Question: Recently I have seen many fires in residential areas. If people call 114 to put out the fire, do they have to pay a fee?
HOANG QUAN(Hai Duong City)
Reply:According to Clause 1, Article 48 of Decree 136/2020/ND-CP, funding for activities of the fire prevention and fighting police force is guaranteed by the state budget according to the current state budget decentralization and other legal funding sources according to the provisions of law.
According to Clause 4, Article 48 of Decree 136/2020/ND-CP, the expenditure for fire prevention and fighting activities of People's Committees at all levels includes support for construction, renovation and repair of working offices, purchase, equipment, maintenance, repair, renovation and modernization of fire prevention and fighting equipment and technical facilities for the fire prevention and fighting police force stationed in the area; regular activities of the civil defense force; regular support for the captain and deputy captain of the civil defense team; purchase of protective equipment and fire prevention and fighting equipment for the civil defense force and the grassroots fire prevention and fighting force of agencies and organizations receiving the state budget.
Based on the above regulations, all costs for organizing fire fighting are paid by the state budget. That means, people who call the fire police force to put out a fire will not have to pay any costs.
PV (synthesis)