Cabinet Regulation No. 398 of 2010 on By-law of the State Fire-fighting and Rescue Service

This Regulation approves the by-law of the State Fire-fighting and Rescue Service. The State Fire-fighting and Rescue Service is a direct administrative institution subject to the supervision of the Minister for the Interior. The Service shall have the following functions: (1) to implement State policy in the activity field of fire safety, fire-fighting, civil protection and the single emergency telephone number "112"; (2) to supervise observance of the requirements regarding fire safety and civil protection prescribed in regulatory enactments; (3) to perform fire-fighting and rescue operations; and (4) to co-ordinate the activities related to fire safety and fire-fighting performed by fire safety, fire-fighting and rescue services established by institutions, organisations, commercial companies and local governments, and performed by voluntary fire-fighting organisations.