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Guided by its vision to provide a national “safety net,” DMMU employs a proactive, community-based, developmental, and multi-sectoral approach to disaster management. This approach emphasizes disaster preparedness, prevention, and mitigation, while ensuring that disaster risk reduction is fully integrated into national development processes.
DMMU’s mandate is underpinned by the principle of shared responsibility, reflected in its guiding mantra: “Disaster Management is the Responsibility of Everyone.”
VISION
The vision of the disaster management system in the country is to promote a ‘safety net’ for protection of the citizenry, their assets and the environment against disaster through a proactive, community-based, developmental and multi-sectoral approach that combines disaster preparedness, prevention and mitigation, and integrates disaster management into national development.
MISSION STATEMENT
To develop, coordinate and monitor disaster Management programmes in order to minimize loss of lives, damage to property and the environment.
GOAL
To strengthen national capacities for effective disaster preparedness, prevention, response, mitigation and restoration in order to protect lives and livelihoods, property, environment and the economy at large.
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STATEMENT ON THE DELAYED COMPLETION OF MPHAMBA ACROW BRIDGE IN LUNDAZI DISTRICT
DISASTER MANAGEMENT AND MITIGATION UNIT – DMMU OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDNET _____________________________________________________________________ 8th January, 2026 The Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU) under the Office of the
DMMU CAUTIONS MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ON ANTICIPATED FLASH FLOODS IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS
DISASTER MANAGEMENT AND MITIGATION UNIT – DMMU OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDNET DMMU CAUTIONS MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ON ANTICIPATED FLASH FLOODS IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS ___________________________________________________________________________
REPORTS ON KANKUMBA BRIDGE
This crossing point was washed away following heavy downpours on Boxing Day. Emergency works by the Road Development Agency (RDA) and the Zambia National Service (ZNS) were swiftly undertaken to
