The bacics, objects and means of civil defense

1.4 Obligations of government on civil defence
The obligations of the government on civil defence are as follows:

1. 
   to define and carry out the state policy, including scientific and technical policy;
   
2. 
   to define legal and economic standards to ensure the protection of population and territory, to adopt and ensure the execution of relevant normative and legal acts;
   
3. 
   to define the zones of civil defence, groups of cities and levels of economic entities;
   
4. 
   to explain and train the population in the ways and means of protection from emergencies at peace time and wartime; 
   
5. 
   to organize the training of the population in civil defence and supply the population with the individual and collective means of protection;
   
6. 
   to ensure constant readiness of civil defence forces and means in order to prevent emergencies and to eliminate their consequences;
   
7. 
   to provide international cooperation in the field of protection of population and territory from emergencies;
   

Obligations of legal entities in the field of civil defence
All legal entities, irrespective of their form of ownership, have the following obligations in the field of civil defence:

1. 
   to provide the necessary civil defence measures in economic and social development programs and to carry them out;
   
2. 
   to inform the employees (studying persons), as well as residents of adjacent areas about the possible or already occurred emergencies, to evacuate people to safe places;
   
3. 
   to organize and carry out primary search and rescue works by means of available forces and equipment, in accordance with civil defence plan.
   

1.5 Obligations of the citizens of the Azerbaijan Republic in the field of civil defence
The citizens of Azerbaijan Republic have the following obligations in the field of civil defence:

1. 
   to observe the requirements of the legislation of Azerbaijan Republic in the field of civil defence;
   
2. 
   to be able to use the individual and collective means of protection;
   
3. 
   to learn and know the main methods and means of protection from emergencies;
   
4. 
   to inform relevant state authorities and neighbors about possible or already occurred emergencies;