State Emergency Service of Ukraine

The State Emergency Service of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Державна служба України з надзвичайних ситуацій, romanized: Derzhavna sluzhba Ukrayiny z nadzvychaynykh sytuatsi), until December 24, 2012 named the Ministry of Emergencies of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Міністерство надзвичайних ситуацій України, romanized: Ministerstvo nadzvychaynykh sytuatsiy Ukrayiny) 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.

For other uses, see Ministry of Emergency Situations.
State Emergency Service
Державна служба з надзвичайних ситуацій
Emblem of the State Emergency Service
Flag of the State Emergency Service

Headquarters building, Kyiv
Agency overview
Formed1991
Preceding agencies
  • State Committee of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic government in protection of population from the consequences of the Chernobyl catastrophe
  • Ministry of Emergencies of Ukraine
    *Ministry of Ukraine in Emergencies and Affairs in Protection of Population from the Consequences of the Chernobyl Catastrophe
Jurisdiction Ukraine
Headquarters55, Honchar St, Kyiv
Employees~60,000 in peace time
Minister responsible
Agency executives
  • Head
  • Volodymyr Demchuk (acting)
Parent agencyMinistry of Internal Affairs
Key document
  • Regulation on the State Emergency Service of Ukraine
WebsiteOfficial website

It is abbreviated as ДСНС [України]. 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." (Ukrainian: Запобігти. Врятувати. Допомогти)

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