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The evacuation of schools and school facilities for children, pupils and students with special educational needs in South Bohemia
PAVELKOVÁ, Petra
This thesis deals with the problems of schools and educational institutions in the South Bohemian Region in terms of their preparedness to evacuate children and students with special educational needs. This thesis assesses the preparedness and awareness of individual schools. The work is divided into two parts, a theoretical part and a research part. The theoretical part deals mainly with evacuations as a reaction on an emergence of an incident or crisis. Evacuation applies to people of all ages. Evacuation is divided in several respects. This includes aspects of the measures adopted, where we put area evacuation and building evacuation. Another aspect is that of selecting persons involved in the evacuation; then it is universal and partial evacuation. Evacuation is also divided according to its duration, into the short term evacuation, long term evacuation and an exit. Evacuation divided according to the mode of implementation is driven evacuation, spontaneous evacuation and self-evacuation. The last division of evacuation, division in terms of danger, divides evacuation into direct and indirect evacuation. Further in the thesis I deal with evacuations planning. I analyse evacuation plan as a part of the emergency plans of the region. I also discuss the planning of evacuation in emergency planning zones. One of the subsections discusses also a plan for the evacuation of people, as an integral part of the external emergency plan which is elaborated for a nuclear facility or a workplace of 4th category. Other subchapters deal with evacuation plans of organizations preparing an internal emergency plan, evacuation plans as part of flood protection and evacuation plans of other legal entities and individuals. An important chapter in the theoretical part is the educational system in the Czech Republic. Here I proceed mainly from the Act no. 561/2004 Coll., on preschool, primary, secondary, higher professional and other education (Education Act) and amending other laws, as amended. There are different kinds of schools. These species include kindergarten, primary school, secondary school, conservatory, higher vocational school, elementary school of arts and language school with the state language examination. Other types of schools are special schools. Among special schools we include kindergarten for visually impaired children, elementary school for the visually impaired, high school for the visually impaired, conservatory for the visually impaired; nursery school for the deaf, school for the hearing-impaired, high school for the hearing impaired; kindergarten for the deaf and blind, primary school for deaf and blind; kindergarten at health care facilities, primary school at health care facilities, special primary school at a health care facility; nursery school for the disabled, a school for the disabled, a secondary school for the disabled; speech therapy kindergarten, speech therapy elementary school; special kindergarten, elementary practical school, special school, vocational school, practical school; elementary school for pupils with learning disabilities, primary school for pupils with specific behavioural problems. Special schools are attended by children, pupils and students with special educational needs. These children, pupils and students can have different kinds of disability. According to the Act no. 108/2006 Coll., on social services, we divide disability into several groups, into visual impairment, hearing impairment, mental disability, physical disability, internal disability, speech impairment, combined handicaps and we also include mental illness, seniors and parents of children with disabilities to these groups. These individual disabilities are characterized later in the thesis.
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Ethical issues in evacuation around the Fukushima nuclear plant
DOČEKALOVÁ, Blanka
This master thesis deals with ethical issues of evacuation around the Fukushima nuclear plant. Taking into account that the evacuation takes place mostly in tense situations as a result of an extreme incident, it is essential that the process of evacuation is effectively managed, organized and executed. It is also necessary to ensure effective communication between all involved departments and residents. Evacuation must be well managed, not only on the technical side, but also on the ethical and moral side. In the practical part of the thesis some questions were raised, which surveyed: a) What ethical principles have been applied in dealing with evacuation and communication with residents? b) What alternatives in the ethical approach can be used? c) Can an applied ethics be used in crisis management? During evacuation in Fukushima and afterwards during communication with residents, affected by the effects of the accident, the government used a paternalistic way of issuing commands and decided what information the residents need to know. According to the testimonies of residents, the information was insufficient, inaccurate and in some areas in the early hours of the accident there wasn´t any information at all. On the question of alternatives in ethical approach, we can use instead of already mentioned paternalistic way, democratic or more autonomous approach. That, however, brings with it demands on all concerned as are operators of nuclear power plants, people from crisis management and radiation protection, state and finally residents themselves. It is about the involvement of all as equal partners, about openness, truthfulness, honesty, about increasing knowledge and awareness of radiation protection. The usage of applied ethics in crisis management is possible, but requires a changeover in the personal approach of all concerned people. First of the objectives of the study was to compare the paternalistic and democratic approach in providing information to the population and issuing orders to evacuation. I compared paternalistic and democratic way, and I came to the conclusion that it is necessary to find an appropriate level of application of these two methods. The second objective was to describe the criteria applied in Fukushima evacuation with regard to the amount of radiation exposure and differentiation of the population. In terms of the amount received by the exposure of the affected population was the largest part of the population evacuated before the release of radionuclides into the air and very positive it is that nobody died on the effects of radiation during the accident. The last goal of thesis was to find out what is the view of current residents in Czech Republic and those who work in emergency management and are responsible for the progress of evacuation or work in a sphere related to radiation activities, which provide various information and deal with the issue of long-term evacuation during a nuclear accident. Data were collected by prepared questionnaire, which contained nine closed questions. Questions were given to the residents presented at the time of the questionnaire survey on the streets in randomly picked villages and also through e-mail. Responses were graphically expressed as a numerical value and verbal evaluation and respondents' answers are commented in the discussion. The thesis can be used to implement ethical principles not only in crisis management, but also in the beginning of designing and building nuclear power plants in the region. The entire process of the formation and operation of nuclear power plants has not only a technical dimension, but also ethical. Thesis can be also used as study material for teaching on the field of emergency preparedness, which can extend the technical knowledge of the ethical dimension, which, as it turned out in Fukushima is also very important.
