Organisation Régionale de Protection Civile District Nyon

What Organisation Régionale de Protection Civile District Nyon does

ORPC District Nyon (Organisation Régionale de Protection Civile District Nyon) is a regional civil protection organization operating under Swiss federal law (LPPCi) and the oversight of the Federal Office for Civil Protection (OFPP) and cantonal authority Protection civile vaudoise. It serves the resident population of the Nyon district in the canton of Vaud, covering municipalities including Bassins, Chéserex, Gilly, Gland, Marchissy, Nyon, Rolle, and Signy-Avenex. Its core mandate is population protection during emergencies, natural disasters, technical catastrophes, and armed conflict, delivered through construction and maintenance of protective shelters (abris), public alarm and notification systems (in coordination with Alertswiss), and disaster response coordination.

The organization's product surface consists of statutory civil protection services (emergency response coordination, shelter construction/maintenance, service scheduling for conscripted personnel), a public informational website (orpc-nyon.ch), a separate cloud storage portal (Cloud ORPC NYON) for authorized personnel, and a photo gallery documenting activities. Technology is limited to conventional civil protection infrastructure (shelters, alarm networks, communication systems) plus standard web tools; there is no proprietary software, no app, no API, and no disclosed AI/ML capability.

The business model is government funding through member municipalities in the Nyon district under an intercommunal council structure. A 94-member Conseil intercommunal provides legislative governance for the 2021-2026 legislature, while a 7-member CODIR (Comité de direction) handles executive functions. The organization is not revenue-generating in the commercial sense and does not charge for services; financial figures are not publicly disclosed.

Name

Organisation Régionale de Protection Civile District Nyon

Legal name

Organisation Régionale de Protection Civile District Nyon

Website

https://orpc-nyon.ch

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

ORPC District Nyon is a Swiss government-mandated regional civil protection organization serving the Nyon district population in the canton of Vaud with shelter construction, emergency response, and public alarm services funded by member municipalities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Safety and Civil Protection Services

akta.pro primary industry

State/Provincial Public Safety & Emergency Management (Police, Fire, EMS Oversight) (BPAIABAG)

Keywords

• Civil protection services
• Emergency shelter construction
• Disaster response coordination
• Population alerting systems
• Public safety services

Headquarters

HQ city

Prangins

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Public Funding: ORPC District Nyon is a public intercommunal organization funded by member municipalities in the Nyon district. As a government entity under Swiss civil protection law, it operates through tax-based municipal funding and is not revenue-generating in the commercial sense.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

ORPC District Nyon provides government-mandated civil protection services for the Nyon district in Canton de Vaud, Switzerland. Its core work consists of building and maintaining protective public shelters (abris), coordinating disaster response, and operating public alerting and notification capabilities to protect the civilian population during emergencies, natural disasters, or armed conflicts.

Product overview

ORPC District Nyon operates as a regional civil protection organization providing emergency response services across the Nyon district in Switzerland. The organization offers a unified portfolio consisting of core civil protection services including protective shelter (abris) construction and maintenance, service scheduling and management for conscripted personnel, and a cloud storage platform for internal document access. The main digital presence consists of the public website with service information, a separate cloud portal for authorized personnel, and photo galleries documenting activities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Cloud ORPC Nyon: Cloud storage service for ORPC District Nyon members and personnel

Products and services

• Protection Civile Services Mandated civil protection service portfolio for the Nyon district, including emergency response coordination, service scheduling for conscripts, and population protection during natural or technical disasters.
• Abris (Protective Shelters) Construction and maintenance of protective public shelters (abris) designed to protect civilians from thermal radiation, blast waves, debris, radioactivity, electromagnetic pulses, and chemical or biological contaminants.
• Cloud ORPC NYON Cloud storage and file management platform used by ORPC District Nyon staff and authorized personnel to store and access organizational documents.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Protection civile vaudoisecoreOthersCantonal-level civil protection organization providing coordination, guidelines, training resources, and operational support for regional ORPC organizations in the canton of Vaud. ORPC District Nyon operates under the authority and framework of Protection civile vaudoise.
• Office fédéral de la protection de la population (OFPP)coreOthersSwiss Federal Office for Civil Protection providing national-level oversight, legislation, standards, and guidelines for civil protection activities at the cantonal and regional levels.
• Canton de VaudcoreOthersCantonal government authority providing funding, regulatory oversight, and coordination for civil protection services including shelter construction, maintenance, and disaster response.
• AlertswissminorOthersNational alert and warning system platform managed by the federal government. ORPC District Nyon participates in the national alert network for population notification during emergencies.
• WebromandminorOthersWebsite development and design agency that created and maintains the ORPC District Nyon website. Listed as the website creator/developer on the site.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• ORPC District de Lausanne: Adjacent regional civil protection organization for the Lausanne district in the Canton of Vaud. Operates under the same federal LPPCi mandate and cantonal framework, with comparable portfolio of shelter maintenance, alarm systems, and emergency response coordination for district residents.
• Protection civile vaudoise: Cantonal-level civil protection authority for the Canton of Vaud, providing coordination, training, and operational framework for ORPC District Nyon and other regional ORPCs in the canton. Directly comparable as a peer-tier public safety organization with overlapping mandate and population-protection scope.
• ORPC District de la Riviera: Another regional ORPC within the Canton of Vaud, serving the Riviera district with the same statutory mandate under LPPCi. Comparable as a regional government entity delivering civil protection services including shelter management and emergency coordination.
• ORPC District de Morges: Neighboring regional civil protection organization in the Canton of Vaud serving the Morges district. Directly comparable structure, mandate, and service portfolio under the same Swiss federal civil protection framework.

Regional players

• FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency): U.S. federal agency for emergency management, the closest international functional equivalent to a national-level civil protection body. Comparable as a public-sector emergency management organization, though operating at federal scale and a different regulatory environment than ORPC District Nyon.
• Bundesamt für Bevölkerungsschutz (BBK): German federal office for civil protection (Bundesamt für Bevölkerungsschutz und Katastrophenhilfe), the cross-border counterpart to Switzerland's OFPP. Operates the same civil protection category in a neighboring jurisdiction with similar shelter, alarm, and population-protection mandate.

Others

• Alertswiss: National alert and warning system platform managed by the Swiss federal government, in which ORPC District Nyon participates for population notification. Comparable as an enabling infrastructure provider within the Swiss civil protection ecosystem.

Broad incumbents

• Office fédéral de la protection de la population (OFPP / BABS): Swiss Federal Office for Civil Protection, the national-level authority that sets legislation, standards, and guidelines under which ORPC District Nyon operates. Comparable as the broader incumbent in the same civil protection hierarchy with overlapping mission scope at national rather than regional scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/ORPCDistrictNyon
• Instagraminstagram.com/orpc_district_nyon
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/orpcnyon

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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