Crisis Management in the Czech Republic
Crisis Management in the Czech Republic

Summary/Abstract: The Czech Republic seems to be a geographically peaceful place. However, the territory of the Republic is not free fromnatural disasters that have hit the country in the past, and are a common occurrence in the country nowadays. The most dramaticand destructive natural disasters and technical failures in the history of the Czech Republic included, among others, a brokendam on the Desná River in the Jizera Mountains (1916), earthquakes (1985), or floods that affected Moravia, Silesia and partof eastern Bohemia, as well as the territory of Poland, in July 1997. The latter threats related to flooding especially highlightedthe inability of state institutions of the time to deal with crisis situations, and this led to undertaking work on the constructionof a crisis management system in the Czech Republic. The purpose of this article is to present the solutions, experiences and trendsof the currently functioning crisis management system in the Czech Republic. Why? Well, natural disasters know no borders and,just like it was in 1997, they could cover larger areas, including the territory of Poland, and the basic knowledge about the crisismanagement system of our neighbor (the Czech Republic) is contained in a broader concept: the concept of cross-border crisismanagement, the necessity of which results from cross-border threats

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