Priorities of Risk Management During Liquidation of Extreme Situations in Russia. S. G. Kharchenko and E. Ju. Belyavzeva, Russian Academy of State Service at the President of RF, 84 Vernadsky, Moscow 117606 Russia
Priorities of risk management during of extreme situations are guidelines for special services engaged in risk reduction and liquidation of extreme situations consequences. What determines priorities during of extreme situations in Russia? Priorities can be defined by quantity of risk caused by an extreme situation. According to such priorities, first of all it is necessary to eliminate a source of risk. The basis of such approach is determined by the theory of the risk analysis and management. The priorities can be defined also on the basis of a theory of utility. According to these priorities it is necessary to rescue those objects, which are determined as most useful for economic activities. Definition of the priorities is possible to determine on the basis of vital experience of manager, if the managers who supervise saving works have good life experience of such works. In this case the manager can define the priorities on the basis of his personal understanding of urgent situation. It is possible also to define the priorities on the basis of traditional vital values, which formed in the modern society. In this case, life and health of peoples, preservation of a natural and cultural heritage can be in the first place of the priorities. The priorities can be defined on the basis of a balance between expenses, benefits and risks. But it is necessary to take into account risks, expenses and benefits not only from economic point of view, but also from social, political, ecological etc. According to the above-stated main priorities of state strategy realisation of liquidation of extreme situations are the following: minimisation of human victims and damage to health of the people at liquidation of extreme situations; reduction of possible damaging influence on environment and cultural heritage; prevalence of methods of preventive maintenance and prevention of extreme situations; optimisation of expenses on liquidation of economic damage for economic objects at liquidation of extreme situations in view of balance of expenses, benefits and risks; increase of the population knowledge and awareness about threat of extreme situations natural and technogenic of character.
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