Law No. 17/2015 on the National Civil Protection System

The present Law of the National Civil Protection System aims at civil protection, as an instrument of public security policy, which is the public service that protects people and property by guaranteeing an adequate response to different types of emergencies and disasters originated by natural causes or derived from human action, whether accidental or intentional. Its purpose is to establish the National Civil Protection System as an essential instrument to ensure the coordination, cohesion and effectiveness of public civil protection policies, and regulate the powers of the General State Administration in the matter.