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Guide to the Regulation on Municipal Preparedness Duty

Guide to the Regulation on Municipal Preparedness Duty

Disaster
Other
2018
Year of publication
2018
Specific thematic area
Disaster preparedness, management and/or response
Sector of governance
Disaster
Type of human mobility
Displacement
Characteristics of human mobility
Not available
Type of environmental driver
Generic references to climate- and/or disaster-related events
Local governance marker
Not Available
Sudden-onset/slow-onset
Both
Sub-region
Northern Europe
Region
Northern Europe
Macro-region
Europe
Author/issuing body
The Norwegian Directorate for Civil Protection and Emergency Planning
Relevant GCM objective
    GCM Objective 2 - Minimize adverse drivers
Child marker
C
Gender marker
C
Human rights marker
C

The need to alert the population and evacuation.

Ps. 21, 23

The purpose of evacuation is to move affected people to safety and provide for their basic needs.

Ps. 21, 23

When the holistic RVA includes the need for evacuation, this means in practice evaluating the need for and scope of a potential evacuation. The results of the assessment are followed up in the follow-up plan and in the plan for evacuation in the master contingency plan.

Ps. 21, 23

(...) evacuation plans and a plan for alerting the population based on the holistic risk and vulnerability analysis.

Ps. 21, 23

*References to Kosovo shall be understood to be in the context of United Nations Security Council resolution 1244 (1999).