The Ministry of Interior and Administration (MSWIA) has drafted a bill on civilian protection and civilian protection to address legal gaps in the current law.
Adopted by the Sejm 2 years ago by the Defence Act The homeland has cancelled the civilian protection laws. At the time, the Vice-President of the Ministry of abroad Affairs, Maciej Wąsik, was liable for the preparation of the draft civilian Protection Act for Law and Justice, but the work on the task was postponed to another term.
The civilian Coalition, which took power after the election, had a different thought of a civilian defence model compared to its predecessors. In the PiS project, the Ministry of National Defence, Voivodes and Local Governments was to be liable for civilian defence. KO preferred to base civilian protection on local governments and state and volunteer fire departments.
The fresh regulations were announced in March during a joint press conference attended by the heads of the Ministry of abroad Affairs, Marcin Kierwiński and MON, Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz. Now the proposal to include the completed task in the list of legislative and programming works of the government was sent to the Chancellery of the Prime Minister of the Council of Ministers.
– After 8 years of PiS government negligence, we didn't have a single day to lose. We have utilized the last 5 months to prepare specified crucial and essential legal solutions for the safety of Poles and Poles. present we can proudly say that the bill on civilian protection and civilian defence is ready and sent for further legislative work and interministerial arrangements," said Minister Kierwiński.
The Ministry of the Interior and Administration informs that the draft law is designed to introduce solutions that let for "coordinated implementation of civilian protection tasks both during peace and during emergency and war states".
The fresh law aims to introduce a number of concepts which have so far mainly functioned in the global and academic domains, into the applicable legal order. The rules are besides intended to regulate issues that have been only partially regulated so far.
The task will introduce detailed solutions for civilian protection entities that will act in accordance with the rule of subsidiarity and support of authorities at different levels of universal safety management where a peculiar task cannot be full performed at a given level of management.
Social resilience will be strengthened by preparing society for appropriate emergency behaviour. The fresh government provides for actions specified as education for security, training and exercises, social information campaigns and self-education, taking into account the function of citizens, NGOs and professional emergency services.
The fresh government prepared by the Ministry of abroad Affairs will take into account mechanisms facilitating the operation of public administrations in the field of civilian protection and civilian protection. Existing structures, specified as the National Emergency and Rescue System, the Government strategical Reserve Agency, the State Medical Rescue and the Emergency Alert System, will be used, as well as voluntary fire services, associations and NGOs.
How does the government intend to improve cooperation and the flow of information between them?
It will be crucial to introduce the standard of equipping civilian protection entities with uniform ICT tools and to build a fresh public alert and alert system. The aim of this strategy is to integrate existing systems and reduce the time in which residents receive appropriate signals of danger. The Minister will continuously coordinate these activities.
The draft Act assumes that the Minister of the Interior and Administration will be given the function of coordinator of activities and access to legal, organisational and financial tools that will let for the efficient execution of tasks in an enlarged area. Currently, the Minister of the Interior and Administration manages crisis situations only in cases requiring immediate action.
The function of the Minister of the Interior and the voivodes in cooperation with the local government will be strengthened. A crucial component will be the simplification in the number of planning documents.
The government besides assumes that the Ministry of abroad Affairs will take over the supervision of alert and alert systems. The Minister will be liable for organising training at the central level, within the State Fire Service's organisational units, especially concerning staff training and conducting investigation and investigation in the field of civilian protection. This action will guarantee a coherent approach to information and alerting citizens.
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