Approach of social institutions to preparedness for emergency

The third call of the Ministry of Interior of the Czech Republic concerning the support of research, experimental development and innovation, was announced for the period 2013-2015. The Institute of Radiology, Toxicology and Civil Protection of the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences of the University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice submitted an application for research focused on population protection according to population differentiation. The aim of the project was to analyze the current status of evacuation planning from the emergency planning zone according to population differentiation. This article discusses the issue of social institutions preparedness for evacuation from emergency planning zones. Evacuation planning is one of the most important parts of population protection. It has its own specifics and it is necessary to consistently perceive all of the aspects that evacuation includes. Social institutions are one of the important aspects which must be considered. In the emergency planning zones of nuclear power plants there are a total of 10 social institutions.