Jakarta (ANTARA) – Director of Disaster Management Strategy Development of the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) Agus Wibowo underscored the criticality of disaster management in the mechanism to deal with disasters.

“Disaster management is not just a response but also disaster risk management before, during, and after a disaster,” Wibowo remarked during a discussion held by BNPB and monitored virtually here on Wednesday.

Wibowo stressed on the need to effectively handle the disaster management process before, during, and after the disaster.

To implement the disaster management system, it is necessary to develop the capacity of various supporting aspects, right from institutions, planning, and funding to legislation. Under this falls disaster risk management that necessitates disaster risk studies and preparation of disaster management and mitigation plans.

Moreover, under disaster emergency management, preparing emergency management and contingency plans as well as emergency operations are also deemed important. Meanwhile, in the area of disaster recovery management, it is essential to prepare a rehabilitation and reconstruction plan.

Disaster management plans should contain all policies, strategies and action options, governance, and disaster risk reduction actions at each stage in the disaster management cycle.

“The most important aspect after we know the threat is that we need to plan or take certain actions or policies to overcome the threat,” Wibowo remarked during a discussion on the integration of disaster management plans into development planning.

The disaster management plan is determined by the regional government and should be legitimized into a regional regulation or regional head regulation.

Source: Antara News