The Saeima has adopted and the President promulgated the following laws: law on Civil Protection article 1. The terms used in the law, the law is applied in the following terms: 1) civil protection — organizational, engineering, economic, financial, social, educational and scientific activities that will be implemented to ensure that disaster response is there a disaster threats, as well as the support of national protection systems where, if happened the military invasion or war started;
2) disaster — an accident that threatens human life or health, causing loss of human lives, cause material damage or environmental damage, exceeding the capacity of the affected society to eliminate the consequences with the territory concerned, the response of the operational services resources;
3 managing the disaster-prevention), preparedness, response and relief emergency measures when disaster strikes and the threat of a disaster. Disaster management exercise of State authorities, local authorities, economic operators and citizens;
4) preventive measures — measures taken to prevent the disaster.
5) preparedness measures — measures taken to prepare for the action potential disasters;
6) response measures — measures taken to restrict or eliminate postošo conditions and their consequences, prevent or reduce potential damage to people, property and the environment;
7) emergency relief measures — measures taken to preserve or restore a minimum level of public provision of basic functions of life, associated with the survival of the population.
2. article. The purpose of the law the purpose of the law is to create a system of civil protection, disaster management, ensuring its actions legal and organizational foundations for human, property and environmental disaster and the disaster threat.
3. article. Disaster (1) according to the type of disaster, distinguishing between: 1) natural disasters (for example, storm, whirlwind, earthquakes, heavy rains, floods, hail, Frost, snow storms, ice storm, snow banks and ice jams, big heat, drought, forest and peat bog fires);
2) man-made disasters: a) handling disaster (such as a production emergency with chemical, radioactive and biological active substances, fires in buildings and economic installations, blasts, emergency transport, the dam bursts, utility and energy network breakdown, collapse of buildings and premises), (b) of the agenda, not the public) acts of terrorism and armed conflicts;
3) epidemics, Epizooties, epifitotij.
(2) according to the nature of the disaster, the damage caused to the scope and response capabilities of the resources involved in distinguishing between: 1) local disasters — disasters caused damage amounts not exceeding one local administrative area boundaries and affected municipal administrative territory of existing resources are enough disaster management;
2) regional disasters — disasters caused damage exceeding one local administrative area boundaries and affected municipal administrative territory and national resources are enough disaster management;
3) national disasters — disasters caused damage amounts cover the entire national territory or significant part of the country and the existing resources are not enough to manage the disaster.
(3) if the scale of the disaster is the need for legal and physical persons and restriction of freedom may promulgate emergency situation. In an emergency you can announce a mobilization of rescue work and medical assistance to the population, as well as disaster relief emergency measures.
4. article. Civil protection structure and organisation of the system (1) system of Civil Protection (hereinafter the system) constitute public authorities, local authorities, economic operators, as well as all citizens of Latvia are working and not citizens. Association of persons and other residents can participate on a voluntary basis.
(2) Organization of the system is based on the territorial principle. Its structure is a territorial unit of the Republic's districts and cities.
5. article. The main tasks of the system the system's main objectives are: 1 to make the management of disaster);
2) to provide assistance to victims of disasters;
3) to reduce disasters and the potential damage to property and the environment;
4) if happened the military invasion or war started — with the resources to support the national armed forces.
6. article. System management (1) For the operation of the system and its task is responsible to the Prime Minister.
(2) within the framework of the national situations of danger prevention and management measures at national or regional level, led by the Prime Minister.
(3) the State fire and rescue service manages, coordinates and controls the operation of the system.
(4) depending on the type of disaster response and relief emergency measures on site run by the State fire and rescue service officer or — according to competence, national civil protection plan or municipal civil protection plans specified country officer (hereinafter referred to as the rescue work for the driver).
