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THE GOVERNMENT
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THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No. 83/2017/ND-CP
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Hanoi, July 18, 2017
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DECREE
On rescue and salvage activities of fire brigades[1]
Pursuant to the June 19, 2015 Law on Organization of the Government;
Pursuant to the June 29, 2001 Law on Fire Prevention and Fighting; and the November 22. 2013 Law Amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles of the Law on Fire Prevention and Fighting;
Pursuant to the June 3, 2008 Law on Compulsory Purchase and Acquisition of Property;
Pursuant to the November 27, 2014 Law on the People’s Public Security Force;
Pursuant to Official Letter No. 97/UBTVQH14-QPAN of April 3, 2017, of the National Assembly Standing Committee, on the promulgation of the Decree on rescue and salvage activities of fire brigades;
At the proposal of the Minister of Public Security;
The Government promulgates the Decree on rescue and salvage activities of fire brigades.
Chapter I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1. Scope of regulation
This Decree prescribes the deployment and rescue and salvage activities of fire brigades; the principles, relations of coordination, assurance of conditions and responsibilities of related agencies, organizations and individuals.
Article 2. Subjects of application
This Decree applies to agencies, organizations, households and individuals operating or residing in the Vietnamese territory; for cases otherwise prescribed by a treaty to which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a contracting party, such treaty shall prevail.
Article 3. Interpretation of terms
In this Decree, the terms below are construed as follows:
1. Rescue means activities of saving victims from a life- or health-threatening danger due to an incident or accident. These activities include detecting, locating and opening paths to approach victims, arranging rescue and salvage vehicles, instruments and forces; identifying, preventing and eliminating elements which threaten the lives or health of victims and members of rescue and salvage forces; providing advice on primary medical measures and first aid; moving victims out of dangerous locations, and other measures to carry victims to safe places.
2. Salvage means activities of saving vehicles and property from danger due to an incident or accident. These activities include detecting, locating, opening paths to approach vehicles and property in distress, deploying rescue and salvage vehicles, instruments and forces; identifying, preventing and eliminating dangerous elements threatening the safety of vehicles, property as well as health and lives of members of rescue and salvage forces; moving vehicles and property out of dangerous locations, and other measures to take them to safe places.
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