Six business units

The Federal Office for Civil Protection (FOCP) in the Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport (DDPS) is basically responsible for civil protection at the federal level The FOCP consists of the following business units (organisational units)

• Civil Protection Policy,
• Spiez Laboratory,
• National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC),
• Training,
• Infrastructure and
• Resources.

The Resources unit is the FOCP’s internal service agency and consists of the following divisions: Human Resources, Finances, Commercial Services, Real Estate/Logistics, IT Services and Language Services.

Management

The management board of the FOCP consists of the director and the heads of the business units. Since 01 July 2014 the FOCP is led by Director Benno Bühlmann. The FOCP is conducted according to the three management processes of the integrated management systems (FOCP IMS): business planning, management and -optimisation. The FOCP has been certified according to ISO 9001 (quality management), ISO 14001 (environment) and OHSAS 18001 (work safety) norms.

Numbers

The FOCP has altogether 308 employees (273,75 posts; excl. apprentices and internships). 124 work at the central office in Bern, 91 in Spiez (Spiez Laboratory), 62 in Schwarzenburg (Federal Training Centre) and 31 in Zurich (National Emergency Operations Centre). (as of 23.01.2018)