The Lebanese Civil Defense or General Directorate of the Lebanese Civil Defense is a public
emergency medical service
Emergency medical services (EMS), also known as ambulance services or paramedic services, are emergency services that provide urgent pre-hospital treatment and stabilisation for serious illness and injuries and transport to definitive care. ...
of
Lebanon
Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus li ...
that carries out patient transportation, search and rescue activities and fire-fighting response.
It is funded and administered by the
Ministry of Interior and Municipalities (Lebanon)
The Ministry of Interior and Municipalities ( ar, وزارة الداخلية والبلديات) in Lebanon is responsible for governorate, caza, municipalities, federation of municipalities and village matters, in addition to political partie ...
. The directorate works in conjunction with the
Lebanese Red Cross
The Lebanese Red Cross (LRC) ( ar, الصليب الأحمر اللبناني, ''al-Ṣalīb al-aḥmar al-lubnānī''; french: Croix-Rouge libanaise) is a humanitarian organization and an auxiliary team to the medical service of the Lebanese Ar ...
along with other pre-
hospital
A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment with specialized health science and auxiliary healthcare staff and medical equipment. The best-known type of hospital is the general hospital, which typically has an emerge ...
service organizations in the country.
The current Director General of the Lebanese Civil Defence is General Raymond Khattar.
Civil Defense chief lauds members for record number of rescues, The Daily Star (Lebanon), 25/03/2003.
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See also
Lebanese Defense forces related topics:
* Lebanese Sea Rescue Unit
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* Ministry of National Defense
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* Lebanese Air Force
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* Lebanese Navy
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* Lebanese Special Forces
* Lebanese Red Cross
The Lebanese Red Cross (LRC) ( ar, الصليب الأحمر اللبناني, ''al-Ṣalīb al-aḥmar al-lubnānī''; french: Croix-Rouge libanaise) is a humanitarian organization and an auxiliary team to the medical service of the Lebanese Ar ...
Civil Defence related topics:
* Blast shelter
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* Civil-defense Geiger counters
* Civil defense siren
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* Effects of nuclear explosions on human health
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* Emergency management
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* Fallout shelter
A fallout shelter is an enclosed space specially designated to protect occupants from radioactive debris or fallout resulting from a nuclear explosion. Many such shelters were constructed as civil defense measures during the Cold War.
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* Nuclear warfare
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* Survivalism
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* Transarmament Transarmament (closely related to civilian-based defense) is the partial or total replacement of armed forces with the physical and social infrastructure to support nonviolent resistance. Gene Sharp defined transarmament as "the process of changeov ...
* Weapon of mass destruction
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* Civil defense by country
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References
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External links
General Directorate of the Civil Defense Facebook page
Civil Defense Simulation - Mount Lebanon Hospital - By YASA on YouTube
General Darwish Hobeika on Gettyimages.co.uk
Interview with General Darwish Hobeika regarding forest firsts on YASA website
Video on the UNDP Civil Defense project in Lebanon
Emergency services in Lebanon
Lebanese governmental organisations
Firefighting by country
Medical and health organisations based in Lebanon