Onderzoeksraad voor Veiligheid

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OVV headquarters in The Hague

The Onderzoeksraad voor Veiligheid ( OVV ; German  Investigation Council for Safety ; English Dutch Safety Board , DSB ) is an independent Dutch investigative authority for incidents, accidents and disasters of all kinds, founded in 2005. It becomes active of its own accord when an event or a series of Events could be based on a systematic security risk and tries to explain the causes as completely as possible. The knowledge gained is intended to help avert future dangers and thus improve the safety of the Dutch population.

Former Dutch Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem has headed the council since May 2019 .

Organization and fields of activity

The OVV consists of three permanent members chaired by Tjibbe Joustra and a number of extraordinary members (as of May 2017). The council has an investigative office. He is active in the following areas:

history

Voor before the establishment of Onderzoeksraad Veiligheid there were in the Netherlands different examination committee for traffic accidents and catastrophes: The 1909 founded Raad voor de Scheepvaart (Schifffahrtsrat), which in 1931 established Commissie Binnenvaartrampenwet (inland waterway disaster Commission), and since 1937 the Raad voor de Luchtvaart ( Aviation Council) and since 1956 the Spoorwegongevallenraad (Railway Accident Council). These institutions did not investigate themselves, but rather prepared reports based on investigations by other competent authorities. In 1999 these activities were brought together in the new Raad voor de Transportveiligheid (Council for Road Safety).

Shortly thereafter, two serious accidents occurred: In May 2000 a fireworks factory exploded in Enschede ; 23 people were killed and 947 injured. On New Year's Eve 2000/2001, another 14 people died in the Volendam café fire ; 200 suffered severe burns. Thereupon the Netherlands decided to set up a permanent investigation authority not only for traffic safety, but for all dangerous incidents. It was established by a law of February 1, 2005 and established by the Dutch Ministry of the Interior.

In July 2014, the OVV assumed responsibility for the aircraft accident investigation after the crash of a Boeing 777 on Malaysia Airlines flight 17 in Ukraine . He leads a team of 25 accident investigators, which includes representatives from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and Eurocontrol as well as experts from eight affected countries. The plane had taken off from Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam ; 193 of 283 fatalities were Dutch.

Web links

  • Dutch and English website of the Onderzoeksraad voor Veiligheid

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Dutch Safety Board ( Memento of May 2, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (English), DSB website of May 2, 2009, accessed on August 30, 2014: “an autonomous administrative body set up under a Kingdom Act”.
  2. ↑ Brochure Competences (“Kompetenzbroschüre”, English, PDF), Dutch Safety Board, accessed on August 30, 2014.
  3. ↑ About the Safety Board ( Memento from April 1, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), DSB website from April 1, 2009, accessed on August 30, 2014.
  4. ↑ Dijsselbloem wordt voorzitter Onderzoeksraad voor Veiligheid. Retrieved June 9, 2020 (Dutch).
  5. ^ Bureau , Dutch Safety Board, accessed August 30, 2014.
  6. ↑ a b Geschiedenis van de Onderzoeksraad (Dutch) and History of the Board (English), Dutch Safety Board, accessed on August 30, 2014.
  7. ↑ SM Öhlin Lostetter, PB Reijman, PHE van de Leur: Reconstruction of the fire in "De Hemel" in Volendam, New Years Eve 2000/2001 ( Memento of April 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (English, PDF); accessed on August 30, 2014.
  8. ↑ Legislation , Dutch Safety Board, accessed August 30, 2014.
  9. ↑ Dutch Safety Board heads investigation: investigation effort in full swing, black boxes currently being read out , Dutch Safety Board, July 23, 2014, accessed on August 30, 2014.
  10. ↑ Summary report of a briefing at civil service level (English) on houseofrepresentatives.nl, August 13 or 14, 2014, accessed on August 15, 2014 ( docx ).

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