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(e) Provide necessary technical assistance to the provincial government
and the Provincial Disaster Management Authorities for preparing
Disaster Management Plans in accordance with guidelines laid down by
the National Commission.
(f) Prepare, review, maintain and upgrade the communication mechanisms
for early warning and devise such information dissemination strategy
that the information reaches the end user.
(g) Coordinate with PDMA, DDMA and ERC for emergency stocks piles of
relief material to ensure that such material is available at short notice.
(h) Implement, coordinate and monitor the national-disaster-response
strategy and policy.
(j) Promote general education and awareness with regards to disaster
management and perform such other functions that the National
Disaster Management Commission may require it to perform.
(k) Review and update national plan at an appropriate interval.
(2) During Disaster. The National Disaster Management Authority acts as the
lead implementing, coordinating and monitoring body for disaster management.
Its functions are to:-
(a) Activate National Emergency Operation Centre (NEOC).
(b) Manage national level incidents and support province and district in
incident management.
(c) Inform and alert concerned federal ministries and departments about the
incident.
(d) Inform concern ministries and departments to join the NEOC.
(e) Lead rapid assessment in the affected area.
(f) Mobilize and deploy teams e.g. search and rescue, technically skilled
people (e.g. army, navy, USAR, & Rescue teams etc) heavy machinery,
medical equipment, medicines, immediately to the affected areas.
(g) Mobilize and send food and non-food items to the PDMAs and DDMAs
for distribution.
(h) Coordinate with relevant ministries and department e.g. Defence,
National Logistics Cell, Emergency Relief Cell, Navy, Foreign Affairs,
Pakistan Railways, National Highway Authority, Pakistan International
Airlines, Civil Aviation Authority, Social Welfare, Health and Education
etc to prepare them to activate and deploy resources.