Prime Ministerial Directive of 3 December 2008: operating directives for emergency management. The Department of Civil Protection is home to a coordination centre that guarantees the gathering, verification and dissemination of civil protection information with the aim of immediately alerting, and thus deploying the different components and units for emergency management, in a timely manner. System operates 24/7, all year round, with the presence of personnel from the Department and from the operating units of the Civil Protection National Service listed below: (a) National Fire Corps, fundamental component of the Civil Protection National Service (art. 11 of law no. 225 of 24 February 1992); (b) Armed Forces (through the Comando operativo di vertice interforze - Military Central Operation Command); (c) State Police; (d) Carabinieri (the Italian gendarmerie); (e) Guardia di Finanza (customs and finance police);"(f) State Forestry Corps (g) Port Authorities - Coast Guards. (h) Italian Red Cross