The terms mentioned in this regulation mean the following:

• 1- Evacuation: It is the transfer of people from places exposed or have been exposed to the dangers of war Various disasters and .emergencies (natural - industrial - war ... etc.) to safe places.

• 2- Accommodation: It is the accommodation of the affected people in safe places where all the necessary supplies are available for the continuation of life, until their return, if possible, to their original places after returning the situation to its normal state.

• 3- - The accommodation site: it is a public facility (such as schools - sports halls - youth hostels ... Etc.) or private facility (such as hotels, furnished apartments, uninhabited buildings and spaces Free of plots, lands, squares, public, etc.), which are used as temporary shelters to accommodate affected people who were evacuated from risk areas.

• 4- The danger zone: It is the area that is exposed or have been exposed to natural or non-natural disasters (risks). Normal.

• 5- The safe zone: It is the area to which population at risk are evacuated.

• 6-Affected : the person who is exposed to the dangers of wars and various disasters that force him To move from one place to another.

• 7- Regulation: It means the civil defense regulation issued by Royal Decree No. (M / 10) in 10-5-1406H.

• 8- Disaster: everything that occurs from fire, demolition, torrent, storm, earthquake, or any accident Others that could cause harm or endanger the lives of individuals or public property And the special (as defined by the civil defense system in its second article).

• 9- The parties involved in the evacuation and shelter operations: They are the bodies relied upon in the implementation of civil defense work, as stipulated in the Article (Third) of the civil defense system.

Without prejudice to the tasks and responsibilities mentioned in the executive regulations for the tasks and responsibilities of the ministries

Government agencies and the regulation for the formation and jurisdiction of civil defense committees in regions and cities authorities issued by Civil Defense Council Decision No. 9/T/U/4 dated on 26/10/1407H,

The agencies, who carry out the work of civil defense, are responsible of tasks assigned to them according to this regulation, as follows: 

A- Providing the necessary labor for loading, unloading, and installing tents, along with supplying the required number of tents.

B- Providing various relief supplies (food - shelter - bedding - clothing, etc.) in accordance with the provisions of the Immediate Relief Regulation within the Kingdom issued under number 2/12/W/4 dated 24/3/1421 AH.

C- Providing meals for those responsible for carrying out civil defense operations in emergency situations.

A- Providing the necessary labor for cleaning the various shelter sites.

B- Inspecting the food supplies provided to the Aggrieved Persons at the shelter sites before distribution.

C- Maintaining the health of the environment at the shelter sites.

D- Opening and clearing roads within the urban area in the affected regions and repairing any damage caused by disasters to facilitate the process of Eviction, sheltering, and assisting the injured.

A) Setting detailed plans for the evacuation and accommodation operations for inmates and clients in hospitals, medical centers, and Public and private dispensaries in emergency situation in coordination with the General Directorate of Civil Defense and its branches in the region.

B) Providing all medical and therapeutic services and giving the .necessary vaccinations

A) categorizing information of all merchants and suppliers including their names, addresses and contact numbers ,also, specifying their commercial activity and the available quantities to be withdrawn from them during the various emergency situations, and providing the civil defense with a copy of this data.

B) setting a general ration plan to ensure the provision of the necessary needs of basic foodstuffs in the markets during various emergency situations.

A) Announcing the evacuation when required, in coordination with the General Directorate of Civil Defense. .

B) Monitoring malicious rumors and responding to them

C) Clarifying the methods intended to be used for evacuation operations and the accommodation sites through the media according to the situation in coordination with the General Directorate of Civil Defense.

A) Announcing the evacuation when required in coordination with the General Directorate of Civil Defense.

B) Monitoring malicious rumors and responding quickly to them.

C) clarifying the methods to be used for the evacuation operations and shelter sites through the media according to the situation in coordination with the General Directorate of Civil Defense.