The national committees as presented below have been developed by the Grenada National Disaster Management Agency (NaDMA) to facilitate a better distribution of services and as a method of streamlining and co-coordinating all services within the country.

The national disaster management committee’s primary responsibility will be that of ensuring that the Comprehensive Disaster Management strategy is adapted and the required preparedness and preventative measures have been instituted, in order to minimize loss of life and reduce property damage where possible.

The national and district committees are all designed to function and carry out their duties and responsibilities before the event so that the required level of preparedness can be achieved that ensures an adequate and effective response. Their role is one of pre-disaster planning, establishing management systems for implementation of an adequate response and responding when an emergency or a disaster occurs.

The committees have not been presented in any specific order, as they are all of equal importance and do not take precedence over each other. Their duties are defined against the background of the sectoral and specific needs of the country.