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Cabinet Regulation No. 297 of 2016 Procedures by which the State Fire and Rescue Service Performs and Manages the Fire-fighting and Rescue Operations

Country/Territory
Latvia
Document type
Regulation
Date
2016
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Latvijas Vēstnesis, 96, 19.05.2016.
Subject
Environment gen., Forestry
Keyword
Hazards Hazardous substances Enforcement/compliance Institution Forest fires
Geographical area
Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Northern Europe
Abstract

This Regulation prescribes the procedures by which the State Fire and Rescue Service shall perform and manage the fire-fighting and rescue operations. At the place of the event the following priority order of the fire-fighting and rescue operations shall be complied with: rescue and evacuation of persons; elimination of threats of explosion, collapse of a building or structure, or leakage of hazardous substance; and containment of the spread of fire or hazardous factors that have arisen as a result of the accident.

Full text
English/Latvian
Website
likumi.lv

References - Legislation

Implements

Fire Safety and Fire-fighting Law (2002)

Legislation | Latvia | 2002 (2013)

Keyword: Hazards, Governance, Institution, Forest management/forest conservation, Forest service/forest officers, Forest fires

Source: FAO, FAOLEX