The NationalDisaster Management Office(NDMO) is the Secretariat of the National Disaster Council (NDC).

Vision

To establish safe sustainable and resilient Solomon island communities.

Mission

Provide leadership in the development and maintenance of measures to support communities in reducing their risks and managing the consequences of disasters.

Functions

  1. Provide advice to the minister and the council on all matters relating to DRM
  2. Develop policy and provide leadership and advocacy across the DRM sector
  3. Provide planning ,and establish arrangements for DRM at the national level
  4. Coordinate, support and monitor planning and arrangements for DRM at the sector, provincial and community level
  5. Coordinate, and manage the national response to and recovery from  disaster events when they occur
  6. Develop and support public awareness of DRM and their role within it
  7. Engage with partners,NGO’s and civil society to ensure their involvement in DRM is effectively integrated with the arrangements of this pla
  8. Establish and maintain database for DRM information including hazard and vulnerability maps, planning documents and disaster information
  9. Monitor DRM development and activity and report to council.

NDMO Units

  • Operation Unit
    ​These are the functions of the Operations Unit
    • Dissemination of Tsunami Early warning
    • Dissemination of All Hazards precautionary Safety Messages
    • Information collection, Analysis and Dissemination
    • Communication
    • Coordination of Humanitarian Response
    • Resource requesting, dispatching and tracking
    • Alert monitoring and warning monitoring
  • Corporate Service Unit
  • Programs Unit
    These are the functions of the Programs Unit
    • Prepared awareness materials
    • Provide IDM/IDA training for school of nursing
    • Provide disaster risk reduction awareness for communities
    • Liaise with stakeholders in disaster risk reduction Activities
    • Support operation unit in peace time and  during disaster time
  • Logistics Unit