The latest directive of the Prime Minister on strengthening natural disaster prevention and search and rescue?
Briefly about disaster prevention and search and rescue in recent years?
In recent years, the situation of natural disasters in our country has changed abnormally, causing serious consequences for people and properties. In 2021, natural disaster prevention and control and search and rescue have brought important results, thereby helping to reduce damage caused by natural disasters more than in previous years. Besides certain successes, there are still limitations in natural disaster prevention and control and search and rescue, such as when unexpected and complicated situations occur, the direction and implementation of the The solution is still awkward, lacks the necessary equipment and still exists carelessness and subjectivity leading to other unfortunate damages. The work of overcoming the consequences of natural disasters is still slow, incomplete and lacks resources; Inter-reservoir operation is still inadequate.
In the first months of 2022, natural disasters continued to occur abnormally in some localities, causing certain damages to people and properties. In order to overcome limitations and shortcomings in natural disaster prevention and control and search and rescue in previous years, the Prime Minister issued Directive 9/CT-TTg in 2022 on strengthening disaster prevention and control and search and rescue.
The latest directive of the Prime Minister on strengthening natural disaster prevention and search and rescue?
How to strengthen natural disaster prevention and search and rescue?
In order to minimize the possible damage before natural disasters and implement the most effective disaster prevention and control, the Prime Minister has directed in Directive 9/CT-TTg 2022 as follows:
"first. Continue to implement the Resolutions and Directives of the Central Committee of the Party, the Politburo, the Secretariat, the State's policies and laws, the Government's and the Prime Minister's directives related to public affairs. disaster prevention and control and search and rescue; create drastic changes in awareness and action, improve the effectiveness of natural disaster prevention and control and search and rescue, in which natural disaster prevention and control and search and rescue are important and urgent tasks. often, continuously need the participation of the political system and the whole society.
2. Review and perfect the legal system related to natural disaster prevention and control and search and rescue activities to ensure synchronization, create a full legal corridor to meet the requirements of tasks, including additional sanctions to ensure law enforcement, increase investment resources from the budget, and at the same time create a mechanism for mobilizing non-budget resources, socializing natural disaster prevention and control and search and rescue activities; promote disaster risk insurance,...
3. Integrate content of natural disaster prevention and control into master plans, plans, programs and projects, especially urban and rural development plannings and projects, and transport infrastructure; review the land use planning, construction planning, population arrangement and arrangement in accordance with the characteristics of natural disasters in each region; protect and improve the quality of watershed protection forests and coastal mangrove forests.
4. Focus on improving the quality of forecasts, warnings and natural disasters; invest in modernizing hydro-meteorological observation and forecasting technology in the direction of integration, synchronization, and automation, especially forecasting of rain, flood and marine hydrometeorology; speed up the installation of rain and water level monitoring systems for reservoir operation and flood warning devices downstream of reservoirs, online monitoring systems for reservoir operation, key dykes, and operation of ships. on the sea.
5. To step up the prevention of natural disasters and incidents; organize the inspection of disaster preparedness and search and rescue according to the plan developed before the rainy season; organize training, coaching and rehearsals according to the approved plan.
6. Improve the capacity of directing and commanding natural disaster prevention and control, incident response and search and rescue, perfecting the organizational structure of the state management apparatus, the agency directing natural disaster prevention and control and search and rescue. accidents at all levels, ensuring sufficient capacity, professional operation, effectiveness and efficiency, and meeting task requirements.
7. Improve search and rescue capacity, focusing on coordination and synergism between forces to improve the quality and efficiency of rescue and rescue, in which the armed forces are identified as the core. In essence, rescue work is an important activity and is the "combat duty in peacetime" of the armed forces.
8. Invest in material foundations, supplement means and equipment to ensure the direction, command and implementation of tasks of incident and disaster response and search and rescue; strengthen and improve the capacity of the shock force for natural disaster prevention and control at the grassroots to respond promptly to natural disasters according to the motto "four on the spot".
