Specifically, in terms of function, the Commune Civil Defense Command is established by the Chairman of the Commune People's Committee, with the function of advising the Chairman of the People's Committee on organizing, directing and operating civil defense in the management area.

The Commune Civil Defense Command is responsible for organizing and commanding forces and means of organizations and individuals in the area to participate in civil defense tasks. Illustrative photo

The Commune Civil Defense Command has the following tasks:

Advise on the development and implementation of civil defense plans in the management area; advise and propose to the Chairman of the People's Committee at the commune level to issue decisions to promulgate or abolish level 1 civil defense.

Organize and command forces and means of organizations and individuals in the area to participate in civil defense tasks.

Advise the Chairman of the People's Committee at the commune level to decide on urgent measures, mobilize resources within authority, organize the reception and allocation of support and relief resources to carry out civil defense tasks in the management area.

Carry out the transmission, notification, alarm, deployment of directive documents, management of prevention, response, and overcoming of consequences of incidents and disasters at all levels to the community.

Organize information, propaganda,education , and dissemination of knowledge about civil defense to organizations and individuals in the management area to improve the capacity to prevent, respond to, and overcome the consequences of incidents and disasters.

Advise, inspect and urge organizations and individuals to perform civil defense tasks in the management area.

Organizational structure of the Commune Civil Defense Command:

Regarding the organizational structure of the Commune Civil Defense Command, the Head of the Committee is the Chairman of the Commune People's Committee.

The Deputy Heads of the Committee include 1 Vice Chairman of the People's Committee at the commune level as the Standing Deputy Head and 3 Deputy Heads who are the Commander of the Military Command, the Chief of the Commune Police and the Head of the Economic Department or the Economic, Infrastructure and Urban Department assigned with the task of state management of natural disaster prevention and control. (*)

The members of the Commune Civil Defense Command Board are decided by the Chairman of the Commune People's Committee, including Heads of specialized departments not covered by the cases specified in (*) above. Based on the specific conditions of the locality, the Chairman of the Commune People's Committee invites representatives of leaders of political organizations and mass organizations at the commune level to participate in the Commune Civil Defense Command Board.

The agency assisting the Commune Civil Defense Command, the Commune People's Committee assigns the Economic Department or the Economic, Infrastructure and Urban Department assigned with the task of state management of natural disaster prevention and control to preside over and coordinate the implementation of the task of advising the Commune Civil Defense Command on natural disaster prevention and control work in the area and is provided with funds to carry out the task.

Decree 200/2025/ND-CP takes effect from August 23, 2025.

According to baochinhphu.vn

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