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Zambia presentation in the Strengthening Disaster Risk Reduction, Coordination, Planning and Policy Advisory Capacity of SADC Project Inception Workshop, held in Johannesburg, South Africa, 20-24 January 2020.
Government of Zambia - Office of the Vice President - Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit
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The Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU) was created in 1994, as a permanently established statutory government agency, forming part of the Office of the Vice President, charged with the responsibility of ensuring the achievement of the nation’s Disaster Management Objectives.The Unit draws its powers from the Disaster Management ACT No. 13 of 2010. The overall implementation and coordination of all disaster management activities and programmes in the country is done through the DMMU. The Unit exercises its mandate through the National Disaster Management Council of Ministers, Disaster Management Technical Committee of Permanent Secretaries and appropriate broad-based committees at Provincial, District and Satellite levels. The Unit is headed by the National Coordinator, who is at the level of a Permanent Secretary.
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Build on the Sendai Framework and others in order to facilitate the identification of priority areas which must be integrated into the national development planning processes.
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Recovery Action Plan with specific activities and costing that result from the proposed recommendations in the 2009/2010 In-Depth Vulnerability and Needs Assessment Report that was undertaken in 17 districts.
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This contingency plan covers the 2009-2010 rainy season with the likely scenario of having floods as a hazard. This scenario is based on the 2009-2010 rainfall forecast for the country obtained from the Zambia Meteorological Department (ZMD). It anticipates that a total population of 713,193 people (118,866 households) residing in 43 districts are likely be affected by floods.
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This national disaster management policy framework for Zambia is intended to help the disaster management regime to assume and play a coordinating and implementation role before, during and after disaster outbreaks.
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This Manual is prepared in the context of Zambia’s current needs in the area of disaster management and shall be used as an instrument for the implementation of the National Disaster Management Policy as well as identified activities before, during, and after a disaster situation.
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This brochure presents a summary of the Zambian disaster management Act no 13, which was assented to on the 13th April 2010.
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The general objective of this research proposal is to identify the weaknesses of the Fire and Rescue Services Industry in Zambia with the view of coming up with a way of strengthening their operation taking advantage of existing opportunities and strengths.