Policies and Plans

This act establishes a National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) to be responsible for the management of areas affected by disasters and similar emergencies, and for the rehabilitation of persons affected by disasters. Specific disaster risk

This act provides for the adoption of measures necessary for the protection of life and property from the effects of disasters and emergencies. Section 15(a) provides a general necessity for the territory director to obviate or alleviate an actual or

This agreement establishes a framework for both Canada and the United States to strengthen cooperation in order to more effectively prepare for, prevent, protect against, respond to, recover from and mitigate such events. Specific provisions related to

An act to make better provisions for the government and relevant agencies to perform functions and duties in relation to natural disaster management. Section 39 deals specifically with disaster mitigation and preparedness. Other provisions related to

This statute provides that The President may establish a program to provide technical and financial assistance to states and local governments to assist in the implementation of predisaster hazard mitigation measures that are cost-effective and are

This is an act to provide for a national code of local government conduct and to make provisions about certain existing grants and about financial assistance to and planning by local authorities in respect of emergencies. Specific disaster risk reduction

This act contains the government’s generic emergency powers legislation in Section 2. It is implied that there must be no expectation that the government will agree to use emergency powers, and that planning and response arrangements must assume that they

This act makes wide-ranging provisions for national emergencies and civil contingencies. It requires local and regional authorities to design detailed plans for dealing with an emergency. Specific disaster risk reduction (DRR) provisions include: section