National Disaster Management Agency Act, 2020 (No. 3 of 2020).

This Act establishes the National Disaster Management Agency, the National Disaster Management Fund and the National Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction and provides generally for administration aspects of disaster prevention, reduction, mitigation and response. The National Disaster Management Agency shall manage disasters and similar emergencies throughout Sierra Leone and develop the capacity of communities to respond effectively to disasters and emergencies. The governing body of the Agency shall be the National Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction which shall be responsible for the control and supervision of the Agency. A National Disaster Management Agency Secretariat will provide technical and other support to the Agency and the National Platform. There is also established, in each administrative region of Sierra Leone, a Regional Disaster Management Committee and, in each chiefdom, a Chiefdom Disaster Management Committee.
Emergencies may be declared for the national or part of the nation by the President. The Chairman of each Disaster Management Committee shall ensure that a disaster management plan is prepared and simulated annually and subsequently revised in accordance with the national policy on disaster management. Particulars of each disaster shall be recorded in a register.