Natural and Environmental Disasters

Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs is the principal policy and directing authority responsible for civil emergency preparedness and disaster management.

Being outside the Pacific Rim of Fire, Singapore is spared from natural disasters such as earth quakes and cyclones. However, the government is well organised to respond in case of emergency, with several civil emergency preparedness and disaster management frameworks for planning, coordinating and implementing emergency preparedness programmes. Major scenarios identified as potential hazards include oil refinery fires, industrial accidents, mass rapid transit incidents, maritime incidents, chemical or hazardous materials incidents, air crash accidents, high-rise building fires or building collapses.