7. article. State fire and rescue service, and the right to (1) the State fire and rescue service civil protection tasks are the following: 1) organize civil warning alarms and systems maintenance (except local object system);
2) organize a system of laws necessary for the project;
3) in collaboration with the local authorities to develop local civil protection plans;
4) make handling disasters of natural and operational management;
5) according to the competency to manage response and relief emergency measures on site depending on the type of disaster;
6) develop recommendations for population action possible in the event of a disaster;
7) create and maintain a database on existing disaster management resources (including collective means of protection), as well as an increased hazard objects;
8) maintain Civil Defence operational command centre in constant readiness for disaster management;
9) organize civil protection training at national and regional level, to participate in international and local civil protection training;
10) to coordinate training programmes for civil protection matters;
11) according to the competence to coordinate national substantive provisions and use of disaster management;
12) through the media and the public in electronic means of communication, provide information to affected or endangered populations of the catastrophe, its threats and measures for the elimination or reduction of the hazard;
13) to organize their business and personnel training, which will involve the rescue work;
14) to organize and conduct the Municipal Commission of civil protection training.
(2) the State fire and rescue service in the civil protection law are: 1), to request and receive, free of charge from public institutions, local authorities and individuals the information necessary for civil protection tasks;
2) control the civil protection issues governing the statutory civil protection requirements, prepare statements on civil protection deficiencies identified in the area, as well as to provide to public authorities, local authorities and economic operators about the lack of consultation and the development of civil protection measures;
3) impose administrative penalties for the infringement of civil protection requirements that certain questions of civil protection the laws and regulatory requirements;
4 — If there is disaster,) give instructions to the institutions involved in the response, as well as the natural persons on the scene of action;
5) with the Interior Minister or his authorized officer's written authorization to engage national material reserves resources for disaster management.
8. article. The tasks of the public authorities (1), the Department of civil protection tasks are: 1 to identify potential hazards) industry and every year until 20 January to submit proposals to the Ministry of the Interior on the national civil protection plan, as well as the updating of the report on the previous year, civil protection measures and activities;
action plan 2) sector for disasters;
3) coordinate the activities of the institutions subordinated to disaster;
4) to coordinate and control the State material reserve building sector;
5) to provide the national civil protection plan in the specific measures, including in accordance with the proposals of the Ministry of defence — support national defence system, if happened the military invasion, started the war or threat of war or invasion;
6) ensure training of employees of the authority in civil protection matters.
(2) other government civil protection tasks are the following: 1) after the State fire and rescue service's request to provide information on the authority, the resources available for disaster management;

2) to provide the national civil protection measures set out in the plan;
3) ensure training of employees of the authority in civil protection matters.
(3) the public body intends to conduct its activities in the provision of disaster relief. If the public authority complies with this law, the provisions of article 13, it shall establish a civil protection plan.
(4) The civil protection sector is responsible to the Minister concerned. On civil protection national authority responsible authorities.
9. article. Local tasks and rights (1) the local Government Council (the Council) is responsible for the second part of this article specified the tasks of civil protection in the relevant administrative territory.
(2) a municipal civil protection tasks are the following: 1) set up and run the Republic city, State civil protection Commission (Deputy Head of the Commission's State fire and rescue service's head of department concerned). Municipal civil protection Commission works according to the rules drawn up in accordance with the Cabinet of Ministers approves approved;
2) taking account of the potential risks to participate in preventive measures in the relevant administrative territory and to provide support for operational and emergency response and relief emergency measures;
3) if necessary, evacuate people from disaster endangered or affected areas, ensure the population records, temporary accommodation, meals, medical care and social assistance;
4) provide work and household conditions of disaster prevention and relief for the other guest in the administrative area of the State and other public emergency rescue personnel;
5) make suggestions on State material reserves, maintenance and storage in the order laid down in the legislation on State material reserves;
6) after the State fire and rescue service's request to provide information about local resources available for disaster management;
7) organize the Republic city, State civil protection training of the members of the Commission;
8) to participate in the civil protection training.
(3) municipal law civil protection are: 1) to receive civil protection tasks information from the respective administrative authorities deployed in the territory and economic operators;
2) taking into account the territorial development plans and identify hazards, develop civil protection tasks (including civil protection defences) during the administrative territory of the existing operators.
10. article. The roles and rights of economic operators (1) economic operators ' civil protection tasks are: 1) the report fire safety, fire and rescue services and local authorities on the merchant in the disaster area of an object and the object's consciousness of employees and directly threatened the inhabitants of the surrounding area;
2) develop civil protection plan if the merchant facility shall comply with article 13 of this law;
3) ensure training of employees in matters of civil protection;
4) organize civil protection measures Merchant Facility (including the protection of employees in the event of a disaster).
