PERSONS DYING WHILE SUPPRESSING FIRES AS MOBILIZED MAY BE RECOGNIZED AS MARTYRS
On June 30, 2021, the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs issues the Circular No. 04/2021/TT-BLDTBXH providing guidance on a number of benefits applicable to persons mobilized and sent to directly suppress fires and support the work of fire prevention and fighting,
members of civil defense teams, grassroots-level and specialized fire prevention and fighting teams participating in professional trainings and refreshers on fire prevention and fighting.
Specifically, persons suffering from accidents or injuries while being mobilized and sent to directly suppress fires and support the work of fire prevention and fighting, shall be paid by their direct managers for all medical examination and treatment expenses at the prices for medical examination and treatment services of public medical establishments prescribed by the competent authorities if they do not participate in compulsory social insurance. In addition, they shall also be paid lump-sum allowances or monthly allowances, service allowances by their direct managers depending on the extent of their working capacity decrease.
Besides, for persons dying while being mobilized and sent to directly suppress fires and support the work of fire prevention and fighting, their relatives shall be entitled to monthly survivorship allowances or lump-sum survivorship allowances; agencies, organizations or individuals that organize their funerals shall be entitled to the support for funeral costs in accordance with the law.
If they do not participate in social insurance, their relatives shall be entitled to lump-sum survivorship allowances, or monthly survivorship allowances; agencies, organizations, or individuals that organize their funerals shall be entitled to the support for funeral costs. In addition, those who are eligible for recognition as martyrs shall be considered by competent agencies to be recognized as martyrs.
This Circular takes effect on August 15, 2021.
