Course: Population and Vital Infrastructure Protection

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Course title Population and Vital Infrastructure Protection
Course code LUOO/L7SOI
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Vičar Dušan, prof. Ing. CSc.
  • Rak Jakub, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Introduction to the study of the subject, basic concepts, history and present of civil protection in the Czech Republic and its legal regulation. 2. Security science and education in civil protection and crisis management. Concept of population protection in NATO and EU, principles and principles of humanitarian aid. 3. Analysis of natural and anthropogenic emergencies. Preparation of the population for self-defence and mutual assistance in emergencies. 4. Warning, notification and emergency information of the population. 5. evacuation and sheltering of the population. Buildings affected by civil protection requirements. 6. Emergency survival of the population. 7. Protection of the population against floods. 8. Protection of the population in the vicinity of nuclear energy facilities, protection against WMD and industrial pollutants. 9. Principles, principles and means of detection, identification of pollutants, individual and collective protection, decontamination. 10. National and international concepts of critical infrastructure. 11. Characteristics of critical infrastructure areas, elements and entities. 12. Resilience assessment of critical infrastructure elements. 13. Forms and tools for ensuring the protection of critical infrastructure elements.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecturing, Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing), Individual work of students
  • Participation in classes - 56 hours per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 49 hours per semester
  • Preparation for examination - 25 hours per semester
  • Preparation for course credit - 20 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Unspecified
Unspecified
learning outcomes
define the basics of flood protection
define the basics of flood protection
characteristics and types of MU
characteristics and types of MU
describe the historical development of civil protection
describe the historical development of civil protection
to characterize the legal area of the protection of critical infrastructure
to characterize the legal area of the protection of critical infrastructure
Skills
participate in the organization of flood protection
participate in the organization of flood protection
to present the consequences of the historical development of civil protection
to present the consequences of the historical development of civil protection
participate in the assessment of the resistance of critical infrastructure elements
participate in the assessment of the resistance of critical infrastructure elements
to present the basic outputs of the population protection concept
to present the basic outputs of the population protection concept
teaching methods
Knowledge
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
Lecturing
Individual work of students
Lecturing
Individual work of students
assessment methods
Composite examination (Written part + oral part)
Composite examination (Written part + oral part)
Recommended literature
  • BULLOCK, Jane A., George D. HADDOW a Damon P. COPPOLA. Homeland Security: The Essentials. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2018. ISBN 978-0-12-804465-0.
  • HORÁK, Rudolf, Lenka DANIELOVÁ, Ludvík JUŘÍČEK a Ladislav ŠIMÁK. Zásady ochrany společnosti. Ostrava, 2015. ISBN 9788074182365.
  • Hradil, J., Mika, O., Musil, M., Svoboda, B., Rak, J., Vičar, D. Základy ochrany obyvatelstva v České republice. Zlín, 2018. ISBN 978-80-7454-774-4.
  • HYLÁK, Čestmír a Ján PIVOVARNÍK. Individuální a kolektivní ochrana obyvatelstva ČR. Praha, 2016. ISBN 978-80-87544-18-1.
  • ŘEHÁK, David, Bohumír MARTÍNEK a Petra LEGIERSKÁ. Ochrana obyvatelstva v kontextu aktuálních bezpečnostních hrozeb. Ostrava, 2019. ISBN 978-80-7385-220-7.


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