(2) economic operators whose object, according to article 17 of this law shall be considered increased hazard objects, in addition to the first paragraph of this article are laid down in the following tasks: 1) organize and conduct prevention, response and relief measures for the operator object area, as well as to maintain the readiness of resources (including civil protection defences and personal protective equipment), which, depending on the type of risk can be used in the management of disasters;
2) create alarm and warning of an object system for industrial accident risk objects and other fire hazardous explosive atmospheres, and particularly important objects.
(3) the company's civil protection tasks is responsible for the company's executives, but the individual's civil defence tasks – sole proprietor.
(4) operators have the right to establish a civil protection unit for disaster response and relief emergency measures.
11. article. Citizens ' rights and obligations (1) the rights of the citizens civil protection are: 1) to receive information and alerts on disasters the country or administrative area concerned and recommendations for action in disasters;
2) get possible assistance for disasters.
(2) the duties of the Citizens civil protection are: 1) immediately to report to the relevant national authorities and the municipality of disaster or threat thereof;
2) disaster to act in accordance with the media and electronic public communication of information, as well as operational and emergency instructions of officials on site;
3) operational and emergency arrival time possible, to take action in disaster mitigation.
12. article. Cooperation with the national armed forces (1) national armed forces participate in preventive and response measures, the emergency relief activities, as well as provide support for search and rescue.
(2) the public authorities, local authorities and economic operators shall cooperate with the national armed forces disaster management according to the civil defense plans and contracts.
13. article. Civil defence planning (1) Civil protection measures, identifying potential hazards, provides: 1) the national civil protection plan;
2) municipal civil protection plan;
3) merchant in the civil protection plan of the object, if the object is increased merchant hazard objects, or it can be more than 50 people. If several operators are located in the same building, civil defense plans, each merchant who meet those conditions;
4) the civil protection authorities of the plan, if the authority has increased the hazard or it may be present in the object more than 50 people. If more institutions are located in the same building, civil protection plans in each institution, which meets the above conditions.
(2) local authorities, economic operators and civil protection plan structure, development and approval of the agenda is determined by the Cabinet of Ministers.
(3) legal and natural persons free of charge providing information in the field of civil protection, to ensure operational civil protection planning for disaster (risk sources, external threats to the object, the object of hazardous substances, hazardous substances, hazardous substances emergency rates, prevalence of exposure parameters, the object of the notification and alert system, civil protection defences, the object's resources available, which, depending on the type of risk can be used in the management of disasters , and the planned preventive and preparedness measures, planned response and relief emergency measures, training employees in matters of civil protection, the training, civil protection unit, data on accidents in the last).
14. article. Defences of civil protection (1) the protection of the population from the devastating disaster factors, as well as in those cases where a military invasion occurred or started the war, the use of civil protection defences or other type of disaster concerned custom buildings.
(2) the Civil Protection aizsargbūvj created, use, maintenance, financing, accounting and classification order is determined by the Cabinet of Ministers.
15. article. The civil system of alarms and notification (1) and the notification of Civil alarm system provides warning and informing of the population on disasters or threats, as well as emergency, exceptional condition or mobilization.
(2) the alarm notification of Civil and systems are created, and the financing arrangements laid down by the Cabinet of Ministers.
(3) the media and electronic means of communication of the public free of charge publicity the State fire and rescue service's information and advice on the risk behaviour of the population, subject to the conditions of service of the urgency of providing information.
16. article. The involvement of the disaster management resources in Disaster Management, depending on the type of risk involved: 1) operational and emergency services, civil protection mobilizējamo formations — the national fire and rescue service operational control center under the national civil protection plan or local civil protection plans;
2) national reserve resources — material in accordance with the laws of the State material reserve;
3) local resources: local Government Council (the Council);
4) commercial-hand resources — a company Manager or his authorised person, but an individual merchant on-hand resources: sole proprietor or his authorised person.
