загін оперативно-рятувальної служби цивільного захисту) is based in the city of Nizhyn
Nizhyn ( uk, Ні́жин, Nizhyn, ) is a city located in Chernihiv Oblast of northern Ukraine along the Oster River. The city is located north-east of the national capital Kyiv. Nizhyn serves as the administrative center of Nizhyn Raion. It ...
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The Special Aviation Unit can work independently or in cooperation with other State Emergency Service units to protect population and territory, material and cultural values and the environment during emergencies, especially for work performed under difficult conditions.
As of September 2018, three H225 helicopters were also to serve in State Emergency Service Aviation.
See also
*Fire protection
Fire protection is the study and practice of mitigating the unwanted effects of potentially destructive fires. It involves the study of the behaviour, compartmentalisation, suppression and investigation of fire and its related emergencies, as we ...
* Fire safety
* Firefighting
* Search and rescue
*State Emergency Service
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*Ministry of Emergency Situations (Russia)
The Ministry of the Russian Federation for Civil Defence, Emergency Situations and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters (russian: Министерство Российской Федерации по делам гражданской ...
References
External links
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* Law of Ukraine
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Civil Defense Forces
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Emergencies
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Ministries established in 1991
Emergencies
An emergency is an urgent, unexpected, and usually dangerous situation that poses an immediate risk to health, life, property, or environment and requires immediate action. Most emergencies require urgent intervention to prevent a worsening ...
1991 establishments in Ukraine
Emergency services in Ukraine