From January 1, the Act on the protection of the population and civil defense began to apply. The new regulations allow you to create a population protection system that In the case of war, it can be transformed into civil defense. For the implementation of these solutions The government intends to allocate at least 0.3 percent every year. GDP.
The Act specifies, among others tasks in the field of population protection during peace and war; institutions and entities responsible for these tasks; Planning principles in the field of civil protection and civil defense; functioning of the threat detection system as well as warning and alarming; And also regulates issues related to the use and recording of collective protection facilities. The document also specifies the organization of civil defense and the method of appointing staff to this formation.
High -level training training
At the Fire Academy in Warsaw, a higher course of population protection directed to voivods and voivodship marshals began on Friday. The training is an element of implementing the new act on the protection of population and civil defense.
– We decided that hard action was needed, hard rules, that everyone must simply have a level of knowledge to act – said Tomasz Siemoniak, deputy head of the Ministry of Interior and Administration. He added that The training is to draw conclusions from the last flood, when the marshals joined the action.
The inauguration of the training was also attended by the deputy head of the Ministry of Interior and Administration Wiesław Leśniakiewicz and the Chief Commander of the State Fire Service of the Nadbryg. Wojciech Kruczek
The three -day course includes topics related to security management, the structure of the civil protection and civil defense system and the best practices in this area.
Minister Siemoniak also announced that So far, 332 starosts have been trained, including 10 city presidents with poviat rights. Now it was the turn of voivods and voivodship marshals.
Protection system based on existing structures
The construction of a population protection system is based on existing state structures. It is about the optimal use of the potential of the national rescue and firefighting system (especially the State Fire Service and Volunteer Fire Brigades), crisis management structures, emergency notification system, state emergency medical rescue, medical entities and NGOs. The preparation of public administration bodies for the implementation of the tasks provided for in the Act is also an important element.
The Minister of the Interior and Administration will be responsible for the coordination of the functioning of the Population Protection System at the central level. In this respect, in accordance with the Act, will receive the support of the Government Population Protection Team.
The trainings are conducted on the basis of the Regulation of the Ministry of Interior and Administration of February 6, 2025 on training programs in the field of civil protection and civil defense and requirements for training entities.
