Protection of population in the city of České Budějovice territory in case of an accident associated with dangerous chemicals leakage

The theoretical part of this thesis deals with the protection of the population, focusing specifically on events that are associated with the release of hazardous chemicals. The content of the first chapter is the basic division between incidents that are categorised as being events that are caused by human activities and events that occur irregardless of human activity and are mainly of a natural character. This chapter, is focused on events that are related to human activities and events that have some association with the release of hazardous chemicals such as accidents that occur at chemical facilities. In the following subsection the basic classification of hazardous chemicals in accordance with their chemical properties and their toxicity is processed.The following subsection deals with population protection as a whole. For helping with understanding this issue in its entirety this subsection presents basic information that is related to population protection and defines the characteristics of the basic concepts that are related to this issue. Both warning and evacuation are discussed in greater detail in this chapter. The text also defines emergency planning as representing a basic means of population protection. Emergency planning is described from the level of a territorial authority unit, i.e. as a regional emergency plan, to an in-house emergency plan for a chemical plant.In the second part of the thesis research questions are formulated, which read: "What is the readiness of the system for protecting the population of České Budějovice in the event of the leakage of hazardous chemicals?" The research was focused on the content of the relevant plans of the entities that deal with hazardous chemicals in the district of České Budějovice. During the research basic criteria were observed that should be included in those plans; namely whether or not they are listed there.Subjected to research were the 16 plans for tackling emergencies of the entities that deal with hazardous chemicals in both the District and the City of České Budějovice. Following is an evaluation of the results obtained in accordance with the Readiness Index that was established. At the conclusion of the work the research questions were also answered with regard to the serious deficiencies that had been identified in the relevant plans during the research period. The discussion and the conclusion also contain proposed measures that are aimed at improving the overall level of population protection within the territorial authority unit constituting both the District and the City of České Budějovice