Decree No. 48 of 1 March 2012, on the adoption of the Regulation on the conditions and procedures for the functioning of the National System for Early Warning and Notification of the bodies of the executive power and the population in the event of disasters and for the disclosure of air hazards.

This Decree proclaims the adoption of the Regulation on the conditions and procedures for the functioning of the National System for Early Warning and Notification of the bodies of the executive power and the population in the event of disasters and for the disclosure of air hazards, as granted by the terms of the Bulgarian Disaster Protection Act (article 62). The Regulation defines the necessary conditions and correct procedures for the functioning of the above mentioned alarm system.
The purpose of early warning and alerting is to limit the risk of an imminent accident or air hazard, to organize a rapid and effective management of the situation and to reduce its effects on the population, environment and nature.
In terms of this text, the main types of hazards are: flood; fire; chemical pollution; biological pollution; radioactive contamination; hurricane; snowstorms, snowstorms and icing.
The Annex is also part of this text (National Alarm; Air Hazard Signal; Pre-recorded messages to the persons in the groups in case of danger or occurrence of disasters).