The State Administration Database

Rescue and Emergency Planning Department

This page shows the event history for this unit.

01.01.2015* Founding by complex reorganization

Name: Rescue and Emergency Planning Department
Short name: Avdeling for forebyggende samfunnssikkerhet og analyse
Affiliations: Ministry
Hierarchical level: Division
Superior body: Ministry of Justice
Located: 301 Oslo

Tasks:
The Rescue and Emergency Planning Department is the superior authority to the Directorate for Civil Protection and Emergency Planning (DSB). The department is responsible for coordinating the Norwegian Rescue Service and has the administrative responsibility for the main rescue coordination centre.
Source: regjeringen.no, january 2015

31.12.2015* Ending by merger

Remarks

* = If a date is denoted with an asterisk (*), this implies that the date is not confirmed.

* = If a name is denoted with an asterisk (*), this implies a direct translation from Norwegian to English. The translation is thus not necessarily the official one (if any exists at all).

Comment to the change-of-name event: Sometimes the old and new name is the same. This occur when the translation to English haven’t taken into consideration minor Norwegian name change.