On the Issue of Risk Management of Emergencies, Taking Into Account the Effect of the Accumulation of Damage

Abstract

An essential condition for the successful functioning of the system of protection of the population and territories of the state is to build an effective strategy for managing the risks of emergencies and its implementation in order to increase the readiness and efficiency of a unified state civil protection system. In modern conditions, the strategy has been an integral part of risk management in almost all developed countries. Issues of state security in general, security in emergencies (ES), including the management of this security have recently been considered as a strategic task of the state. The Civil Protection Code of Ukraine stipulates [1] that civil protection is a function of the state to protect the population and territories from emergencies by preventing such situations, eliminating their consequences in peacetime and in special periods and is carried out on the principle of maximum, economically justified risk reduction occurrence of an emergency. Therefore, one of the priority areas of development of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine is the introduction of an effective system of emergency prevention to reduce deaths. The Civil Protection Code of Ukraine defines the term of emergency prevention as a set of legal, socio-economic, political, organizational and technical, sanitary and hygienic and other measures aimed at performing such basic tasks as risk assessment, safety regulation, early response to emergencies. Therefore, the scientific substantiation of the mechanism for assessing the risks of emergencies is a problematic issue, especially taking into account the effect of the accumulation of damage.