page_title: Danish Emergency Management Agency
section_title: Regional Support Centers
hierarchical_section_title: Danish Emergency Management Agency / Emergency Operations / Regional Support Centers
caption_attribution_description: Dansk: LKM-model fra Beredskabsstyrelsen parkeret i Ourøgade, København under en fuldskala terrorøvelse. "LKM" er en forkortelse for "Ledelses- og KommunikationsModul". Enheden medbringer bl.a. et stort antal radioer og skal fungere som kommandocentral for beredskabet under store indsatser. English: LKM module of the Danish Emergency Management Agency parked in Ourøgade, Copenhagen during a full-scale terror exercise. "LKM" is a Danish abbreviation for "Command and Communication Module". The unit is among others carrying a great deal of radios and is used as a command unit by the emergency services during large indidents.
context_page_description: The Danish Emergency Management Agency is a Danish governmental agency under the Ministry of Defence. Its principal task is to manage an operational part who work out of six Emergency Management Centres, and administrative and legalizing part, who supervises the national and municipal rescue preparedness and advises the authorities on matters of preparedness. DEMA works in closely structured co-operation with the EU, UN and several neighbouring countries.
  DEMA is capable of deploying abroad on request from another state or an international organisation. The decision to render assistance is taken in co-counsel with the Danish Foreign Ministry. DEMA can give support in instances of natural disasters and accidents, technological events and crises and civil wars. It is able to react quickly in acute situations and leave its home base within hours on smaller missions, and have the ability to deploy a mobile hospital in only 24 hours.
context_section_description: The agency has a staff of some 600 people. About 170 of these are employed in the central Emergency Management Agency in Birkerød. The rest are employed at the agency's six centers and two schools. It is possible to do conscription-service for the Danish military in the operational section of DEMA and the agency has around 450 conscripts every 9 months.
  
  Unlike the military where the normal service length is 4 months and there are no operational tasks, conscription service in DEMA is 9 months in length. Also the conscripts are made part of the national emergency response after 1 month of service and are often participation in firefighting and rescue operations. The conscripts get a full firefighters education and are trained in the following fields:
  Firefighting
  Rescue and USAR
  Advanced first aid, patient assessment and treatment (On EMT-B level)
  Communications
  Heavy vehicle usage (All conscripts must have a normal drivers license before starting, and are offered a lorry-license for free)
  HAZMAT
  The Emergency Management Centers are located all over the country and almost every part of the country can be reached within one hour of receiving the alarm. The centers are located in:
  Beredskabsstyrelsen Nordjylland (Thisted)(conscription barracks and specialist in breathing apparatus)
  Beredskabsstyrelsen Midtjylland (Herning)(conscription barracks and specialist in international operations)
  Beredskabsstyrelsen Sydjylland (Haderslev)(conscription barracks and specialist in uniform and protective clothing)
  Beredskabsstyrelsen Sjælland (Næstved)(conscription barracks and specialist in specialized vehicles)
  Beredskabsstyrelsen Bornholm (Allinge) (conscription barracks)
  Beredskabsstyrelsen Hedehusene (Hedehusene) (300 man large volunteer center) 
  The primary function of the above centers is to assist municipal fire departments at major fires, assist to police, and to take care of the Danish nuclear fallout preparedness, HazMat preparedness, USAR/rescue preparedness and all other relevant tasks.
  
  Beredskabsstyrelsen Hedehusene is a 100% volunteer center the only exception being the chief officer and some teachers offering courses to private rescue firms. All the other centers are manned by conscripts who are controlled by a single officer and a couple of sergeants.
caption: The Command and Communications Module is often used to support major police operations
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