What is rescue? Scope of operation of rescue by fire departments in Vietnam

What is rescue?

Based on the provisions of Decree 83/2017/ND-CP, rescue can be understood as follows:

- Rescue refers to an act of saving victims from any danger caused by emergencies or emergency situations, including: Detect, locate, open ways to access to the victims in danger, arrange vehicles, tools and rescue forces; identify, prevent and eliminate factors threatening the safety of vehicles, properties, lives and health of the victims and the relief and rescue forces; remove the victims from a dangerous location and other measures to bring the victims to a safe location

- Rescue also refers to an act of saving vehicles and properties from any danger caused by emergencies or emergency situations, including: Detect, locate, open ways to access to vehicles and properties in danger, arrange vehicles, tools and rescue forces; identify, prevent and eliminate factors threatening the safety of vehicles, properties, and the relief and rescue forces; remove vehicles and properties from a dangerous location and other measures to bring vehicles and properties to a safe location

Rescue principles include:

+ Take priority in rescue of people; carry out measures to ensure the safety of lives, health, vehicles, properties of victims and the rescue force.

+ Ensure that the command and execution of rescue operations is performed in a quick, timely, effective and consistent manner.

+ Mobile local forces and equipment to participate in the rescue while the professional forces play an essential role.

What is rescue? Scope of operation of rescue by fire departments in Vietnam (Internet image)

Scope of operation of rescue by fire departments

Pursuant to Article 5 of Decree 83/2017/ND-CP, the fire department shall perform rescue operations on the following emergencies and emergency situations:

- Conflagration;

- Explosion;

- Collapse of houses, construction works, equipment, machines and trees;

- Land slide;

- People entrapped in houses; construction works; on a high place, in the depth; in equipment; caves, tunnels; underground construction works;

- Traffic emergency situations and emergencies on roads, railways and inland waterways if requested;

- Drowning in rivers, streams, waterfalls, lakes, ponds, wells, water holes, beaches;

- Emergency situations and emergencies at tourist areas and recreation parks;

- Other emergency situations and emergencies according to law provisions.

The emergency situations and emergencies specified above are emergency situations and emergencies that are not as serious as specified in Point d Clause 3 Article 6 of Decree 30/2017/ND-CP; rescue in the field of railway and road traffic shall comply with Decree 12/2017/ND-CP; rescue on inland waterways, inland waterway ports, port waters and ports shall comply with the regulations of the Prime Minister.

Prohibited acts in rescue work of fire departments in Vietnam

Prohibited acts in rescue work of fire departments are specifically stipulated in Article 6 of Decree 83/2017/ND-CP including:

- Causing emergency situations or emergencies, harming lives and health of people, safety of vehicles and properties for self-seeking purposes.

- Obstructing or resisting the prevention and operation of rescue.

- Deliberately reporting fake emergency or emergency situation.

- Destroying, deliberately damaging, illegally changing or moving vehicle, equipment and signs serving rescue and recovery.

- Taking advantage of the rescue operations to infringe upon the interests of the State, legitimate rights and interests of agencies, organizations, establishments, households and individuals.

Mai Thanh Loi

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