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Crisis Management in Estonia
Hannes Kont
Deputy Secretary General of Rescue Policy
08.09.2015
Role of the Ministry
Our policymaking tools:
1. Legislation (General and sector specific legislation, statutory regulation)
2. Strategic planning (sectoral development plans, annual working programmes, operational plans, political guidance, vital services, risk analyses)
3. Administrative supervision of the Rescue Board, Police and Border Guard Board, Internal Security Service
Role of the Ministry in crisis regulation
• Crisis managemnt policy making
- Risk management
- Preparedness
- Crises management exercises
- Vital services
Crisis Management in Estonia
• Decentralized, principle of continuity
• Based on Cooperation
• Principle of subsidiarity
Identification
Prevention
Preparedness
Resp
onse
Vital services
Emergency risk assessmentAn emergency risk assessment is a document which describes the following:
1) the emergency;2) the threats and hazards causing the emergency;3) the probability of the emergency;4) the consequences of the emergency;5) other important information related to the emergency;6) references to models, source materials and other such information on the basis of which the risk assessment is prepared.
VERY HIGH
5
• Incident abroad
HIGH
4
• Hot weather• Influx of refugees
• Forest fire
• Maritime pollution• Coastal pollution• Maritime accident• Epidemic
MODERATE
3
• Storm• Flood• Road accident• Riot• Epizootia• Cyber incident• Prison riot• Sudden attack
• Pollution inland
LOW
2
• Cold weather• Hazardous Ice• Radiological
incident
• Chemical accident• Fire, explosion,
collapse
VERY LOW
1
• Railroad accident • Nuclear incident • Aircraft accident
LIGHT
AMODERATE
BSEVERE
CVERY SEVERE
DCATASTROPHIC
E
PROBABILITY
C O N S E Q U E N C E S
Identification
Risk prevention
• Based on riskanalysis- and capacity gap
analyses
• Risk reduction measures
• Admnistrative supervision
• Risk communication
Preparedness
• Training
• Exercises
• Lessons learned
• Emergency response plans
• Crisis committee
• Equipment, logistics, stockpiles
Crisis Committees
Government Crisis Committee
– Chairman: Minister of Interior
– Members: 9 permanent secretaries + 8 high officials
Regional Crisis Committee (4)
– Chair: Chief of Regional Rescue Center
– Deputy Chair: Chief of regional Police Prefecture
– Members: Regional chiefs of agencies
Municipal Crisis Committee
– Chairman: Mayor
– Members: Municipal officials
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Preparedness emergency response plans
1.Emergency management structure
2.Duties of the parties involved in resolving an emergency
3.Information management between parties and informing the public
4.International cooperation arrangements
• Reform of crisis management system
• Revision of threat mapping and scenarios
• Strategic level crisis management exercise
Preparedness under new conditions
What is a Vital Service?
Service that is essential for the management of vital societal functions, health, safety, security and people’s economic and social wellbeing
Vital services
• Tasks of vital service provider:- Continuous operation risk assessment- Continuous operation plan
• Vital service organiser:– Co-ordinate the ensuring of the continuous
operation of the vital service and advise providers of vital services
– Perform supervision over ensuring the continuous operation of vital services
Challenges
• How to balance risk awareness, preparedness, transparency and security
• (Social) media influences - how to communicate risk without compromising the population’s trust in public institutions, damaging the economical climate or increasing psychological uncertainty?
• Reform of crisis management system
• Revision of threat mapping and scenarios
• Strategic level crisis management exercise
In Conclusion
• Each ministry/agency/domain has a role and a responsibility – continuity of duties
• Clarification of responsibilities of business sector (public service, vital service)
• What counts is capability, not paper: boots on the ground
