Assessment of preparedness of selected social facility for electricity and water outages and suggestion for their improvement

The topic of this diploma thesis is to evaluate preparedness of selected social facilities for electric power outages and water outages and to suggest preparedness improvement. The first aim of the thesis was to find out as to what degree selected social facilities are prepared for outages of electric power and water. The second aim of the thesis was to identify, whether it is possible to improve the level of preparedness and if so, how. The research question of this diploma thesis was formulated as: How are selected social facilities prepared for electric power and water outages. The goals were achieved by implementing a theoretical and practical parts of the thesis. The theoretical part of the thesis was processed by the means of research of specialized literature and electronic resources. The main topics addressed in the theoretical part of the diploma thesis are: Social facilities, critical infrastructure, electric power, and water systems. In the practical part of the thesis, qualitative research was used. With the form of questionnaires and subsequent analysis of answers by the respondents, we achieved the main aim of this diploma thesis. The directors of selected social facilities participated in the questionnaire survey. The respondents were the director of Home for people with disabilities in Osek and the director of the Center of social services in Jindřichův Hradec, Social service Czech. In this diploma thesis I present the responses of the directors of selected social facilities, compare answers mutually and with valid legislative framework and other normative documents. In the results chapter I introduce the outcomes of the SWOT analysis and in further analyze the individual respondent answers. By analyzing and comparing the information obtained from the questionnaire survey, I am able to use the SWOT analysis to determine that the Center of social services Jindřichův Hradec, Social service Czech is better prepared for power and water outages than the Home for people with disabilities in Osek. The diploma thesis can help increase the preparedness of selected social facilities for electric power and water outages. All suggestions for improving preparedness can be found in the results chapter and is also included in the opportunities section of the SWOT analysis