The NATIONAL DISASTER COORDINATING COUNCIL (NDCC) is an agency whose main functions are :

• Advises the President on the status of disaster preparedness programs, disaster operations and rehabilitation efforts undertaken by the government and the private sector;
• Advises the lower-level Disaster Coordinating Councils and Disaster Control Groups through the Office of Civil Defense in accordance with the guidelines on disaster management;
• Formulates policy guidelines on emergency preparedness and disaster operations involving relief and rehabilitation;
• Formulates priorities in the allocation of funds, services, disaster equipment and relief supplies;
• Formulates a comprehensive disaster management plan based on various calamities/disaster that often hit the country (i.e. drought, flooding, typhoon, earthquake, etc.);
• Recommends to the President the declaration of a state of calamity in areas extensively damaged;and submits proposals to restore normalcy in the affected areas, subject to the provision of RA 8185;
• Constitute a Technical Working Group composed of permanent representatives from the member-Departments and other government agencies with the Executive Officer as head; and
• Utilizes the facilities and services of the Office of Civil Defense in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City, in discharging its functions.