Historical Overview of the Application of Civil Protection Organisations in Disaster Management

Abstract

In the history of the Hungarian civil protection, the Geneva Conventions created the possibility for volunteers and their organisations to take part in the protection of civilians in times of peace and war and in special legal orders due to differentiated trainings. Possibilities were and still are tailor made for specific age groups, sex and qualifications. In recent decades, geo-political, economic, and environmental changes have had a significant impact on population protection tasks and their renewal which developed the current system of civil protection.