DDMAs

District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA)

District Disaster Management Authorities has been established by the provincial government in all Districts of Balochistan. The District Authority comprises of the Deputy Commissioner (DC), Police or levies and all line departments. The DDMA will:

1. Formulate district disaster risk management plan, based upon local risk assessment, and coordinate its implementation,

2. Review development plans of government departments and provide guidance on mainstreaming disaster risk reduction measures in these plans,

3. Continuously monitor hazards, risks and vulnerable conditions within the district, municipality, or cantonment,

4. Prepare guidelines and standards for local stakeholders on disaster risk reduction,

5. Conduct education, training and public awareness programmes for local officials, stakeholders and communities,

6. Encourage involvement of community groups in disaster risk reduction and response by providing them necessary financial and technical assistance for implementing community level initiatives,

District Emergency Control Rooms

The District Disaster Management Authority DDMA forms the focal point for all Disaster related activities in the district. With the activation of the PEOC, the emergency mode of the DEOC will also be activated. During normal times, as with the PEOC in PDMA HQ, the DEOC will be on the Monitoring level. As the DEOC falls under the DC’s Office, all activities with be executed with/through the DC. FUNCTIONS

• Hosting visitors (VIPs) briefings and debriefings

• Obtain, process, disseminate and manage all data, information

• Forward planning

• Coordination and Communications

• Policy/Plan/Decision making

• Operations

• Resource requesting, dispatch and tracking

• Information collection, analysis and dissemination

• Preparing operational updates, situation reports

• Facilitate task and Problem management