11. The functions of the Minister are to devise and propose to the Government a policy on disaster prevention and the emergency measures to be taken in the event of a disaster, and to implement such policy and coordinate its carrying out.
It shall also advise the departments, the governmental agencies, the municipal corporations and any other person on disaster prevention and emergency measures, and it shall assist them in the event of a disaster.
Furthermore, even in the absence of a disaster or a decree of a state of emergency, the Bureau may, in the event of a rescue, come to the aid of any person whose life is in peril or, to the extent that a person’s safety is threatened, safeguard property.
1979, c. 64, s. 11; 1985, c. 29, s. 22; 1988, c. 46, s. 15.