Cabinet Regulation No. 398 of 2010 on By-law of the State Fire-fighting and Rescue Service Country/Territory Latvia Document type Regulation Date 2010 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Latvijas Vēstnesis, 69, 30.04.2010. Subject Environment gen., Forestry Keyword Institution Governance Procedural matters Hazards Local government Forest fires Geographical area Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Northern Europe Abstract This Regulation approves the by-law of the State Fire-fighting and Rescue Service. The State Fire-fighting and Rescue Service is a direct administrative institution subject to the supervision of the Minister for the Interior. The Service shall have the following functions: (1) to implement State policy in the activity field of fire safety, fire-fighting, civil protection and the single emergency telephone number "112"; (2) to supervise observance of the requirements regarding fire safety and civil protection prescribed in regulatory enactments; (3) to perform fire-fighting and rescue operations; and (4) to co-ordinate the activities related to fire safety and fire-fighting performed by fire safety, fire-fighting and rescue services established by institutions, organisations, commercial companies and local governments, and performed by voluntary fire-fighting organisations. Full text English/Latvian Website likumi.lv