The functions and duties of the Directorate and its Divisions:

• Following up environmental pollution issues.

• Regulating the handling of hazardous materials and explosives.

• Following up the implementation of the decisions of the National Committee for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.

• In charge of the Secretariat role of the Higher Council for Civil Defense, and following up the implementation of its decisions.

• Sustaining the work of the Operations Room of the Higher Council for Civil Defense.

• Preparing annual emergency plans in partnership with all administrative units and concerned ministries and institutions to develop the national plans to preserve public safety at its comprehensive level.

• Developing and updating a database about vital and sensitive locations and constructions.

• Defining and assessing hazardous zones and their coordinates, such as creeks and valleys pathways, landslide locations, zones prone to earthquake, etc.

• Developing strategic and action plans for the traffic safety, and following up the work of the Higher Council for Safety.

• Following up the work of the Technical Central Office for Traffic Affairs.

• Following up the general traffic policy on the roads of the Kingdom.

• Developing preventive measures to mitigate accidents occurrence.