摘要：Experience gained from NATO operations shows that the basis for an effective solution to acrisis is a combination of a comprehensive political, civilian and military approach. The cooperation ofallstakeholdersisthusabasicprerequisitefortheeffectiveresolutionofcrisissituations. Theseaspectsand stakeholders include emergency management. This paper deals with civil-military cooperation intimesofemergencycausedbytheCOVID-19pandemicintheCzechRepublic. Itqualitativelyevaluatesthe findings resulting from the questionnaire survey focused on the state of crisis preparedness of theArmy of the Czech Republic and the functionality of emergency management in cooperation withrescue work with other teams of the rescue system. The questionnaire was carried out at militaryunits in all regions of the Czech Republic; organizational units of the Ministry of Defence withnationwide competence, which were directly involved in securing measures related to the declarationof a state of emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic in March—May, 2020; Operations Command,which currently manages operations in the Czech Republic designed to manage the consequences ofa pandemic; and members of the Ministry of Defence participating in the activities of the StrategicCommand and Control Group. A total of 21 stakeholders took part. The experience in managingthe consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic have shown that armed forces around the world havean irreplaceable position in dealing with nonmilitary crises. The conclusions and recommendationsobtained from the research survey are the content of this paper.
关键词：civilian-military cooperation; emergency management; emergency preparedness; rescue system; state of emergency; threats
