State Emergency Service of Ukraine

State Emergency Service
Державна служба з надзвичайних ситуацій
	Emblem of the State Emergency Service
	Flag of the State Emergency Service
	; Headquarters building, Kyiv
Agency overview
Formed	1991
Preceding agencies	State Committee of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic government in protection of population from the consequences of the Chernobyl catastrophe; Ministry of Emergencies of Ukraine; *Ministry of Ukraine in Emergencies and Affairs in Protection of Population from the Consequences of the Chernobyl Catastrophe;
Jurisdiction	Ukraine
Headquarters	55, Honchar St, Kyiv
Employees	~60,000 in peace time
Minister responsible	Ihor Klymenko, Minister of Internal Affairs;
Agency executives	Head; Andrii Danyk (acting);
Parent agency	Ministry of Internal Affairs
Key document	Regulation on the State Emergency Service of Ukraine;
Website	Official website

The State Emergency Service of Ukraine^[6] (Ukrainian: Державна служба України з надзвичайних ситуацій, romanized: Derzhavna sluzhba Ukrainy z nadzvychainykh sytuatsii), until December 24, 2012 named the Ministry of Emergencies of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Міністерство надзвичайних ситуацій України, romanized: Ministerstvo nadzvychainykh sytuatsii Ukrainy) is the main executive body tasked with carrying out state policy in the spheres of civil defence, rescue, creating and managing the system of insurance fund documentation, utilization of radioactive wastes, protection of population and territory in emergency situations, emergency prevention and response, liquidation in the aftermath, and the Chernobyl catastrophe. They represent Ukraine's sole fire & rescue service.

It is abbreviated as ДСНС [України]. It also directly administers the zone of alienation located just north of Kyiv.

Under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the agency's motto is "To prevent. To rescue. To help." (Ukrainian: Запобігти. Врятувати. Допомогти)

History

The former ministry was created in 1996 with the merger of the state civil defense body and the Ukrainian ministry in charge of protecting the population from the consequences of the Chernobyl catastrophe. Until 1991, the latter was a state committee of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR, while state civil defense was part of the USSR's All-Union civil defense network.

In 2003, the ministry took over control of the firefighting service, previously under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (militsiya). The ministry had been part of the military reserve of the Ukrainian armed forces, but after the 2003 reform and fire services merger, all militarized formations were dissolved, and in 2005, the agency became officially non-military and focused on rescue services.

Until the administrative reform of December 9, 2010, the body was called Ministry of Ukraine in emergencies and the protection of the population from the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster. After the reform, three major central executive power bodies were directly subordinated to it:

State service of mining supervision and industrial safety of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Державна служба гірничого нагляду та промислової безпеки України, Russian: Державна служба гірничого нагляду та промислової безпеки України)
State agency of Ukraine of the administration of the zone of alienation (Ukrainian: Державне агентство України з управління зоною відчуження, Russian: Государственное агентство Украины по управлению зоной отчуждения)
State inspection of technogenic safety of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Державна інспекція техногенної безпеки України, Russian: Государственная инспекция техногенной безопасности Украины)

Other agencies

State department of fire-prevention security (see firefighting)
State search and rescue aviation service: Ukraviaposhuk
State hydro-meteorological service
State department of the insurance documentation fund of the Ministry

On December 24, 2012, the Ministry of Emergencies of Ukraine was transformed into the State Emergency Service^[6] and placed under jurisdiction of the Ministry of Defence. On 25 April 2014, the service was transferred to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.^[7]

Structure

Main body

Central Bureau of Emergency Situations

Specialized formations

State militarized mining rescue brigade (Kryvyi Rih)
Dnipro militarized mining rescue brigade

Other agencies

Ukrainian Hydro-meteorological Center
Ukrainian Aviation Meteorological Center
Main Aviation Coordination Center of search and rescue
"Rescuer"-Inform Information Analytical Center
Center of Civil Security 112
Mobile Rescue Center (Kyiv)
Odesa Sanatorium (Odesa)

List of heads of the State Emergency Service

Ministry	Name	Term of office
Ministry	Name	Start	End
Emergency Minister	Davyd Zhvania	February 4, 2005	September 27, 2005
Emergency Minister	Viktor Baloha	September 27, 2005	October 5, 2006
Emergency Minister	Nestor Shufrych	October 5, 2006	?
Ministry of Defense	Mykhaylo Bolotskykh^[6]	December 24, 2012^[6]	March 2, 2014
Ministry of Defense Ministry of Internal Affairs	Serhiy Bochkovsky	March 2, 2014	March 25, 2015
Ministry of Internal Affairs	Zoryan Shkiryak (acting)	March 25, 2015	May 14, 2015
Ministry of Internal Affairs	Mykola Chechotkin	May 14, 2015	November 10, 2021^[8]
Ministry of Internal Affairs	Serhii Kruk	February 16, 2022^[9]	August 25, 2023^[9]
Ministry of Internal Affairs	Volodymyr Demchuk (acting)	August 24, 2023^[9]	February 27, 2024
Ministry of Internal Affairs	Andrii Danyk	February 27, 2024^[5]

