Civil Protection Corps

The Civil Protection Corps (: Cuerpo de Protección Civil, CPC) is a government-chartered private charged with, , and  duties. The organization receives funding from the state and donations from individuals, businesses, and charities. CPC also requests reimbursement for its services from those it assists based on ability to pay.

Head offices are in Plenas, Arava. Emigdia Águeda Abarca Décoto is the current executive director. The organization has 3,029 full-time personnel, 7,265 reservists who serve two-week periods of service annually, and 79,453 volunteers.

History
A number of individual coastal life-saving organizations decided to confederate in 1878 for the purposes of coordination and increased attention to the issue of mariners lost to maritime incidents, such as floundering ships and ships lost in storms. As a result, a dozen life-saving services formed the Confederated Maritime Rescues (Salvamentos Marítimos Confederados) with head offices in Lora, Castellano.

Increased industrialization resulted in a need for some level of technical expertise in emergency response capabilities. During the Second World War (1940–1945), a number of business concerns,, and utilities agreed to pool resources and expertise through the Emergency Technical Association (Asociación Técnica de Emergencias).

The beginnings of the Third World War drove the government of Ventora to form a more unified and coordinated civil defense and disaster response capability. On September 1, 1954, King Florián III chartered the Civil Protection Corps as an officially recognized civil defense and public safety organization. Thus, while CPC remains a, it is independent but does receive some government funding.

Structure
CPC has three main operational branches:
 * Maritime Safety Service (Servicio de Seguridad Marítima, SSM) &mdash;provides search and rescue services at sea, including the use of small and medium-sized rescue boats as well as helicopters
 * Search and Rescue Service (Servicio de Búsqueda y Rescate SBR) &mdash;provides search and rescue services on land, including specially trained and equipped groups for urban, rural, and mountain environments, depending on locale
 * Technical Assistance Service (Servicio de Asistencia Técnica, SAT) &mdash;provides emergency planning assistance and technical and logistical support and relief during and after natural and man-made disasters

The Enterprise Services Branch (Sucursal de Servicios Empresariales, SSE) provides administrative and logistical support across the organization. This includes executive offices, purchasing and procurement, accounting, personnel, and training. The SSE has charge of the Civil Protection Academy (Academia de Protección Civil, APC) which provides training and advanced education in civil defense, emergency preparedness, and emergency response management. The Academy is renowned for its continuing education programs and its annual EmerCon emergency preparedness and response conferences held in southwest Alutra.

Personnel
CPC has 1,453 full-time personnel, a majority of which work at head offices and see to operational planning and organizational support. Nonetheless, about a third of full-time employees have field assignments directly involved in search and rescue and technical assistance roles. Generally, they supervise the national service personnel, including those in their initial 4-year service requirement and the remaining year of reserve service. National service personnel first complete their required military training and then serve with CPC. In 2020, this accounted for 5,812 full time and 7,265 reserve personnel (about 280 personnel for each two-week period).

Volunteers account for the vast bulk of CPC personnel. As of 2020, CPC had 79,453 volunteers across the organization. Over 90% of volunteers work in operational branches, with Maritime Safety and Technical Assistance having the most volunteers at about 45% each.