Emergency Preparedness Act (2000). Country/Territory Estonia Document type Legislation Date 2000 (2002) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen. Keyword Hazards Access-to-information Early warning system Geographical area Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Northern Europe Entry into force notes The Act enters into force from 1 January 2001. Abstract This Act provides the legal bases for the organization of emergency preparedness of and for crisis management by the Government of the Republic, government agencies and local governments. The tasks of crisis management are: 1) to perform risk assessments in order to identify possible emergencies; 2) to determine the possibilities for avoiding emergencies or for mitigating the consequences of emergencies; 3) to prepare crisis management plans; 4) to build up the structure of units for responding to emergencies; 5) to ensure the necessary resources for responding to emergencies; 6) to respond to emergencies; 7) to organise the informing of the population; 8) to organise crisis management training; 9) to raise public awareness on responding to an emergency; 10) to restore the functioning of vitally important sectors. The document consists of XI chapters that contain 41 paragraphs. Chapter I (paragraphs 1-3) lays down general provisions. Chapter II (paragraphs 4-6) establishes duties of government of the republic with regard to emergency preparedness and regards National Crisis Management Plan. Chapter III (paragraphs 7-13) establishes duties of ministries, state chancellery and rescue board with regard to emergency preparedness. Chapter IV (paragraphs 14-19) regards emergency preparedness in counties. Chapter V (paragraphs 20-25) regards emergency preparedness in rural municipalities and cities. Chapter VI (paragraphs 26-27) regards emergency preparedness in enterprises and agencies. Chapter VII (paragraphs 28-29) deals with information of emergencies and duties of media owners. Chapter VIII (paragraphs 30-31) regards crisis management training, raising public awareness and organization of exercises. Chapter IX (paragraph 32) regards international cooperation in crisis management. Chapter X (paragraphs 33-36) regards supervision and establishes liability. Chapter XI (paragraphs 38-41) regards implementation of Act. Full text English