Social and Psychological Aftercare

• The Salvation Army is not primarily an emergency disaster relief organisation. However, it frequently provides support at the point of greatest need during the emergency period of a disaster. The Salvation Army provides a range of psychological support and counselling sendees to the homeless, elderly and other vulnerable groups, including those affected by emergencies.

• Crude Bereavement Care works to promote the well-being of bereaved people and to enable anyone bereaved by death to understand theirgriefand cope with their loss. The organisation provides counselling and support. It offers information, advice, education and training services.

• Samaritans operates a 24 hours a day service to provide confidential emotional support for people who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those which may lead to suicide.

• Victim Support is an independent charity which helps people cope with the effects of crime. They provide free and confidential support and information.

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About the agency: Krasnodar Krai Agency of Emercom (an acronym for Emergency Control Ministry, officially known as the Ministry of Civil Defense, Emergencies and Disaster Relief of the Russian Federation; the closest Western analogue is the US Federal Emergency Management Agency) started in 1983 as the Krasnodar Krai Civil Defense HQ. After series of reorganization it was incorpo­rated into the federal Emercom structures.

The role of the agency has significantly changed over the last 30 years. There are no longer the major threats of WMD as they were seen in the 1980s, but the challenges remain no less crucial, be it in the form of localized terrorism or technological and natural dis­asters. The major function of emergency management is the prepara­tion for and response to disasters, both natural and man-made. The agency staff participated in S&R operations and clean-up works at Chernobyl nuclear power complex (1986), in Armenia (1988) and the region (floods of 2001 and 2002); last years the staff has been on numerous humanitarian missions in Abkhazia and Chechnya.

Professional holidays: Rescuers Day (December 27) and Fire­fighter’s Day (April 30).

Achievements: Recently, a complex of disaster prevention measures along with the professional skills of rescue workers have the effect of reducing the social and economic costs of disasters. One of the key tasks carried out by the agency in 2003, along with development of rescue teams, was organization of three-level sys­tem of emergency respond. The system unites and coordinates ac­tivities of the following bodies: three federal firefighting units, the Coordination Center, the Southern specialized firefighting unit, the Southern regional and the Krasnodar S&R teams, the Center of S&R Sea Works and the Tuapse office of the State Emercom Mo­bile Team: 45 regional firefighting units, the Kuban-Spas regional clean-up team; 12 municipal first-respond teams: the State Inspec­tion on Small Craft.