National Civil Protection Service
In Italy, civil protection is not a duty assigned to a single administration but rather a function attributed to an integrated system, made up of public and private, central and territorial structures, which operate to ensure safety throughout the country.
This requires a civil protection system that ensures in every area the presence of human resources, knowledge, means, operational, organizational and decision-making skills able to intervene quickly and efficiently in case of emergency, while also operating continuously to prevent and, as far as possible, predict any disasters.
For this reason, in Italy, civil protection is not a task assigned to a single administration but rather a function attributed to an integrated system, composed of public and private, central and territorial structures, which operate to ensure safety throughout the country: the National Service, established in 1992 with Law No. 225 and reformed in 2018 by the Civil Protection Code.