ORION and the 2024 Civil Protection Act — a Ready-to-Use System for Meeting the New Obligations of Local Government Units and Public Institutions
Introduction: New Obligations, New Challenges
The Act on Civil Protection and Civil Defence has been in force since 5 December 2024, imposing new obligations on local governments, public institutions and entities responsible for critical infrastructure. These are tasks related to preparing for crisis situations and ensuring civil protection.
ORION – technology compliant with the requirements of the Act
The ORION system is a response to specific obligations imposed by the Act, in particular resulting from:
- Chapter 5 (Articles 38 to 48): on civil protection planning, including evacuation, location of collective protection facilities and assistance procedures.
- Chapter 7 (Articles 58-66): on the coordination and implementation of civil protection tasks, including crisis management.
- Chapter 8 (Articles 67 to 81): on hazard detection, notification, warning and alerting of the public.
- Chapter 9 (Articles 82-116): on protective structures (shelters and hideouts), places of emergency shelter and their management.
Key functions of the ORION system in accordance with the requirements of the Act:
- Monitoring of protective structures – continuous monitoring of technical parameters of buildings classified as shelters or hideouts (Article 83 and Articles 86-88), such as air quality, temperature, availability of energy, water and the condition of technical equipment.
- Emergency and evacuation management – integration with evacuation plans (in accordance with Articles 38 to 42) and rapid triggering of alarm procedures even without internet access (in accordance with Articles 67 to 69).
- Autonomous operation in emergency situations – local operation without the cloud, with its own power supply, which ensures business continuity in the event of loss of connectivity (supports the fulfillment of Article 70).
- Automatic readiness reporting – reports on the condition of protective structures, the level of hazards and the readiness of the infrastructure for use in accordance with the requirements of the Act (in accordance with Article 23 and Article 38).
Financing Possibility in accordance with the Act:
The implementation of the ORION system may be financed in accordance with Chapter 11 of the Act (Articles 152-154), in particular through:
- funds from the state budget and local government units (LGUs),
- targeted subsidies for the modernisation or construction of civil protection infrastructure,
- funds from the Civil Protection and Civil Defence Programme (in accordance with Article 7).
Readiness for implementation in local governments and public institutions:
The ORION system can be implemented in:
local government units (LGUs),
schools, kindergartens, and public facilities,
hospitals and medical facilities,
objects serving as protective structures,
industrial plants classified as critical infrastructure.
Contact us – we will support your institution in preparing for the implementation of:
We offer support in the field of:
- preparation of implementation documentation,
- presentation of the ORION system and environmental tests,
- pilot implementations enabling a quick start of the implementation of obligations under the Act.
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