State Emergency Service of Ukraine

The State Emergency Service of UkraineYanukovych appoints new Cabinet of Ministers, Kyiv Post (24 December 2012) (), until December 24, 2012 named the Ministry of Emergencies of Ukraine () is the main executive body tasked with carrying out state policy in the spheres of civil defence, rescue, creating and managing the system of insurance fund documentation, utilization of radioactive wastes, protection of population and territory in emergency situations, emergency prevention and response, liquidation in the aftermath, and the Chernobyl catastrophe. They represent Ukraine's sole fire & rescue service.

It is abbreviated as ДСНС [України] (DSNS). It also directly administers the zone of alienation located just north of Kyiv.

Under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the agency's motto is "To prevent. To rescue. To help." ()

History

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 the Ukrainian SSR, while state civil defense was part of the USSR's All-Union civil defense network.

In 2003, the ministry took over control of the firefighting service, previously under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (militsiya). The ministry had been part of the military reserve of the Ukrainian 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 the Chernobyl 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 (,State service of mining supervision and industrial safety of Ukraine address and name in Ukrainian State service of mining supervision and industrial safety of Ukraine address and name in Russian) State agency of Ukraine of the administration of the zone of alienation (, ) State inspection of technogenic safety of Ukraine (, ) Other agencies State department of fire-prevention security (see firefighting) 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 and placed under jurisdiction of the Ministry of Defence. On 25 April 2014, the service was transferred to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Structure

Main body Central Bureau of Emergency Situations

Specialized formations State militarized mining rescue brigade (Kryvyi Rih) Dnipro militarized mining rescue brigade

Other agencies 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)

Educational and research institutions

National University of Civil Defense of Ukraine (Kharkiv) Institute of Fire Safety "Heroes of Chernobyl" (Cherkasy) Lviv State University of Life Safety (Lviv) Vinnytsia Higher Professional School of Civil Defense (Vinnytsia) Institute of Public Administration in the Sphere of Civil Defense (Kyiv) Ukrainian Research Institute of Civil Defense (Kyiv) Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Institute (Kyiv)

List of heads of the State Emergency Service Ministry Name Term of office Start End Emergency Minister Davyd Zhvania February 4, 2005 September 27, 2005 Emergency Minister Viktor Baloha September 27, 2005 October 5, 2006 Emergency Minister Nestor Shufrych October 5, 2006 ? Ministry of Defense Mykhaylo Bolotskykh December 24, 2012 March 2, 2014 Ministry of DefenseMinistry of Internal Affairs Serhiy Bochkovsky March 2, 2014 March 25, 2015 Ministry of Internal Affairs Zoryan Shkiryak (acting)Interior minister's advisor Shkiriak appointed as acting head of Emergency Service – MP Heraschenko, Interfax-Ukraine (25.03.2015) March 25, 2015 May 14, 2015 Ministry of Internal Affairs Mykola Chechotkin May 14, 2015 November 10, 2021Govt dismisses Chechotkin from post of State Emergency Service's head, Interfax-Ukraine (10 November 2021) Ministry of Internal Affairs Serhii Kruk February 16, 2022 August 25, 2023 Ministry of Internal Affairs Volodymyr Demchuk (acting) August 24, 2023February 27, 2024Ministry of Internal AffairsAndrii DanykFebruary 27, 2024

Former agency executives (prior to 2012 reorganisation)

List of former chiefs of state civil defense Prime-Minister(s) Name Term of office Start End Vitold Fokin, Leonid Kuchma, Vitali Masol Mykola Bondarchuk August 24, 1991 October 1993 Vitali Masol, Yevhen Marchuk, Pavlo Lazarenko Lt.Gen. Viktor Grechaninov October 1993 May 1997

List of ministers of emergencies Prime-Minister(s) Name Term of office Start End Vitold Fokin, Leonid Kuchma, Vitaliy Masol Heorhiy Hotovchyts August 24, 1991 December 31, 1994 Vitaliy Masol, Yevhen Marchuk, Pavlo Lazarenko Volodymyr Holosha December 31, 1994 August 31, 1996 Pavlo Lazarenko, Valeriy Pustovoitenko Valeriy Kalchenko August 31, 1996 February 8, 1999 Valeriy Pustovoitenko, Viktor Yushchenko, Anatoli Kinakh, Viktor Yanukovych Vasyl Durdynets February 8, 1999 November 30, 2002 Viktor Yanukovych Hryhoriy Reva November 30, 2002 February 4, 2005 Yulia Tymoshenko, Yuri Yekhanurov David Zhvaniya February 4, 2005 September 27, 2005 Yuri Yekhanurov, Viktor Yanukovych Viktor Baloha September 27, 2005 September 15, 2006 Viktor Yanukovych Nestor Shufrych September 15, 2006 December 18, 2007 Yulia Tymoshenko Volodymyr Shandra December 18, 2007 March 11, 2010 Mykola Azarov Nestor Shufrych March 11, 2010 July 10, 2010 Mykola Azarov Mykhailo Bolotskykh (acting) July 10, 2010 November 12, 2010 Mykola Azarov Viktor Baloha November 12, 2010 20 November 2012Baloha resigns as emergencies minister, Kyiv Post (2 November 2012)

Ranks General of Emergency Services Colonel General Lieutenant General Major General Colonel Lieutenant Colonel Major Kapitan Senior lieutenant Leitenant Junior lieutenant Kursant

Chief master sergeant Master sergeant Sergeant Private

Medals

State Emergency Service Aviation

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 of Nizhyn.Спеціальний авіаційний загін оперативно-рятувальної служби цивільного захисту ДСНС України

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.

AircraftOriginTypeIn serviceNotes Fixed-wing aircraft An-32P Ukraine Aerial firefighting 4 An-26 Ukraine Transport Aircraft 3 An-30 Ukraine Aerial Surveillance and Aerial Photography 2 Helicopters Mi-8 Ukraine Multipurpose Helicopter 14 Eurocopter EC145 France Medevac Helicopter Eurocopter H225 France SAR 4

Gallery

State Emergency Service of Ukraine

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