National Operative Staff (Denmark)
The National Operative Staff (NOST) (Danish: National Operativ Stab (NOST)) is a collaboration at the highest level between authorities in Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Greenland. The staff's main task is to create an overview so that the government and other authorities have a sufficient basis for making decisions. The National Operative Staff is obliged to hold at least one alert exercise every six months. The Danish National Police coordinates the work.
NOST is activated, for example, by:
NOST was established in 2005 by the government in connection with the tsunami in Thailand as part of the defense agreement 2005-09.[1]
Members
[edit]The permanent members of NOST are:[2]
- Danish National Police
- Danish Security and Intelligence Service
- Danish Defence Command
- Danish Defence Intelligence Service
- Centre for Cyber Security
- Danish Emergency Management Agency
- Danish Health Authority
- Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority
- Danish Critical Supply Agency
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Other authorities are called in as needed. For example, the Danish Meteorological Institute is called in during storms.
Activities
[edit]For example, NOST has been activated at the:
- 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference[3]
- Air travel disruption after the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption[3]
- 2015 Copenhagen shootings[3]
- Tsunami in Greenland 2017[3]
- Drought in the summer of 2018[3]
- Great Belt Bridge rail accident in 2019[4]
- COVID-19 pandemic in 2019 to 2022[5]
- Landslide at Nordic Waste in 2021 to 2024[6]
- Nord Stream pipelines sabotage in 2022[7]
- Storm surge in 2023[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Den nationale operative stab (NOST)" [The national operative staff (NOST)] (in Danish). Danish National Police. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ "Retningslinjer for Krisestyring" [Guidelines for Crisis Control] (PDF). Danish Emergency Management Agency. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
- ^ a b c d e Olsen, Theis Lange (26 July 2018). "Storme, terror og tørke: Stort kriseberedskab samler tråde og rådgiver regeringstop" [Storms, terror and drought: Major crisis emergency management gathers threads and advises government top]. Inland (in Danish). Danish Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ "Rigspolitiet opfordrer bilister på Storebæltsbroen til at vise hensyn og holde sig orienteret" [The Danish National Police urges motorists on the Great Belt Bridge to be considerate and stay informed] (in Danish). Danish National Police. 2 January 2019. Archived from the original on 9 June 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
Myndighederne har som følge af togulykken onsdag morgen valgt at aktivere NOST, National Operativ Stab. [As a result of the train accident on Wednesday morning, the authorities have chosen to activate NOST, National Operative Staff]
- ^ Toft, Cecilie (27 February 2020). "Mette Frederiksen indkalder sikkerhedsudvalg efter første coronafund i Danmark" [Mette Frederiksen convenes security committee after the first corona discovery in Denmark] (in Danish). Altinget. Archived from the original on 3 March 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
Desuden oplyser Rigspolitiet til Altinget, at den såkaldte nationale operative stab – i daglig tale Nost – har afholdt en række møder og er i såkaldt stabsberedskab [In addition, the National Police informs the Alting that the so-called national operative staff – in colloquial language Nost – has held a number of meetings and is on so-called staff readiness alert]
- ^ "Nordic Waste: National stab har holdt møde med tre styrelser" [Nordic Waste: National staff has held a meeting with three agencies]. Latest new (in Danish). TV 2 East Jutland. 19 January 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ Fisher, Nana (27 September 2022). "Statens krisestab er samlet for at drøfte gaslækager i Østersøen" [The state's crisis staff is gathered to discuss gas leaks in the Baltic Sea]. Latest new (in Danish). Danish Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ Gille, Anna Danielsen (20 October 2024). "Lige nu holder Den Nationale Operative Stab møde" [Right now, the National Operative Staff is meeting]. Live blog (in Danish). Danish Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 10 September 2024.