Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency
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The Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency is a Swedish government agency
that combines now-defunct Swedish Rescue Services Agency, Swedish Emergency Management Agency, and National Board of Psychological Defence. The Swedish government decreed that on 1 January 2009 a new authority, the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency, would come into force to strengthen Sweden’s civil protection and emergency preparedness. The new authority would be responsible for unifying, coordinating, and supportive tasks prior to, during and after emergencies.
The Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency is being formed from three existing national government authorities, all of which were closed down on 31 December 2008.
The agency is based at several locations around Sweden; Stockholm, Karlstad
, Revinge and Sandö
. The Director-General’s Office is located in the Stockholm area.
The international humanitarian operations previously run by the Rescue Services Agency continued on the same scale under the new agency.
The Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency was to be in place and working with an all-encompassing task with regard to civil contingencies. This covers the whole spectrum of contingencies; from everyday road traffic accidents and fires, up to chemical emergencies, power cuts and other technical failures. Additionally, more serious emergencies, such as bomb threats and other antagonistic attacks, epidemics, natural disasters and war. In most cases, the responsibility for on-scene action does not lie with the Civil Contingencies Agency but with municipal rescue services, law enforcement agencies or other agencies.
Government agencies in Sweden
The Government agencies in Sweden are state controlled organizations who act independently to carry out the policies of the Swedish Government. The Government Ministries are relatively small and merely policy-making organizations, allowed to control agencies by policy decisions but not by direct...
that combines now-defunct Swedish Rescue Services Agency, Swedish Emergency Management Agency, and National Board of Psychological Defence. The Swedish government decreed that on 1 January 2009 a new authority, the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency, would come into force to strengthen Sweden’s civil protection and emergency preparedness. The new authority would be responsible for unifying, coordinating, and supportive tasks prior to, during and after emergencies.
The Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency is being formed from three existing national government authorities, all of which were closed down on 31 December 2008.
The agency is based at several locations around Sweden; Stockholm, Karlstad
Karlstad
Karlstad is a city, the seat of Karlstad Municipality, the capital of Värmland County, and the largest city in the province Värmland in Sweden. The city had 61,685 inhabitants in 2010 out of a municipal total that during the first quarter 2010 was 84,885 inhabitants...
, Revinge and Sandö
Sando
Sando is a municipality located in the province of Salamanca, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census , the municipality has a population of 199 inhabitants....
. The Director-General’s Office is located in the Stockholm area.
The international humanitarian operations previously run by the Rescue Services Agency continued on the same scale under the new agency.
The Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency was to be in place and working with an all-encompassing task with regard to civil contingencies. This covers the whole spectrum of contingencies; from everyday road traffic accidents and fires, up to chemical emergencies, power cuts and other technical failures. Additionally, more serious emergencies, such as bomb threats and other antagonistic attacks, epidemics, natural disasters and war. In most cases, the responsibility for on-scene action does not lie with the Civil Contingencies Agency but with municipal rescue services, law enforcement agencies or other agencies.