National Strategy for Protection and Rescue 2014-2018

This publication contains the National Strategy for Protection and Rescue for the programmed period of five years (from 2014 until 2018), based on the provisions and purposes of the Macedonian Law on protection and rescue operations.
This text determines that protection and rescue system represents a set of measures that are meant and implemented as urban-technical, humanitarian and other actions for protection and rescue purposes, which are here planned, prepared, organized and implemented for the aims of planning and implementing such protection and rescue from natural disasters and other types of accidents. Urban-technical measures are: shelter; protection and rescue from fires, explosions and dangerous or hazardous substances, materials or goods; flood protection and rescue; protection from unexploded ordnance and other explosive substances; protection and rescue from ruins; protection and rescue from technical-technological accidents; rescue from traffic accidents. Humanitarian measures are: evacuation; care of endangered and affected population; radiological, chemical and biological protection; first aid; protection and rescue of animals and products of animal origin, protection and rescue of plants and products of plant origin; field or soil rehabilitation. This strategy addresses specific issues for different sorts of threats, emergency situations and disasters (both natural or human caused, including international cooperation).