The Civil Defense State Agency of Puerto Rico —or Agencia Estatal de la Defensa Civil de Puerto Rico in Spanish— is an agency of the government of Puerto Rico that oversees all emergency activities that occur in Puerto Rico. Its mission its to coordinate all the resources of the government of Puerto Rico in order to administer all the phases of emergency management (mitigation, preparation, recovery, and response) in the case of a natural or technological disaster while preventing and minimizing all damage to life and property. It also coordinates similar functions with the federal government of the United States and foreign countries, as well as offering help to and cooperating with the private sector.
The agency was created by Law 22 of June 23, 1976.
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