Civil air defense:

Civil air defense is a measure and action taken by the government to mobilize and organize people to guard against enemy air strikes and eliminate future troubles. Together with local air defense and field air defense, it constitutes a national air defense system, which is an important part of modern national defense, an important aspect of national economic and social development, an important content of modern urban construction, and a social public welfare undertaking that benefits the country and the people.

Main functions:

People's air defense forces are not only the backbone force to eliminate the consequences of air strikes in wartime, but also the assault force for emergency rescue and disaster relief in peacetime. It has the dual function of combining peacetime and wartime, and is the most active element in civil air defense. Projects built to ensure the command and communication of civil air defense and the concealment of personnel and materials. Referred to as civil air defense project, some countries call it civil air defense project.

Including all kinds of civil air defense command and communication facilities, concealed fortifications, underground warehouses for storing production and living materials, underground production workshops of industrial enterprises, underground transportation facilities, underground hospitals, etc.

Civil air defense works mainly play the role of concealment and protection, provide protection for people's lives and property, and are the most important material foundation in civil air defense. Civil air defense commanders and command organs organize and lead civil air defense operations. Command runs through the whole civil air defense operation.

Its essence is that commanders strive to achieve the optimal combination of people and things through operational decision-making, planning organization and coordinated control, form the largest overall resultant force, and seek the largest cost-effectiveness ratio, which plays a vital role in the effectiveness of civil air defense operations. The general name of all kinds of information and news applied to civil air defense operations.

Form of participation:

Participating in emergency rescue of public emergencies is an important task of civil air defense in peacetime. The main forms are: responsible for or participating in the emergency command of emergency rescue of public emergencies; Provide command place and communication guarantee for emergency rescue of public emergencies; Use professional air defense teams to carry out on-site emergency rescue; Providing equipment for emergency rescue of public emergencies; Through civil air defense education, improve people's self-help and mutual rescue ability to deal with public emergencies.