Report on resolution 6:
– Date: 30.07.2019
– Country: Switzerland
– Type of entity: National Society
– What measures has your National Society taken to support your public authorities to make use of the IDRL Guidelines? Please select the appropriate box below. You can select more than one box.
• Technical assistance (e.g. provided comments on draft law, regulation or policy)
Comments / description of activities:
International Cooperation: The public authorities of Switzerland in charge of international cooperation pro-actively support the establishment of a disaster response legal framework in partner countries. Swiss RC does not need to advocate or support.
Domestic disaster management: The Swiss RC attends the workshops of the Federal Office for Civil Protection concerning the revision of the host nation support plan.
– Has your National Society supported public authorities to use the Checklist on Law and Disaster Risk Reduction to review and strengthen their domestic legal frameworks for disaster risk reduction at the national, provincial and / or local levels? Please select the appropriate box below to describe the support you have provided. You can select more than one box.
Comments / description of activities:
In general, the public authorities of Switzerland do not need support from Swiss RC for the establishment and revision of the domestic legal frameworks.
Based on the occasion of a bilateral meeting of the IFRC with representatives of the federal office for civil protection in May 2017, Swiss RC has submitted the IDRL Guidelines as the office is about to engage in a revision process of the national law on civil protection.
– What activities has your National Society undertaken in cooperation with your government towards achieving the goals related to DRR, community resilience and climate change adaptation as set out in the Sendai Framework for DRR, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the outcomes of the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (‘Paris Agreement’)? Please select the appropriate box:
• Public awareness and public education
• NS response and preparedness (contingency plans, standard operating procedures, pre-disaster meetings, disaster preparedness stocks)
• Training & simulation drills
– What steps has your National Society taken to support your public authorities in assessing their existing legal frameworks related to first aid? Please explain:
In Switzerland, the public health and first aid system as well as the legal frameworks are very strong.
However, on the operational level, the SRC has a mandate and close contacts to the public authorities regarding first aid: The Swiss Federal Decree on the Swiss Red Cross of 1951 mentions in Article 5 that one of the most important tasks of the SRC is voluntary medical service and first aid (Sanitätshilfe). This obligation is also anchored in the SRC Statutes (Art. 3). SRC fulfils these obligations through the SRC Service and our four rescue organisations (Samaritans, Swiss Live-Saving Association (water), Swiss Disaster Dog Association and Swiss Army Medical Association.) In some cantons and communities, local chapters of the Rescue Organisations are part of the corresponding medical and first aid deployments.
SRC and some SRC Rescue Organisations also have service agreements with the federal authorities regarding some health and first aid services.
– What steps has your National Society taken to support your public authorities in strengthening their existing legal frameworks related to first aid? Please explain:
No steps have been taken yet.
– Country: Switzerland
– Type of entity: National Society
– What measures has your National Society taken to support your public authorities to make use of the IDRL Guidelines? Please select the appropriate box below. You can select more than one box.
• Technical assistance (e.g. provided comments on draft law, regulation or policy)
Comments / description of activities:
International Cooperation: The public authorities of Switzerland in charge of international cooperation pro-actively support the establishment of a disaster response legal framework in partner countries. Swiss RC does not need to advocate or support.
Domestic disaster management: The Swiss RC attends the workshops of the Federal Office for Civil Protection concerning the revision of the host nation support plan.
– Has your National Society supported public authorities to use the Checklist on Law and Disaster Risk Reduction to review and strengthen their domestic legal frameworks for disaster risk reduction at the national, provincial and / or local levels? Please select the appropriate box below to describe the support you have provided. You can select more than one box.
Comments / description of activities:
In general, the public authorities of Switzerland do not need support from Swiss RC for the establishment and revision of the domestic legal frameworks.
Based on the occasion of a bilateral meeting of the IFRC with representatives of the federal office for civil protection in May 2017, Swiss RC has submitted the IDRL Guidelines as the office is about to engage in a revision process of the national law on civil protection.
– What activities has your National Society undertaken in cooperation with your government towards achieving the goals related to DRR, community resilience and climate change adaptation as set out in the Sendai Framework for DRR, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the outcomes of the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (‘Paris Agreement’)? Please select the appropriate box:
• Public awareness and public education
• NS response and preparedness (contingency plans, standard operating procedures, pre-disaster meetings, disaster preparedness stocks)
• Training & simulation drills
– What steps has your National Society taken to support your public authorities in assessing their existing legal frameworks related to first aid? Please explain:
In Switzerland, the public health and first aid system as well as the legal frameworks are very strong.
However, on the operational level, the SRC has a mandate and close contacts to the public authorities regarding first aid: The Swiss Federal Decree on the Swiss Red Cross of 1951 mentions in Article 5 that one of the most important tasks of the SRC is voluntary medical service and first aid (Sanitätshilfe). This obligation is also anchored in the SRC Statutes (Art. 3). SRC fulfils these obligations through the SRC Service and our four rescue organisations (Samaritans, Swiss Live-Saving Association (water), Swiss Disaster Dog Association and Swiss Army Medical Association.) In some cantons and communities, local chapters of the Rescue Organisations are part of the corresponding medical and first aid deployments.
SRC and some SRC Rescue Organisations also have service agreements with the federal authorities regarding some health and first aid services.
– What steps has your National Society taken to support your public authorities in strengthening their existing legal frameworks related to first aid? Please explain:
No steps have been taken yet.
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