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Protection of the population from the perspective of the medical security during the flood 2010, focusing on the situation in Raspenava
ŠTYNDL, Pavel
The thesis deals with general concepts of the flood in the introduction. Flood is natural phenomena which presents the largest threat of natural calamity in our country. It gives rise to crisis situation with natural and material damages and death residents in the affected area. In this area, country is devastated and ecological damage is generated. We cannot stop floods but we can limit consequences with suitable natural, technological or organizational measures. Flood presents the need to build a supplement of flood control precaution in floodplains. Flood is natural phenomena which it is impossible prevent. It occurred in history, it occurs in the present day and in future. It is reaction between Earth´s surface and rainfall. Intensity and duration of rainfall, afflicted area by rainfall, slant and characterization of Earth´s surface have important role in flood. Locations of built-up area induce necessity of flood control measure. In the context of history, buildings are built nearby watercourses which are need for recreation, fish farming, water's energy, drain rainwater and wastewater. Buildings of roads and railways have better condition in valley alongside watercourse. Expansions of buildings reduce area for fluent outflow of flood. River has water meadow in valley in uninhabited landscape where flow of watercourse isn´t limit. It develops riverbed-forming process without limited in this area. There isn´t need develop flood control measure. These uninhabited landscapes are scarce in central Europe. The second part of this thesis is focused on the protection of population in floodplains. The applicable legislation and available documents provided by the following municipalities: Raspenava, Hejnice, Bilý Potok, ORP Frýdlant and the regional office of Liberec region are studied. The municipality of Raspenava dealt with flood control precautions in the affected areas, reconstruction of destroyed bridges and roads, infrastructure renewal after the flood in the august 2010. During the flood, 11 footbridges, 4 bridges, 13 houses and kindergarten were destroyed and 1 person died. The municipality of Raspenava solved the complaint about a course of the tender within the renovation of the town. ÚOHS must dealt with this complaint In the third part of this thesis, hypothesis was determined. It is shown that the protection is focused on evacuated people. Precautions to protect of the population are not focused on population which stays in the affected area. In this area, basic infrastructure and services are not available. Medical care is limited or impossible. One of flood control measure is evacuation. Evacuation is relocation people, property, animal, technical facilities and substances hazardous to health from flood area to area where there are ensured evacuated people and animals substitute housing, meals and storage. It is extraordinary measure which is used in case of none effective protection. Plan of evacuation is described in flood plan of municipality The thesis deals with general concepts of the flood in the introduction. Flood is natural phenomena which presents the largest threat of natural calamity in our country. It gives rise to crisis situation with natural and material damages and death residents in the affected area. In this area, country is devastated and ecological damage is generated. We cannot stop floods but we can limit consequences with suitable natural, technological or organizational measures. Flood presents the need to build a supplement of flood control precaution in floodplains.
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The issue of evacuation of people with disabilities
KOVÁČ, David
The aim of social services is the creation of conditions for satisfying people's basic needs, through support and assistance in dealing with the care of disabled people. The feeling of home creates a personal relationship. It is not just about facilities or a roof over one's head, but especially about kind and friendly staff of social facilities. The theme of the thesis is focused on the issue of evacuation of disabled persons in selected facilities. For this purpose, the research part of the work is dedicated to facilities providing social services in the South Bohemian Region, where there are staying people with different kinds and degrees of disability for most of the day time. These facilities include: homes for the elderly, special regime homes, homes for people with disabilities, respite care, weekly care centers, sheltered housing and social rehabilitation. Disabled people, in case of evacuation, are dependent on the help of others, in particular nursing staff, and on the activities of the Integrated Rescue System (IRS). This places high demands on the readiness of social facilities and personnel itself in terms of evacuation. The thesis deals with the readiness of the aforementioned social facilities for emergencies, with special emphasis on the evacuation of users living in these facilities. In the theoretical part, the issues of evacuation and ways of its division are discussed in several respects, i.e. in terms of duration, the selected solution, the method of implementation, measure extent and in terms of choice of people and in terms of danger to people. Because attention of the thesis is focused on the buildings in which persons with disabilities are grouped, building evacuation as such was described in more detail in the thesis. A substantial, and even to a considerable extent extensive, chapter talks about a description of social care services, of which I chose only those that have the form of buildings where disabled people stay. Then I chose those devices that provide residential form, because there arises an obligation to care for the person entrusted, and therefore the need for a response to emergence of an extraordinary event, which is in many cases inherently linked with implementing evacuation. Defined criteria for the selection of providers of social services (residential form of social services and the type of social services) corresponded to a total of 66 social facilities in the South Bohemian Region. For the purposes of the subsequent questionnaire it was interviewed 33 of them, chosen randomly, while the survey itself was attended by 30 facilities. For the sake of compact perspective of the problem it was necessary to define disability according to the Act no. 108/2006 Coll., on social services. According to this act, a disability is divided into visual, auditory, physical, mental and combined disability. Specifically, but not exhaustively, they are described in chapter 2. The aim of the thesis was to evaluate the readiness of selected social services of the region for evacuation. For this purpose, an extensive survey was carried out in selected facilities in the region. For the actual investigation, two questionnaires were created. One was intended for managers or responsible leaders of these facilities and contained 16 questions. The second was intended for staff and included 26 questions. It was divided into three blocks. The first block contained five questions that provide information about the respondent. The second block contained 16 questions, which reported on the knowledge of personnel in the area of evacuation, health and safety at work, fire protection and emergencies that may arise in the structure of the facility or its surroundings. The third block contains five questions, which focus on self-evaluation of the one interviewed. Results of the survey were, for the purpose of clarity, evaluated as graphs including their interpretation.
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Comparison of inhabitants readiness from emergency planning zones Nuclear power plant Dukovany (Czech Republic) and Jaslovské Bohunice (Slovakia) in the area of population protection including influence of population differentiation
KOLÁŘ, Jiří
Superior readiness of the inhabitants for the emergency situation caused by radiation accident is a very important condition for managing these situations, further for trouble-free adoption of measures related to the protection of life and health for each individual. Persons should be conscious of the hazard of emergency situations and within oneself be prepared to help themselves and each other. The objective of this master thesis is to examine the readiness of the inhabitants of the emergency planning zones of the Nuclear power plants in Czech Republic (Dukovany NPP) and in Slovakia (Jaslovské Bohunice NPP) to the emergency situation and to assess, if the readiness in both countries differs. The Nuclear power plants in Dukovany and in Jaslovské Bohunice were chosen for the particular reason, that both facilities were constructed and put into operation at the time of existence of the common state of Czech and Slovaks. The starting point is a working thesis that the readiness of the inhabitants for managing the emergency situation in the planning zones of the Nuclear power plants in Czech Republic and in Slovakia was on the same level. Considering the population differentiation, I analysed separately the answers of respondents in the age group of the 4165 year old. Theoretical part of my thesis initially focuses on the historical development of Nuclear power plants on the territory of the former Czechoslovakia and deals with the advantages and disadvantages of the production of electricity in a fission reaction. The other part deals with safety and operational security of the Nuclear power plants. Here is mentioned the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale, including the examples of nuclear facilities accidents. At the conclusion of the theoretical part is a survey of legislative regulations concerning the nuclear safety and protection of the population in both countries and a survey of measures concerning protection of the population in the event of radiation accident. The experimental part of my thesis started in form of questionnaire inquiry by the inhabitants of both emergence planning zones. Half of the 16 questions in total is analysed by the means of descriptive and mathematical statistics, the answers to the other questions refer to behavior, informedness, readiness and differing needs of individuals in case of emergency shelter in place or evacuation from the actual occurrence of radiation accident. The hypothesis was verified by applying the two-selective parametric testing. By means of the t-test it could be proved, that there is no statistically significant difference between the inhabitants readiness in the both emergence planning zones. The hypothesis was therefore accepted. By applying the chi-square test it was elicited, that the empirical distribution of both selective statistical sets can by replaced by a normal distribution, both empirical curves can by therefore replaced by a Gauss curve. This partial research focuses on the age group of the 41-65 year old. Also in this case could be proved by means of chi-square test the normality of both statistical sets. Also the application of two-selective parametric testing approved, that the readiness of the population of the age group under investigation do not vary in the both zones. The particular answers were recorded graphically and in the following discussion were commented the differences and specifics with regard to the differing knowledge, behavior and specific requirements of the people in case of evacuation. In context of the results measured in the particular zones of accident planning it could be useful to consider, if in place of the normal distribution of readiness not another for example the Poisson distribution - would be more suitable, that could possibly testify better readiness for emergency accidents. Very important role plays enlightenment and education in such form that will arouse interest in the given problems in the population.
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The protection and evacuation of people living in day-care homes while there is an emergency in the area of České Budějovice.
SAMCOVÁ, Monika
The ambience of social services is characterized by a number of relations among people and institutions that have a significant impact on quality of life. The aim of providing social services is to create conditions to satisfy natural needs of people in the form of support and assistance in self-care. The diploma thesis is aimed at protection and evacuation of people living in social institutions - nursing homes, homes for the elderly and protected housing. Emergency situations do not choose the time or the place. The need for evacuation of people with various types and degrees of illness, people who are dependent on others, means a very difficult process for nursing staff and for the intervening integrated rescue system. The diploma thesis is aimed at protection and evacuation of people living in social institutions - nursing homes, homes for the elderly and protected housing.
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Logistics and activities by local governments aimed at protecting the population
HOLUBOVÁ, Dana
Growing natural disasters, catastrophes, indrustry accidents, mass disasters and dangter of usingt modern technologies are reason for serious crisis situations when huge damages arise and there are also human victims in these affected areas. Above all local authorities and integrated rescue system give the first aid to the poeople there. Logistical operations are used to mitigate the impact of this crisis situations too. Also the thesis has got a purpose to find out and evaluate the security of population´s protection in communities with extended activity Tábor, Soběslav and Jindřichův Hradec, to find out their readiness and in this way to confirm or refute the research question. It was determined as follows: Is logistic and its acivities determined to secure the people in chosen communities with extended activity sufficient to manage crisis situations and emergencies? Nowadays huge attention is paid to population´s security. In the theoretical part of the thesis the necessary terminology is defined which goes through the whole work. Individual chapters are dedicated to the description of local government units and solutions of emergencies. In other capters the security of population is described there are legislation of warning, hiding, evacuation, emergency survival and demarcation of integrated rescue system. Logistical problems are described, its historical progress and in particular chapters there are logistical goals, logistical activities, logistic and population´s security.There is also defined a role of State fuel reserves, units of the volunteer firefihters and non governmental non profit organisations. Methodics of this thesis consisted in assemby of literary sources regarding given issues. Then legislation in force of the Czech republic was used. By processing the internet sources were used too above all to access to legislation in force in full and then oficiall websites of Home office of the Czhech Republic, State fuel reserves, Central government authorities which deal with given issues. Qualitative research where technical, material and financial security was regarded in chosen areas was used in this thesis. Structured interview with emergency managment personnel of communities with extended acivities were used for obtaining data where activities implemented within the municipality werwe observed not in terriorial scope of the commuinity with extended activity. For finding the state of readiness if the activities aimed at protection population in chosen communities are sufficient the comprehensive index of readiness was chosen. Subsequently analysis and comprasison of the issues were made. Based on the evaluation the recommendation for improvement of readiness of the chosen communities were suggested at the and of the thesis. Then own conclusion of the thesis inform about fulfillment of the stated objectives and based on results said in this thesis about positive answer to given search question.
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Protection of the population in the emergency planning zone of the nuclear power plant Jaslovské Bohunice
VANKO, František
The main topic of the thesis is protection of the population in the emergency planning zone of Jaslovské Bohunice Nuclear Power Plant, and dealing with evacuation in case of an emergency situation associated with the release of radioactive substances. Particular way of evacuation of people as one of the most important protective measures to ensure public protection was analyzed. The thesis particularly focuses on the correct procedures in case of evacuation and the competence of persons involved in the protective measures. It deals with the basic criteria that are applied in the protection of the population from the impact of ionizing radiation around the nuclear power plant. Improvements for protection and awareness of population living in the emergency planning area are proposed. According to Nuclear Legislation a license holder is responsible for taking action to eliminate the occurrence of an emergency as well as taking action to prevent occurrence of an emergency related to technological devices that work with hazardous substance, process, use, transport, store it or manipulate with it. At the same time they are responsible for protecting their employees and persons taken into their care. Measures by permit holder to operate a nuclear facility and protect their own employees or persons taken into care represent the first stage in the structure of emergency preparedness. The public protection plan involves measures to protect the population in the area of release of radioactive substances into the environment. The part of the plan shall be a mutual interaction between the internal emergency plans of the holder of the permit to operate. The work is based on existing legislation and scientific publications of the scope of the research. The protection plan of the population is seen as the basic document for planning measures to handling with the consequences of radiation incidents or accidents and elimination of their consequences on the emergency planning zone. The theoretical part is based on the analysis of current legislation related to the issue, where the membership of the Slovak Republic in the European Union undertakes the country to fulfil its duties, obligations and responsibilities under the legislation of the European Commission. All these directives are transposed in the Atomic Act and create conditions for the exchange of information in the event of an accident of a nuclear device in the Slovak Republic. Basic concepts are defined, and the thesis deals with important safety measures when dealing with an emergency, related to a radiation accident at a nuclear power plant. The principles of appropriate behaviour of the population in the event of such an occurrence are emphasised. Exploratory method of asking underlying the proposed methodology was used to compile the thesis. Based on the analysis of results of the questionnaire, areas for improvement were proposed. From the collected data possible systemic measures related to evacuation with respect to application in real life were assessed.
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Comparison of knowledge from inhabitants protection at laical and expert community in selected region
JEŘÁBKOVÁ, Iva
Comparison of knowledge of the general and professional public on the protection of the population in the selected region. sufficient knowledge of public, no matter if general public or professionals in area of homeland security are required for preservation of secure environment for living. To process this thesis was first necessary to set goals. The goals of the study were stated as follows: - To define terms related to the protection of the population carried out in the Czech Republic. - To list conditions which the population must be protected from. - To list activities leading to improve homeland security and duties of responsible people. - To identify differences in knowledge of general and professional public on this issue - To compare the level of knowledge of specialists in homeland security and of general population based on proving or disproving the hypotheses about the level of knowledge. Firstly, to achieve the fundamental goal of this thesis was to create a structured overview of exceptional events that endanger life, health and property of population. Then were defined organisational and technical measures that have to prevent life loss, to mitigate the consequences that negatively affect health of population and minimize property damage. Based on the definition of all relevant aspects of homeland security was, under the supervision of a specialist in homeland security area, created a structured questionnaire which was subsequently applied by both the general and professional public. The form has been sent out to the group of 50 specialists and 50 unspecialized people. The existence of normal division of knowledge was verified among general population, while Poisson distribution was tested among specialists. During the measurement was also tested the difference between the knowledge of specialists and common people. To achieve the basic goal of the thesis were set three hypotheses, of which verification was based on descriptive and mathematical statistic methods. Hypotheses were set as follows: H1: The knowledge of homeland security area is spread by Poisson distribution function among specialists H2: The knowledge of homeland security area is spread by normal (Gaussian) distribution function among general population. H3: The level of knowledge of homeland security area of specialists is higher than general population's knowledge. The first hypothesis H1 was proved by 2 test and on its results was hypothesis H1 disproved. According to the statistic calculation the distribution of knowledge among specialists did not correspond to Poisson distribution, but theoretically is closer to Gaussian distribution. As for the second hypothesis, the distribution of the results of statistical measuring was compared to Gaussian distribution and by 2 test H2 was proved. The distribution of knowledge of the general public corresponds to Gaussian distribution. The third hypothesis was tested via a double-choose t-test method and based on its results it was found that there is a statistically significant difference between homeland security knowledge of specialists and general public. Hypothesis H3 was thus proved. The answers of respondents were presented by comparison bar charts of right answers of general and professional public, evaluated in discussion. At some of questions with big different results were described possible causes and offered changes for knowledge expansion. In the meaning of knowledge expansion there was created a feedback, sent backwards to respondents of statistic research. Attached to feedback is this diploma thesis.
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Primary Prerequisites of Secure Escape of People from an Object
ŠAGÁTOVÁ, Petra
My work is aimed at basic conditions for safe evacuation of people from a building. I tried to document this problematic issue from the view of a possibility when an effective evacuation is being carried out of people from a danger zone. This evacuation is resulting from an emergency accident. Such emergency accidents (fire, an explosion, etc.) threaten inhabitants{\crq} health, life and property. Therefore, in my thesis, I took into account the technical security of the evacuation of people from a building. I also took into account safety signs, legislative support, the ways of designs and their technical capabilities.
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