Why do we prepare for civil defense? To reduce the impact of natural, technological and health events and ensure the prevention, preparation and effective response to the recovery of cadres, managers and workers in the business system.

Civil defense plays an important role in the integral defense of our country, protects the individual and the communities from the destructive effects of disasters, preserving their lives, material assets, elements of their livelihoods and everything essential for national survival and development. . In addition, it constitutes a system of state measures that are carried out since peacetime and during exceptional situations to protect the population and the economy.

Disasters worldwide are responsible each year for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people, while causing damage to national economies for billions of dollars. Therefore, it is vital to understand the need for knowledge on the topic of disaster reduction and its impact on the population and the national economy, as well as internalize the importance of timely compliance with the guidelines given by the civil defense system and Assume that success depends on individual and collective responsibility and attitude.

The preparation of the civil defense should be aimed at strengthening the disaster risk reduction process and taking into account the implementation of the guidelines of the Party's Social and Economic Policy and the Revolution, we must take advantage of the conditions provided by the information and dissemination media of the system to promote the preparation, the perception of the risk of disasters in the workers, as well as the prevention and the development of habits of behaviors and good practices during the response and recovery.