State Emergency Service of Ukraine

State Emergency Service

Державна служба з надзвичайних ситуацій
Emblem of the State Emergency Service
Flag of the State Emergency Service
Headquarters building, Kyiv
Agency overview
Formed	1991
Preceding agencies	State Committee of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic government in protection of population from the consequences of the Chernobyl catastrophe Ministry of Emergencies of Ukraine *Ministry of Ukraine in Emergencies and Affairs in Protection of Population from the Consequences of the Chernobyl Catastrophe
Jurisdiction	Ukraine
Headquarters	55, Honchar St, Kyiv[1]
Employees	~60,000 in peace time
Minister responsible	Ihor Klymenko[2], Minister of Internal Affairs[4]
Agency executives	Head Andrii Danyk (acting)[5]
Parent agency	Ministry of Internal Affairs
Key document	Regulation on the State Emergency Service of Ukraine[3]
Website	Official website

The State Emergency Service of Ukraine^[6] (Ukrainian: Державна служба України з надзвичайних ситуацій, romanized: Derzhavna sluzhba Ukrainy z nadzvychainykh sytuatsii), until December 24, 2012 named the Ministry of Emergencies of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Міністерство надзвичайних ситуацій України, romanized: Ministerstvo nadzvychainykh sytuatsii Ukrainy) is the main executive body tasked with carrying out state policy in the spheres of civil defence, rescue, creating and managing the system of insurance fund documentation, utilization of radioactive wastes, protection of population and territory in emergency situations, emergency prevention and response, liquidation in the aftermath, and the Chernobyl catastrophe. They represent Ukraine's sole fire & rescue service.

It is abbreviated as ДСНС [України]. It also directly administers the zone of alienation located just north of Kyiv.

Under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the agency's motto is "To prevent. To rescue. To help." (Ukrainian: Запобігти. Врятувати. Допомогти)