9. Promote communication, raise awareness and guide people in disaster and incident response skills; diversifying forms of communication suitable for each audience; integrating the contents of natural disaster prevention and control and incident response into school curricula and cultural, religious, belief and community activities.
10. Prioritize investment resources for natural disaster prevention and control and search and rescue, diversify investment resources. Ministries, sectors and localities shall proactively allocate allocated medium-term and annual public investment capital, resources from local budgets and other lawful capital sources for natural disaster prevention and control and search. rescue; take measures to mobilize resources, especially non-budget resources to overcome the consequences of natural disasters, and to completely deal with key dykes and critical water reservoirs.
11. Promote the application of science and technology, international cooperation, digital transformation; modernize support tools, digitize disaster prevention and control databases; promote the activities of the Disaster Risk Reduction Partnership; promote cooperation and information sharing, especially with upstream countries of the Red River and Mekong River.”
What are the specific tasks of State agencies and local authorities in disaster prevention and search and rescue?
Disaster prevention and search and rescue must be carried out synchronously from central to local levels. Relevant agencies and sectors must work closely to prevent and control natural disasters more effectively and successfully. To accomplish that, the Prime Minister has set specific tasks for ministries, branches and localities in Directive 9/CT-TTg in 2022 as follows:
"twelfth. Some specific tasks of ministries, branches and localities
a) National Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control
- Reviewing, consolidating and ensuring the operation of the Steering Committee, the standing agency of the Steering Committee; guide localities to ensure the consulting, direction, and operation of natural disaster prevention and control in all situations.
- To assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with the National Committee for Incident and Disaster Response and Search and Rescue in, to inspect and evaluate the preparation for natural disaster prevention and control and search and rescue before the rainy season. branches and localities; assessment of natural disaster prevention and control at the provincial level through the set of indicators.
- Organize the monitoring of natural disasters, promptly direct according to their competence or advise the Prime Minister to direct the response according to regulations; directing communication work, raising community awareness, disseminating knowledge and skills to respond to natural disasters, effectively deploying emulation movements in natural disaster prevention and control, building safe communities associated with natural disasters. with sustainable new rural construction.
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q) People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities
- Directing consolidation and assigning tasks to members of the Commanding Committee for natural disaster prevention and control and search and rescue at all levels, associated with the responsibility of the head.
- Organize the elaboration and implementation of natural disaster prevention and control plans in accordance with the Law on Natural Disaster Prevention and Control; inspect and review the plan to respond to natural disasters in the area according to the motto "four on the spot", especially the plan to ensure the safety of dykes, lakes and dams; organize rehearsals according to the approved plan. Direct the integration of content of natural disaster prevention and control into local master plans, plans, programs and projects.
- Actively allocate local budgets, mobilize and effectively use other lawful resources for disaster prevention, control and remedial work, focusing on investment in disaster risk prevention: modernize the system of monitoring and early warning of natural disasters; implementing the Project on raising public awareness and community-based disaster risk management; consolidate and upgrade dikes and dams; supplementing equipment and supporting tools, organizing training and capacity building for forces engaged in natural disaster prevention and control in the locality, especially the agency directly advising and assisting the Steering Committee. command of natural disaster prevention and control and search and rescue and shock force for natural disaster prevention and control at the grassroots level.
- Strictly manage and strictly handle the illegal mining and gathering of sand and gravel, encroachment and illegal use of riverside and coastal land, obstructing flood drainage and affecting dyke safety.
- Organize the collection, management and effective use of the Natural Disaster Prevention and Control Fund in accordance with law. Continuing to implement the Provincial Disaster Prevention and Control Index, the emulation movement "Actively prevent natural disasters, build a safe community" linking building safe communities with rural construction new."
Above are some contents on strengthening disaster prevention and search and rescue according to Directive 9/CT-TTg in 2022.
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