Ordinance on the Cantonal Crisis Organization (KKO VO) - Purpose and Scope

1. This ordinance aims to establish the framework conditions to protect the population, their livelihoods, animals, and property in disasters and emergencies, and to contribute to the limitation and management of damage events.

2. The Cantonal Crisis Organization (CCO) is the staff and leadership body of the canton for special and extraordinary situations. It is subordinate to the Government Council.

3. If the Government Council is no longer able to perform its governmental duties properly, the CCO makes the urgent decisions and issues the urgent orders.

4. The ordinance applies when the CCO or parts thereof are convened.

1. The KKO is a militia organization. Its members, except for the employees of the KKO office, perform their duties part-time.

2. The KKO is organizationally attached to the Department of Justice and Security of the Canton of Basel-Stadt.

3. In normal situations, the KKO is managed by the overall responsible person and consists of

a) the Cantonal Crisis Staff and

b) a KKO office.

4. In special and extraordinary situations, the KKO is led by an overall operations manager and may, in addition to the bodies mentioned in paragraph 3, consist of

a) one or more incident site organizations and

b) one or more assembly point organizations.

5. The overall responsible person determines the organization of the KKO.

**1. The Government Council appoints the overall leader of the Cantonal Crisis Organization (CCO), their deputy, and the head of the staff of the Cantonal Crisis Staff, as well as their deputy, each for a term of four years.**

2. The Government Council elects the heads of departments within the Cantonal Crisis Staff, each for a term of four years.

3. The overall leader appoints the general operational leaders who are to be deployed during special and extraordinary situations, as well as other members of the CCO, each for a term of four years.

4. All departments should be represented within the CCO according to their professional responsibilities.

5. Employees of the Canton of Basel-Stadt are obligated, upon request, to take on a role in the CCO.

1. The Cantonal Crisis Staff is led by the Chief of Staff. This person reports to the person with overall responsibility, alternatively referred to as the overall operations manager.

2. The staff of the Cantonal Crisis Staff consists of the KKO Office and the aides-de-camp. These are subordinate to the KKO Office.

3. Civil protection provides the Cantonal Crisis Staff with personnel for command support as well as for the operation of the protected location.

1. The incident site is managed by an incident site commander. This individual reports to the overall operations commander.

2. Necessary urgent decisions during the operation fall under the responsibility of the incident site commander. He or she informs the overall operations commander about these decisions.

1. The assembly point is managed by an assembly point commander. This person reports to the overall operations commander.

2. Urgent operational decisions that cannot be delayed are the responsibility of the assembly point commander. He or she informs the overall operations commander about these decisions.

1. The KKO Office is managed by a Director. It is fully dedicated to dealing with the KKO and issues related to civil protection. The KKO Office is subordinate to the Chief of Staff of the Cantonal Crisis Staff.

**1. The KKO has the following tasks in normal situations:**

a) It advises the government council in the preparation and management of special and extraordinary situations and makes the necessary preparations.

b) It prepares draft resolutions in a timely and situation-appropriate manner for the government council and ensures their implementation.

c) It makes preparations for managing special and extraordinary situations where a coordinated deployment of all necessary and available resources with high factual and temporal urgency is required.

**2. The KKO has the following tasks in special and extraordinary situations:**

a) It takes the necessary leadership measures in the event of deployment to prevent, limit, and remediate damages.

b) It coordinates in the event of deployment the mutual assistance, as well as inter-cantonal, international collaboration with federal authorities and the military.

c) It provides the necessary support for the cleanup and reconstruction organization in special and extraordinary situations and collaborates with them.

**3. The KKO submits a report on its activities to the government council every four years.**

1. The Cantonal Crisis Staff establishes the framework conditions for a successful operation.

1. The Incident Site Organization is responsible for the rescue of people and animals, for mitigating damage to the environment and property, as well as for the recovery of people and animals.

1. The assembly point organization is responsible for the registration, care, and questioning of uninjured individuals.

**1. The KKO Secretariat is responsible for the technical and administrative support of the KKO militia organization. It develops threat analyses and risk assessments and is responsible for the following matters:**

a) Prevention: law, spatial planning, organizational measures,

b) Precaution: leadership, operational and emergency planning, training and exercises,

c) Preparation: behavior recommendations.

**2. Furthermore, it assumes the following tasks:**

a) It coordinates disaster preparedness in the canton.

b) It defines performance mandates with third parties.

**3. The KKO Secretariat ensures that the members of the KKO are trained and prepared for their deployment in special and extraordinary situations.**

1. Authorized to deploy the KKO or parts thereof in special and extraordinary situations are

a) the Government Council,

b) the Head of the Department of Justice and Security,

c) the overall person in charge of the KKO and their deputy,

d) the Chief of Staff of the Cantonal Crisis Staff and the deputy of the Chief of Staff.

2. If events occur or are imminent that require urgent decisions and interdepartmental coordination of measures, all officers of the police and rescue services, as well as the on-duty operational leader of the dispatch centers of the police, fire department, and ambulance, are also authorized to issue deployment orders.

3. In the event of an incident, the overall operational leader, the Chief of Staff may decide situationally which resources (personnel, material) are needed from the Cantonal Crisis Staff and can have these deployed through the usual alert systems.

4. In the event of an incident, the officers of the police or rescue services may decide situationally to deploy the damage control organization. The deployed damage control commander shall decide situationally whether the assembly point is necessary.

5. The overall person in charge of the KKO and the Chief of Staff of the Cantonal Crisis Staff, as well as the KKO office, may call upon the members of the KKO to participate in training, exercises, meetings, and other preparatory activities.

6. The persons listed in paragraphs 1 and 2 are also authorized to trigger the siren alarm. The triggering of the siren alarm constitutes a call-up for the KKO.

1. Employees of the Canton of Basel-Stadt shall be released from their duties for preparation, training, exercises, deployment, and evaluation in accordance with the functions assigned to them in the KKO.

2. Compensation shall be determined according to the Cantonal Allowance Ordinance.

1. Members of the KKO who are not employees of the Canton of Basel-Stadt shall be compensated for their activities.

2. In special and extraordinary situations, they shall have the same rights and obligations as KKO members who belong to the personnel of the Canton of Basel-Stadt.

1. The Ordinance on Ensuring Government and Administrative Activities in Special and Extraordinary Situations of June 27, 2006 is repealed.