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Municipalities and cities are a fundamental element of the state structure. Act No. 128/2000 Coll., the Act on Municipalities (Municipal Establishment), in Section 1 states that "a municipality is a basic territorial self-governing community of citizens; it forms a territorial unit that is defined by the boundaries of the municipality". In Section 2, paragraph 2, it is further stated that "a municipality takes care of the all-round development of its territory and the needs of its citizens; in fulfilling its tasks, it also protects the public interest". I do not want to frame this article as a legal analysis, for which I do not even consider myself competent, these citations from the legislation are provided in order to define a municipality in the most basic way and to define the fundamental aspects of the activities of municipalities. I see this text more as a contribution to a certain philosophical debate about what the preparedness of municipalities and cities for emergencies and for solving tasks associated with these events should look like.