Sistema Nacional de Protección Civil, Prevención y Mitigación de Desastres

Disaster management bureau in El Salvador
  • Jorge Antonio Meléndez, General Director
  • Baudilio Ventura Portillo, Sub-director
Parent agencyMinistry of the InteriorWebsitewww.proteccioncivil.gob.sv

The National Civil Defence System for Disaster Prevention and Mitigation of El Salvador (in Spanish: Sistema Nacional de Protección Civil, Prevención y Mitigación de Desastres), commonly known as "Protección Civil", is an entity created to prevent disasters or reduce their impact on society, and coordinate disaster relief efforts.[1]

The Salvadoran Civil Defence System is part of a Central American network of governmental disaster relief agencies known as the Coordination Center for the Prevention of Natural Disasters in Central America (in Spanish: Centro de Coordinación para la Prevención de los Desastres Naturales en América Central (CEPREDENAC)). CEPREDENAC was created in the context of the Central American Integration System (SICA). [2]

References

  1. ^ "Decreto Legislativo 777 Ley de protección civil, prevención y mitigación de desastres". Corte Suprema de Justica. 2005-08-31. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23.
  2. ^ "Centro de Coordinación para la Prevención de Desastres Naturales en America Central (CEPREDENAC)". sica.int.

External links

  • Coordination Center for the Prevention of Natural Disasters in Central America (CEPREDENAC)
  • SATCA Early warning system for Central America (Sistema de Alerta Temprana para Centroamérica (SATCA))
  • Humanitarian Information Network for Latin America and the Caribbean (Red de Información Humanitaria para América Latina y el Caribe (Redhum))