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Date: 15th June, 2022 -By NCHM Southwest summer monsoon has been active, since it’s once onset on 3rd June, over the country. There are observations from the stations receiving moderate to heavy rain from a few places in the Southern parts of the country. Due to the continuous rainfall over …

GIS workshop for 72-hour Rapid Assessment Approach (RAA) is held at Hotel Mayto, Langjophakha -Thimphu from June 13, 2022 to June 17, 2022. 72-hour RAA is a GIS based decision support tool  for aiding in informed decision making for effective response during disaster especially earthquakes etc. Hands on practice The …

Note: Landslides, and flood are forecasted in the south and southeastern part of the country within the next 48 hours.

To build capacity of frontliners and key technical institutions involved in disaster management, a six-day ‘Training on Drones for Emergency Preparedness and Response’, organized by the Department of Disaster Risk Management in collaboration with the World Food Programme (WFP), began today. Drone demonstration by Raj Bikram-Nepal Flying Laps The training, …

The Department of Disaster Management, Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs in collaboration with the Dzongkhag Administration, Zhemgang began a four-day programme on sensitization of Disaster Risk Management (DRM), orientation on Incident Command System (ICS) and conduct Tabletop simulation exercise and update of Dzongkhag Disaster Management and Contingency Plan from …

DRM Sensitization, Incident Command System (ICS) Orientation and Tabletop Simulation Exercise. (25-29 May 2022) The Department of Disaster Management, Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs in collaboration with the Dzongkhag Administration, Trashi Yangtse, began a four-day programme on sensitization of Disaster Risk Management, orientation on Incident Command System (ICS) and conduct Tabletop simulation exercise and update of Dzongkhag Disaster Management …

The Department of Disaster Management under the Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs in collaboration with Dzongkhag Administration, Haa, began a four-day sensitization programme on Disaster Risk Management, Incident Command System (ICS) training and a tabletop simulation exercise from 18 – 21 May 2022. The programme is aimed at building …

The spatial data can leverage every activity of the  disaster management phases from preparation to response. With the spatial data disaster management activities can be precisely linked to the actual ground like what is planned where, what is done where, what happened where.  As a free spatial data repository, OSM …

There is an observation of increased water level due to continuous rainfall for the past fewdays in some of the places located in the southeastern part of the country. There is a forecast of more rain in the next 72 hours (16 to 18 May) accordingly, flashfloods, landslides, and riverine …

For the past 5 days, few places in the south received moderate to heavy rain. Owing to the strong south westerly winds from the Bay of Bengal towards North East India and thewestern disturbance, there is forecast of moderate to heavy rain in the southern parts of the countryduring the …

The spatial data can leverage every activity of the  disaster management phases from preparation to response. With the spatial data disaster management activities can be precisely linked to the actual ground like what is planned where, what is done where, what happened where.  The openstreetmap (OSM) is an open source …

An initiatives towards Disaster Preparedness  for an efficient and effective response to any disaster situation With the commemoration of the birth  anniversary of 3rd Druk Gyalpo on 2nd May 2022 , the 5th Search and Rescue(SAR) training  for Basic Search and Rescue Training has now begun. The SAR training is particularly  targeted for the first responders from …

The Department of Disaster Management, would like to invite Expression of Interest frominterested consultancy firms to develop child-centered animation videos on safety measures relatedto disaster risk management The EoI documents can be downloaded from the Department’s website at www.ddm.gov.bt Name of the DocumentDownload the Docs HERE:EOI-Development of animated disaster videosClick …

The Department would like to invite bids from the interested bidders for the supply of the “Digital Terrain Model and Ortho Rectified Images”. The last date for the submission bids is on or before May 3, 2022 at 2:00PM. All the interested bidders must check our website constantly for any …

The Department of Disaster Management, Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs would like to invite sealed quotations from the interested national consultants to carry out review of Disaster Management Act of Bhutan 2013. The bidding documents can be downloaded from the Department’s website at www.ddm.gov.btFor further information please call 321004 …

The Department would like to further extend deadline for submission of the following tenders: