State Emergency Service

Державна служба з надзвичайних ситуацій
Emblem of the State Emergency Service
Flag of the State Emergency Service
Headquarters building,Kyiv
Agency overview
Formed	1991
Preceding agencies	State Committee of theUkrainian Soviet Socialist Republic government in protection of population from the consequences of the Chernobyl catastrophe Ministry of Emergencies of Ukraine *Ministry of Ukraine in Emergencies and Affairs in Protection of Population from the Consequences of theChernobyl Catastrophe
Jurisdiction	Ukraine
Headquarters	55 Honchar St,Kyiv[1]
Employees	~60,000 in peace time
Minister responsible	Ihor Klymenko[2], Minister of Internal Affairs[3]
Agency executives	Head Andrii Danyk (acting)[4]
Parent agency	Ministry of Internal Affairs
Key document	Regulation on the State Emergency Service of Ukraine[5]
Website	Official website

TheState Emergency Service of Ukraine^[6] (Ukrainian:Державна служба України з надзвичайних ситуацій,romanized: Derzhavna sluzhba Ukrainy z nadzvychainykh sytuatsii), until December 24, 2012 named theMinistry of Emergencies of Ukraine (Ukrainian:Міністерство надзвичайних ситуацій України,romanized: Ministerstvo nadzvychainykh sytuatsii Ukrainy) is the mainexecutive body tasked with carrying out state policy in the spheres ofcivil defence,rescue, creating and managing the system ofinsurance fund documentation, utilization of radioactive wastes, protection of population and territory in emergency situations, emergency prevention and response,liquidation in the aftermath, and theChernobyl catastrophe. They represent Ukraine's sole fire & rescue service.

It is abbreviated as ДСНС [України]. It also directly administers thezone of alienation located just north ofKyiv.

Under the jurisdiction of theMinistry of Internal Affairs, the agency's motto is "To prevent. To rescue. To help." (Ukrainian:Запобігти. Врятувати. Допомогти)

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The former ministry was created in 1996 with the merger of the state civil defense body and the Ukrainian ministry in charge of protecting the population from the consequences of the Chernobyl catastrophe. Until 1991, the latter was a state committee of the Cabinet of Ministers of theUkrainian SSR, while state civil defense was part of theUSSR's All-Union civil defense network.

In 2003, the ministry took over control of the firefighting service, previously under the jurisdiction of theMinistry of Internal Affairs (militsiya). The ministry had been part of the military reserve of theUkrainian armed forces, but after the 2003 reform and fire services merger, all militarized formations were dissolved, and in 2005, the agency became officially non-military and focused on rescue services.

Until the administrative reform of December 9, 2010, the body was called Ministry of Ukraine in emergencies and the protection of the population from the consequences of theChernobyl disaster. After the reform, three major central executive power bodies were directly subordinated to it:

• State service of mining supervision and industrial safety of Ukraine (Ukrainian:Державна служба гірничого нагляду та промислової безпеки України,Russian: Державна служба гірничого нагляду та промислової безпеки України)
• State agency of Ukraine of the administration of thezone of alienation (Ukrainian:Державне агентство України з управління зоною відчуження,Russian: Государственное агентство Украины по управлению зоной отчуждения)
• State inspection of technogenic safety of Ukraine (Ukrainian:Державна інспекція техногенної безпеки України,Russian: Государственная инспекция техногенной безопасности Украины)

Other agencies

• State department of fire-prevention security (seefirefighting)
• State search and rescue aviation service:Ukraviaposhuk
• State hydro-meteorological service
• State department of the insurance documentation fund of the Ministry

On December 24, 2012, the Ministry of Emergencies of Ukraine was transformed into the State Emergency Service^[6] and placed under jurisdiction of theMinistry of Defence. On 25 April 2014, the service was transferred to theMinistry of Internal Affairs.^[7]

• Central Bureau of Emergency Situations

• State militarized mining rescue brigade (Kryvyi Rih)
• Dnipro militarized mining rescue brigade

• Ukrainian Hydro-meteorological Center
• Ukrainian Aviation Meteorological Center
• Main Aviation Coordination Center of search and rescue
• "Rescuer"-Inform Information Analytical Center
• Center of Civil Security 112
• Mobile Rescue Center (Kyiv)
• Odesa Sanatorium (Odesa)

Rank group	General / flag officers										Senior officers						Junior officers
			Генерал служби цивільного захисту України General of Emergency Services		Генерал-полковник Colonel General		Генерал-лейтенант Lieutenant General		Генерал-майор Major General		Полковник Colonel		Підполковник Lieutenant Colonel		Майор Major		Капітан Kapitan		Старший лейтенант Senior lieutenant		Лейтенант Leitenant		Молодший лейтенант Junior lieutenant		Kурсант Kursant

Rank group	Senior NCOs																						Junior NCOs						Enlisted
	Головний майстер-сержант Chief master sergeant						Майстер-сержант Master sergeant																Сержант Sergeant												Рядовий Private

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The Special Aviation Unit and Operational Rescue Service of the State Emergency Service (Спеціальний авіаційний загін оперативно-рятувальної служби цивільного захисту) is based in the city ofNizhyn.^[11]

The Special Aviation Unit can work independently or in cooperation with other State Emergency Service units to protect population and territory, material and cultural values and the environment during emergencies, especially for work performed under difficult conditions.

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  The mainLviv fire station
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  A State Emergency ServiceAntonov An-32firefighting aircraft dropping water on a forest fire
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  Fire engines and emergency service personnel responding to an incident inKyiv, 2010
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  An Emergency ServiceEC145 helicopter landing in Kyiv
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  Emergency service equipment on display inDonetsk, 2011
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