The Disaster Management and Prevention unit assists the planning and implementation of programmes to prevent and/or mitigate disaster in the MMDAs within the policy framework of national policies.

Responsibilities

• NADMO assists the Municipal Assembly on enforcing laws to prevent and mitigate disasters
• They set up monitoring and early warning systems to aid the identification of disasters in their formative stages, to disseminate timely information and warning, and hazard / disaster awareness creation.
• They assist and motivate the community based organizations within the Assembly to serve as the credible voluntary organizations to assist in the prevention and management of disasters in the Municipal.
• They assist in post-emergency rehabilitation and reconstruction effort in the Municipal Assembly
• They are in position to provide the first line response in times of disaster
• They ensure disaster prevention, risk and vulnerability reduction as a means of reducing the impact of disasters in the Municipal Assembly
• They create awareness on disasters through intensive public education
• They equip the Municipal Assembly to handle all aspects of disasters.
• They raise human capacity and development of staff.