Documentation Centre

General
 
CEMAC collects information and documentation related to the multiple aspects of crisis and disaster management.
 
This includes legislative documents, (hand)books, presentations, software, manuals, magazine articles, and imagery material (photo's and video); covering topics such as disaster planning, crisis management, crisis communications, fire fighting, incident command, ICT support, medical disaster management, HAZMAT response, civil-military co-operation (CIMIC), risk assessment and mitigation, evaluation techniques, recovery and procedural standardisation.
 
Sources of information are: official government agencies in Belgium and abroad, sister-organisations throughout the world, libraries, authors, emergency services, and of course, the internet.
 
A lot of the information is in hardcopy form and can not be made available in an electronic manner.
We aim to gradually increase the online document base; partly as an open resource, partly accessible via secure login.
 
Submissions for the documentation centre - in any form - are welcomed.

Relevant Legislation
 
Both international and national legislation include references to mandatory disaster planning and management.
 
In addition, several international standards or guidelines cover disaster management, or include specific provisions as part of the basic requirements for certification.
 
Mandatory regulations

• Council Directive 96/82/EC of 9 December 1996 on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances (COMAH or Seveso-II Directive) (European Union)
  
 

• Wet van 31-dec-1963 betreffende de civiele bescherming (en wijzigingen) (Belgium)
  
 

• Wet van 08-jul-1964 betreffende de dringende geneeskundige hulpverlening (Belgium)
  
 

• Koninklijk Besluit van 08-nov-1967 houdende, voor de vredestijd, organisatie van de gemeentelijke en gewestelijke brandweerdiensten en coördinatie van de hulpverlening in geval van brand (en wijzigingen) (Belgium)
  
 

• Koninklijk Besluit van 23-jun-1971 houdende organisatie van de opdrachten van de civiele bescherming en coördinatie van de operaties bij rampspoedige gebeurtenissen, catastrofen en schadegevallen (en wijzigingen) (Belgium)
  
 

• Samenwerkingsakkoord tussen de Federale Staat, het Vlaams Gewest, het Waals Gewest en het Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest betreffende de beheersing van de gevaren van zware ongevallen waarbij gevaarlijke stoffen betrokken zijn. (B.S./M.B. 12-oct-2000) (Belgium)
  
 

• Algemeen Reglement voor de Arbeidsbescherming (ARAB), art. 52. (Belgium)
  
 

• Codex Welzijn op het Werk, Koninklijk Besluit van 27-mar-1998. (Belgium)
  
 

 
 
Standards

• Council Directive 96/61/EC of 24-sep-1996 concerning integrated pollution prevention and control (the IPPC Directive) (European Union)
  
 

• Council Directive 97/11/EC of 03-mar-1997 concerning the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment (the EIA Directive) (European Union)
  
 

• NFPA 1600 - Standard on Disaster/Emergency Management and Business Continuity Programs (United States of America)
  
 

Addtional Information
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