Main Directorate of Emergency Management

The Main Directorate of Emergency Management (Arabic: الإدارة الرئيسية للحالات الطوارئ al-idārah ar-ra’īsīyah lil-ḥālāt aṭ-ṭawāra’) is an agency of the federal government of the Arab Union, under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Health. It is responsible for overseeing crisis management agencies such as the Disaster Relief Agency, and also subsidises the operations of national non-governmental organisations and charities like the Arab Red Crescent Society, Arab National Fire Rescue Society, and the People's National Search and Rescue Service.

The Main Directorate of Emergency Management as a government agency is more or less average in size, but oversees a significantly broader spectrum of services and operations than most other government agencies in the country, both at the federal and republican levels. This can be demonstrated by the fact that the Disaster Relief Agency, subordinate to the Main Directorate of Emergency Management, is itself approximately three times larger than the Main Directorate in terms of active personnel and budget; similarly, the NGOs and charities named above along with several others are much larger operationally than the Main Directorate on its own. As such, the Main Directorate of Emergency Management acts primarily as organiser and sustainer of the programs for which it is responsible. However, the Main Directorate also oversees an agency responsible for identifying unaddressed issues relevant to the Main Directorate's responsibilities, as well as an agency which supervises NGO and charity groups to ensure the implementation of their responsibilities which are funded by the Main Directorate.

Organisation

Below is a basic outline of the structure of the Main Directorate for Emergency Management:

Sub-directorates

• Natural Dis