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Section VI : Institutional Arrangements at the District Level
6. INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS AT THE DISTRICT
LEVEL
Disaster management would involve many layers of participating organization. The three
focal levels would be State, District and the site of the disaster. The State level agencies
would be involved in policy decisions, resource allocation, prioritisation of activities and
budget allocation and monitoring through the Emergency Operations Centre.
The District Disaster Management Committee (DDMC) is an apex planning body and will
play a major role in preparedness and mitigation.
The district level response will be coordinated under the guidance of District Collector who
will act as District Disaster Manager.
6.1 Responsibilities of Collector
The Collector shall be responsible for
Preparation of the DDMAP with the assistance of the DDMC.
Setting up District Control Room
Encouraging formation of Mutual Aid and Response Groups (MARG)
Under the DDMAP, district level agencies would be responsible for directing field
interventions through various agencies right from the stage of warning to relief and
rehabilitation.
At the disaster site, specific tasks to manage the disaster will be performed.
Collector will be an integral part of the DCR.
Collector will be assisted by SOC.
• SOC will be headed by a Site Manager.
• Site Manager will coordinate the activities at various camp sites and affected areas.
• The Site Operations Centre will report to the District Control Room.
Collector will coordinate all the field responses. Field Responses include setting up
Transit Camps, Relief Camps and Cattle Camps.
The desk arrangement provides for division of tasks, information gathering and record
keeping and accountability of the desk officer to the DDM for specific functions. Each desk
should have a Desk Officer assigned. The capacity of various desks to coordinate amongst
themselves and with the units to be coordinated will ultimately decide the quality of response.
Such a function of coordination would largely depend on the capacity to effectively keep a
track on communications received and the decisions taken. Pro forma for “In and Out
Messages and Register” are given in Annexure I.
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