Article 17. Increased danger facilities (1) increased hazard objects are:

1) objects that economic or other activity is related to energy production and storage, electromagnetic radiation, flammable, explosive, dangerous chemical substances and products, hazardous waste, plant quarantine, bio-active and radioactive substances, nuclear material and waste recycling, processing, production, use, storage and transport in quantities which disaster or other factors may result in damage to persons, property and the environment outside the object;
2) waterworks building.
(2) according to the extent of the injury may increase the hazard of objects divided into three groups: 1) the hazard public importance;
2) regional importance;
3) local objects.
(3) increased the hazard identification criteria and the object owner (possessor, keeper) responsibilities for risk reduction measures by the Cabinet of Ministers.
18. article. The system of State financing of their own civil protection tasks financed from the State budget allocated to them, local authorities — from their own budgets, shopkeepers — from its own funds.
19. article. Legal and natural persons ' involvement in the activities of the response (1) legal and natural persons may associate the response activities and also use their property disaster or disaster threats, if there is a risk to human life or health and the immediate involvement of resources may lead to irreversible consequences.
(2) the head of the rescue operations involve legal or natural persons response measures or taking over the holding of legal and physical persons, the conclusion of the agreement in writing.
(3) legal and natural persons involved in response operations or that the property is used in response to events, is entitled to receive a response during the expenditure incurred and loss compensation.
(4) the order in which legal and natural persons eligible for response time expenditure and the resulting losses and calculate the amount of compensation shall be determined by the Cabinet of Ministers.
20. article. Government agencies, municipalities, commercial Manager and specialist training of civil protection (1) the public authorities, municipalities, commercial driver training in civil protection matters organised by the national fire and rescue service.
(2) the preparation of Civil protection specialists to carry out state accredited higher education institutions and secondary professional education institutions.
21. article. Education students, residents and workers education (1) the educational institution provides the compulsory teaching of the course of civil protection, as well as a student of General and vocational education for learners. Minimum requirements for civil protection course content is determined by the Cabinet of Ministers.
(2) training of civil protection of the population, through the mass media and electronic means of communication in society, as well as disseminating information materials, taken by public authorities and municipalities, as well as economic operators (for citizens, which can affect the emergency operator objects).
(3) the training of employees in matters of civil protection organized by the employer. Minimum requirements for employment in the civil protection training content is determined by the Cabinet of Ministers.
22. article. The system of scientific research to promote the development of the system, national authorities, local authorities and business operators can implement the scientific research work in the field of civil protection.
23. article. System readiness check (1) the public authorities and the authorities control the institutions subordinated to the civil protection plan development and refinement, as well as the implementation of the measures provided for in the plans.
(2) a system of inspection to ensure the willingness of national authorities and municipalities organized civil defense training. Civil defence training and organizing the agenda is determined by the Cabinet of Ministers.
24. article. Responsibility for civil protection of the non-compliance by persons who violated the laws and requirements in the field of civil protection, sa at the administrative responsibility of the cam.
25. article. The provision of assistance to the countries affected by disasters (1) if necessary, the countries affected by the disaster can provide humanitarian assistance, as well as help the response and relief emergency measures.
(2) the State fire and rescue service and disaster Medical Center assistance response and emergency relief activities in countries affected disaster creates appropriate rapid reaction unit and a medical support unit. The Cabinet of Ministers fixes this Unit creation, maintenance, training, and funding arrangements, as well as procedures for the involvement of international aid takes place, and that social unit staff.
(3) the cabinet shall determine the receipt of humanitarian assistance and delivery arrangements, and adopt a decision on the provision of assistance to the relief response and emergency measures.
Transitional provisions with the entry into force of this law shall lapse 15 December 1992 the Civil Protection adopted in law (Republic of Latvia Supreme Council and Government Informant, 1993,/2.nr. 1; The Saeima of the Republic of Latvia and the Cabinet of Ministers rapporteur, 1994, no. 5; 1995, no. 8; 1997, no. 5; in 1998, no. 13; in 2005, 2., no. 22).
The law shall enter into force on 1 January 2007.
The law adopted by the Parliament in 2006 on October 5.
State v. President Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga in Riga in 2006 26 October editorial comment: the law shall enter into force by 1 January 2007.