German emergency preparedness information system

The German emergency preparedness information system ( deNIS ) was or is a directory on the internet or intranet. The deNIS I system was used to inform the general population and has since been discontinued. The deNIS IIplus system was only made available to certain decision-makers at the federal and state levels .

background

After September 11, 2001 and the flood disaster on the Elbe, Danube and their tributaries , the states and the federal government agreed on the “New Strategy for the Protection of the Population”. Against the background of the changed threat situation, she described the need to bundle the aid potential of the federal states and the federal government in order to cope with large-scale threats. The new strategy therefore called for new information and coordination instruments.

In coping with the Elbe floods, the need for improvements in regional resource management became apparent. Deficits in the acquisition, processing and transmission of information were often the cause of the difficulties encountered.

Because the necessary information was not available or not available in time in the event of major disasters, the Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief was commissioned to set up a German emergency preparedness information system (deNIS).

For this purpose, the Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief developed two independent systems, whereby deNIS I was designed as an open internet portal for all citizens. deNIS II plus, however, is only available to a limited group of users within a closed intranet system.

deNIS I

deNIS I was an internet-based central information platform and served to inform the population about the various

Types of danger ,
the possibilities of averting danger ,
possible preventive measures,
Rules of conduct in the event of a disaster
as well as about personal and material assistance potential in the Federal Republic.

In addition, current reports on dangerous situations were shown on the homepage. In the event of a disaster, citizens should be able to access information from official bodies and further information as a dossier here.

The information in deNIS I should serve the timely initiation of protective measures within the framework of self-protection and neighborhood help in order to keep the damage as small as possible in the event of a disaster.

The system, designed as a meta database, contained a collection of over 3,500 links as well as further information in the form of leaflets from the Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief.

DeNIS I ceased operations in mid-2015. A small part of the information previously offered is now available on the website of the Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief. Information on dangerous situations and warning messages are now made available via the emergency information and news app (NINA) of the Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief.

deNIS II plus

This information system is only available to a special group of users. These are decision-makers at the federal and state levels who take action when there is a large area of danger. The coordination of these institutions should be faster and more targeted with deNIS II plus .

The information available serves or was mainly used to assess the situation and to determine which measures must be introduced to protect the population and whether further resources are to be requested from neighboring federal states, the federal government or from abroad. By deNIS II plus particular information management as well as on local resource management should be improved.

To support these administrative and operational tasks of the crisis teams, an information system with geographic components and map material was set up.

The system was or is used primarily at the federal level, but far less at the state level. This is partly attributed to the unwillingness of the federal states to tie up financial and human resources in this superordinate system within their own area of responsibility. Denis II plus is sometimes rated as a “failed vertical informal governance process” .

Web links

German Emergency Preparedness Information System (deNIS I) ( Memento from April 11, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
Portrait of deNIS II plus on the manufacturer's website ( Memento from December 19, 2015 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

^ German emergency preparedness information system (deNIS) . Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance. Archived from the original on March 27, 2015. Retrieved September 1, 2015.
^ German emergency preparedness information system (deNIS I) . Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance. Archived from the original on March 27, 2015. Retrieved September 1, 2015.
↑ Shutdown of deNIS . Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance. Archived from the original on August 22, 2015. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
↑ Stephan Bröchler, Hans-Joachim Lauth: From Government to Governance: Informal Regieren imvergleich , Springer-Verlag, 2015, ISBN 978-3-658-06145-6 .

[1] German emergency preparedness information system (deNIS) . Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance. Archived from the original on March 27, 2015. Retrieved September 1, 2015.

[2] German emergency preparedness information system (deNIS I) . Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance. Archived from the original on March 27, 2015. Retrieved September 1, 2015.

[3] Shutdown of deNIS . Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance. Archived from the original on August 22, 2015. Retrieved December 13, 2015.

[4] Stephan Bröchler, Hans-Joachim Lauth: From Government to Governance: Informal Regieren imvergleich , Springer-Verlag, 2015, ISBN 978-3-658-06145-6 .