Understanding ORPC
Main functions Understand the role, structure and functioning of ORPC Valavran.3. Civil protection
3.1 Mission
Civil protection is part of the coordinated population protection system as a second-tier resource supporting partner organisations. One of its key tasks is to strengthen other partner organisations’ resilience in the face of disasters and widespread or prolonged emergencies.
Its tasks are listed in Article 3 of the Federal Law on Civil Protection and Civil Protection:
The following partner organizations collaborate within the protection of the population according to the LPPCi law.
Civil protection, responsible for protecting the population, assisting people seeking protection, protecting cultural property, supporting management bodies and other partner organizations as well as carrying out restoration work and interventions in favor of the community.
3.2 Organization
It is the responsibility of the municipality and the canton to know the dangers existing on their territory and to take the necessary measures.
The organization of civil protection in a given municipality or region is therefore a function of the hazard analysis carried out there, local topographical data as well as the structures existing in the canton, region or municipality. Despite the variations, we are counting, in the development of planning, on an intervention organization for a territory of 6000 to 10000 inhabitants.
It is the cantons which set the personnel requirements of each civil protection organization taking into account the existing recruitment potential. Personnel management and control are the responsibility of the canton.
The organizational model has five areas:
