CURRENT STATE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA

An emergency situation represents a complex combination of events, in which there was an irregular state of functioning of the social system or its parts. Caused by events of a larger scale, emergency situations have the effect of endangering the population, material goods and the environment, thus putting to the test the ability of society and the state to react successfully in unforeseen circumstances. It is necessary to undertake comprehensive measures in order to manage emergency situations. Successful management of emergency situations requires cooperation and coordination of all participants in the system, at the level of the Republic of Serbia, at the level of the Autonomous Provinces and at the level of local self-governments, in order to mitigate the consequences of the emergency situation and ensure the fastest and most efficient recovery. The paper analyzes the current state of emergency management in the Republic of Serbia. Procedures and institutions dealing with responding to emergency situations in the Republic of Serbia were analyzed. The inductive-deductive method as well as the method of content analysis was used.