Statistical Yearbook 2009 - (II.)

Fire units activities, Emergency calls, Fires, Prevention, Humanitarian assistance, Economic Indicators, Foreign statistics, Materials and information, Types of incidents with fire units interventions and Notes 

Czech Republic takes part in international rescue operations in emergencies abroad through:
 

• deployment of rescue unit for providing rescue the work or other specific activities (eg fighting fires)
• deployment of experts
• providing technical information, or
• providing humanitarian assistance.

Humanitarian assistance to abroad is a sum of activities financed from the state budget in order to avoid loss of lives, mitigate suffering, maintain dignity
and prevent harm to human health due to exceptional events. In addition to immediate humanitarian assistance abroad immediately after the incident,
humanitarian assistance to abroad also means follow-up assistance to restore basic living conditions after incidents and prevent their negative consequences. Humanitarian assistance to abroad also means the assistance provided by the protracted humanitarian crisis in long-lasting consequences of natural disasters or other incidents.

State humanitarian assistance of CR is implemented from funds allocated by the Government for the current year in state budget into a bound reserve for humanitarian assistance of the General Cash Administration. From the state budget can be financed, in particular, forms of humanitarian assistance to foreign countries as follows:
 

• Material – providing the necessary material in the form of a donation of property in the affected area after the incident
• Cash donations abroad
• Financial contributions to public institutions and NGOs abroad
• Contributions to international organizations and integration groupings,
• Grants to NGOs in the Czech Republic to provide humanitarian assistance to foreign states outside the European Union and European Economic Area,
• Involvement in international rescue operations and sending rescue experts with the necessary equipment according to the Law on the Integrated Rescue System.

For 2009 the amount of CZK 85 million (EUR 3.27 million) had been allocated. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs takes financial resources from this bound reserve, and regularly informs the Government on these spending.

In 2009 the Czech Republic Government provided humanitarian assistance to 20 countries in Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America (Gaza, Zimbabwe, Costa Rica, Malaysia, Somalia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Burma, Congo, Kenya, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Brazil, Ethiopia, Uganda, Philippines, Indonesia, Ukraine, El Salvador and Nicaragua).

Material and rescue humanitarian assistance abroad in 2009 was not realized, because its provision given of the distance was not effective or CR did not have the required commodities.

In countries such as Gaza, Yemen, Pakistan, Somalia and Sri Lanka, the humanitarian situation of population deteriorated sharply due to armed conflict. CR paid to these areas of humanitarian assistance CZK 34 million (40% of the budget).

Territorially, CZK 35 million has been devoted into Asia, CZK 28 million to Africa,  CZK 15 million  to the Middle East (Gaza), Latin America reached 3.5 million CZK and Europe was granted an allowance of 850 thousand CZK to Ukraine to assist with influenza epidemic. Geographically unspecified contribution was CZK 2.5 million to the CERF UN (United Nation - The Central Emergency Response Fund).

In 2009, the Czech Republic participated in the management of humanitarian crises around the world during its presidency of the European Union. Particularly intensively was involved in coordinating the deployment of experts as part of the EU-MIC (Monitoring and Information Centre of the European Commission) team under the Mechanism of Enhanced Cooperation in the EU Civil Protection. The European Commission funds these actions, and CR permanently prepare its experts who participated in the following:

• Moldova (11 to 15 January 2009). The mission was to assess the possibility of providing humanitarian assistance to the Republic of Moldova in connection with the gas crisis in Eastern Europe. Lt.. Petr Vodicka from the Prague FRS was involved in the EU-MIC team as a coordinating expert.
• Namibia (24 March to 7 April 2009). The mission was to identify suitable commodities for humanitarian aid to Namibia stricken by extensive floods. Floods hit also other states, but only Namibia asked the EU for help. Col. Vladimir Vlcek, Ph.D. from Moravian-Silesian FRS participated in the EU-MIC team as a coordinating expert. EU-MIC team conducted primarily monitoring activity in the affected areas to inform the EU about the urgent needs of affected populations (primary sanitary).
• Tajikistan (26 May to 5 June 2009. Col. Vladimir Vlcek, Ph.D. from Moravian-Silesian FRS participated in the EU-MIC team as a coordinating expert and deputy commander. The mission was to assess the needs of the population affected by floods and landslides. Team also conducted a survey in the affected localities and negotiated the country needs with representatives of Tajikistan and international humanitarian organizations.
  More information on humanitarian assistance not only for 2009 can be found in the www.usar.cz website. For 2010 the amount of CZK 73 million (EUR 2.81 million) has been allocated

More information on humanitarian assistance not only for 2009 can be found in the www.usar.cz website. For 2010 the amount of CZK 73 million (EUR 2.81 million) has been allocated

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