Responsibility of the Fire Prevention, Fighting and Rescue Police Unit in Implementing Democracy in Relations and Job Resolution

According to Article 11 of Circular 18/2020/TT-BCA (effective from April 6, 2020), the responsibilities of the Fire Prevention and Fighting Police Unit and the Police Unit assigned to perform fire prevention, fighting, rescue, and salvage tasks are as follows:

- Utilize forces, equipment, and measures as prescribed by law and the Ministry of Public Security to prevent the risk of fire, explosion, accidents, and extinguish fires, organize rescue and salvage operations; inspect fire prevention, fighting, and rescue operations; cooperate with relevant agencies to investigate and verify causes, damages, and conditions causing fires to handle violations according to legal regulations and propagate, guide, and recommend to agencies, organizations, and individuals effective fire prevention, fighting, and rescue measures.

- Receive and resolve administrative procedures in the field of fire prevention, fighting, and rescue within the stipulated time. In cases where the dossier is not conformable, do not accept it and explain the reasons clearly, while providing guidance for amendment to conform. In cases where the deadline is reached but the issue is not resolved due to objective reasons, the reasons must be clearly explained and a return date should be scheduled. In cases where the delay is due to the unit's fault, the head of the unit or the authorized person must apologize and schedule the resolution at the earliest possible time.

- Periodically, every six months or annually, the head of the unit is responsible for informing the head of the agency, organization, or establishment about the situation and results of fire prevention, fighting, and rescue work in the assigned area, and at the same time, recommend and propose fire prevention, fighting, and rescue measures that need to be continued.

The editorial board informs you.