Central

The central government is responsible for:

• Defining and declaring state of emergencies.
• The parallel deployment of civil protection organs;
• The fiscal basis;
• Coordinating activities;
• Deciding on the total number of civil protection organisations.
• Overall disaster management;
• Management of civil protection;
• Implementation of civil protection tasks.
• Fire safety legislation, policy and strategies.
• Monitoring frameworks and activities in civil protection.
• Preparation of youth in civil protection.
• Multilateral relations with the EU, NATO and the UN.
• Research institutes in civil protection.
• CBRN Preparedness.

Regional

The County Disaster Management Directorates and the Civil Protection Directorate of the Capital are responsible for:

• Deployment of civil protection organisations;
• Organisation of cooperation between the administration, the armed forces, the community organisations and the civil protection organisations;
• Preparation and implementation of alerts and public awareness measures;
• Harmonisation of local protection and resettlement/reception of inhabitants;
• Establishment of local civil protection organisations.
• Deployment of District special rescue teams.
• Oversight of disaster management guards.

Local

Local authorities are responsible for:

• Implementation of civil protection tasks;
• Prevention of and dealing with natural disasters in areas of responsibility;
• Civil defence
• Voluntary fire associations and voluntary rescue teams.

Responsible ministries/bodies

The National Directorate General for Disaster Management of the Ministry of Interior

Sources

Act CXXVIII of 2011, Disaster Management

Act No. XXXVII of 1996 on Civil Protection

European Commission portal, European Commission > Humanitarian Aid & Civil Protection > Vademecum/ Hungary disaster management structure,

2011. évi CLXXXIX. törvény Magyarország helyi önkormányzatairól[Local Self-Government Act No. CLXXXIX of 28.12.2011]

Government regulation 94/ 2018(V.22)  on tasks and powers of members of the Government (94/2018. (V. 22.) Korm. rendelet

a Kormány tagjainak feladat- és hatásköréről )