The Autonomous Directorate of Civil Protection includes the responsibilities exercised by the Region within the framework of the current legislation and in particular:
a. The coordination and supervision of the work of civil protection for the prevention, preparedness, response and restoration of disasters, within the limits of its territorial district.
b. The responsibility for the implementation of the annual national planning of civil protection, during the part where the relevant programs, measures and actions are implemented at the district level.

c. The formulation of proposals for the planning of civil protection of the region, in order to be the subject of the proposal for the annual national planning of civil protection by the Inter-ministerial Committee.

d. The submission of a proposal to the General Secretary of Civil Protection for the issuance of a decision to declare a state of emergency of civil protection, in the case of local disasters.
e. Issuing decisions declaring a state of emergency for local disasters of low intensity.
f. The planning and organization of prevention, information and response to disasters or emergency situations, as well as the disposition and coordination of the action of the necessary potential and means in this direction.
g. The coordination of all regional services, as well as public and private capacity and means to ensure preparedness, disaster response and damage recovery.
or. Issuing a decision for the requisition of personal services, as well as movable and immovable property, in accordance with the provisions of article 41 of Law 3536/2007 (A' 42).
i. Participation in the development of forest fire protection programs, in the design and study of methods and means for their prevention and suppression.
j. The cooperation with the competent agencies for the suppression of forest fires.
ya. Participation in the coordination and utilization of aerial and ground means, in the framework of cooperation with the competent bodies, for forest fire fighting.

The Autonomous Directorate of Civil Protection consists of the following Departments:

a. Department of Civil Protection of the Regional Unit of Rhodopes
b. Department of Civil Protection of the Regional Unit of Drama
c. Civil Protection Department of the Regional Unit of Kavala
d. Civil Protection Department of the Regional Unit of Xanthi
e. Civil Protection Department of the Regional Unit of Evros