Lebanese Civil Defense

The Lebanese Civil Defense officially known as the General Directorate of the Lebanese Civil Defense is a public emergency medical service of Lebanon that carries out patient transportation, search and rescue activities and fire-fighting response.^[1][2]

Lebanese Civil Defense

المديرية العامة للدفاع المدني
Civil Defence overview
Superseding Civil Defence	Ministry of Interior and Municipalities
Jurisdiction	Lebanon
Website	www.civildefense.gov.lb

It is funded and administered by the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities (Lebanon). The directorate works in conjunction with the Lebanese Red Cross along with other pre-hospital service organizations in the country.^[1][3] The current Director General of the Lebanese Civil Defence is General Raymond Khattar.^[4]

See also

Lebanese Defense forces related topics:

• Lebanese Sea Rescue Unit
• Ministry of National Defense
• Lebanese Air Force
• Lebanese Navy
• Lebanese Special Forces
• Lebanese Red Cross

Civil Defence related topics:

• Blast shelter
• Civil-defense Geiger counters
• Civil defense siren
• Effects of nuclear explosions on human health
• Emergency management
• Fallout shelter
• Nuclear warfare
• Survivalism
• Transarmament
• Weapon of mass destruction
• Civil defense by country