STUDY ON LEGAL PROTECTION AND SOCIAL SECURITY FOR FIRE VICTIMS IN THE CITY OF BALIKPAPAN

Natural disasters or non-natural disasters greatly affect people's lives and livelihoods because they can cause human casualties, environmental damage, disaster property losses, and psychological impacts. Therefore, the state should be present to anticipate, handle, and rehabilitate every aspect of disasters that occur. The aim of the research is the research aims to examine legal protection and social security for fire victims in Balikpapan City. The research was carried out from January to March 2023 in Balikpapan City, East Kalimantan Province, Indonesia using normative legal research methods (legal research). The research results show that there are differences in classifying types of disasters based on Minister of Social Affairs Regulation 04/2015 junto 10/2020, Regional Regulation 02/2018 and Deputy Mayor Regulation 30/2012. These differences in disaster categorization can have implications for guarantees of assisting disaster victims. Implementatively, the City of Balikpapan refers to Mayor Regulation 30/2012 to assist fire victims even though fire is not included in the disasters for which assistance can be provided based on Regional Regulation 02/2018. In other words, Mayor Regulation 30/2012 is more implementable in providing legal certainty and guarantees to fire victims in Balikpapan City