The UAE civil defense took part in the virtual 18th Arab conference for Arab Civil Defense heads held on September 29 and 30 in Tunisia, as part of the Council secretariat and in presence of the heads of civil defense and their representatives from the Minister of Interior, in addition to the Arab League, the GCC, and the Naif Arab university for security sciences
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The UAE civil defense participation touched on monitoring and smart audit of public safety, excellence, and a global leading position to operate the firefighting smart center Red-Cone.

The conference also discussed a number of important topics on its agenda, including: the role of civil protection agencies (civil defense) in facing the Covid-19 pandemic, developments in the dangers of environmental pollution and ways to combat them, developments and developments in the activities and tasks of civil protection agencies (civil defense), codes for importing materials Chemical, export, manufacture, storage and trading.