Former agency executives (prior to 2012 reorganisation)

List of former chiefs of state civil defense

Prime-Minister(s)	Name	Term of office
Prime-Minister(s)	Name	Start	End
Vitold Fokin, Leonid Kuchma, Vitali Masol	Mykola Bondarchuk	August 24, 1991	October 1993
Vitali Masol, Yevhen Marchuk, Pavlo Lazarenko	Lt.Gen. Viktor Grechaninov	October 1993	May 1997

List of ministers of emergencies

Prime-Minister(s)	Name	Term of office
Prime-Minister(s)	Name	Start	End
Vitold Fokin, Leonid Kuchma, Vitaliy Masol	Heorhiy Hotovchyts	August 24, 1991	December 31, 1994
Vitaliy Masol, Yevhen Marchuk, Pavlo Lazarenko	Volodymyr Holosha	December 31, 1994	August 31, 1996
Pavlo Lazarenko, Valeriy Pustovoitenko	Valeriy Kalchenko	August 31, 1996	February 8, 1999
Valeriy Pustovoitenko, Viktor Yushchenko, Anatoli Kinakh, Viktor Yanukovych	Vasyl Durdynets	February 8, 1999	November 30, 2002
Viktor Yanukovych	Hryhoriy Reva	November 30, 2002	February 4, 2005
Yulia Tymoshenko, Yuri Yekhanurov	David Zhvaniya	February 4, 2005	September 27, 2005
Yuri Yekhanurov, Viktor Yanukovych	Viktor Baloha	September 27, 2005	September 15, 2006
Viktor Yanukovych	Nestor Shufrych	September 15, 2006	December 18, 2007
Yulia Tymoshenko	Volodymyr Shandra	December 18, 2007	March 11, 2010
Mykola Azarov	Nestor Shufrych	March 11, 2010	July 10, 2010
Mykola Azarov	Mykhailo Bolotskykh (acting)	July 10, 2010	November 12, 2010
Mykola Azarov	Viktor Baloha	November 12, 2010	20 November 2012^[10]

Ranks

Rank group	General / flag officers										Senior officers						Junior officers								Officer cadet

			Генерал служби цивільного захисту України General of Emergency Services		Генерал-полковник Colonel General		Генерал-лейтенант Lieutenant General		Генерал-майор Major General		Полковник Colonel		Підполковник Lieutenant Colonel		Майор Major		Капітан Kapitan		Старший лейтенант Senior lieutenant		Лейтенант Leitenant		Молодший лейтенант Junior lieutenant		Kурсант Kursant

Rank group	Senior NCOs																						Junior NCOs						Enlisted

	Головний майстер-сержант Chief master sergeant						Майстер-сержант Master sergeant																Сержант Sergeant												Рядовий Private

Medals

25 years in service
20 years in service
15 years in service
10 years in service
For bravery in an emergency
For honorable service

State Emergency Service Aviation

The Special Aviation Unit and Operational Rescue Service of the State Emergency Service (Спеціальний авіаційний загін оперативно-рятувальної служби цивільного захисту) is based in the city of Nizhyn.^[11]

The Special Aviation Unit can work independently or in cooperation with other State Emergency Service units to protect population and territory, material and cultural values and the environment during emergencies, especially for work performed under difficult conditions.

Aircraft	Origin	Type	In service	Notes
Fixed-wing aircraft
An-32P	Ukraine	Aerial firefighting	4
An-26	Ukraine	Transport Aircraft	3
An-30	Ukraine	Aerial Surveillance and Aerial Photography	2
Helicopters
Mi-8	Ukraine	Multipurpose Helicopter	14
Eurocopter EC145	France	Medevac Helicopter
Eurocopter H225	France	SAR	4	^[12]

Gallery

The main Lviv fire station
A State Emergency Service Antonov An-32 firefighting aircraft dropping water on a forest fire
Fire engines and emergency service personnel responding to an incident in Kyiv, 2010
An Emergency Service EC145 helicopter landing in Kyiv
Emergency service equipment on display in Donetsk, 2011
The EC225 Super Puma that crashed on January 18, 2023 killing Ukrainian Minister of Internal Affairs Denys Monastyrsky, his deputy Yevhen Yenin, State Secretary Yurii Lubkovych and 11 other people photographed in November 2020^[13]^[14]