The present Ordinance implements the Law of 19 June 2007 on civil protection. In particular, the Ordinance lays down provisions relating to the correct and efficient implementation of the afore-mentioned Law. Article 1 establishes that the Justice and Security Office is the competent authority in the Canton Luzern responsible for civil protection unless otherwise specified. The text consist of 21 articles divided into 6 Parts as follows: Competences (I); Organization and material (II); Vocational training, operation and information (III); Protective structure, cultural heritage and alerting (IV); Penalties (V); Final provisions (VI). One Annex is enclosed.