Sistema Nacional de Protección Civil, Prevención y Mitigación de Desastres

The National Civil Defence System for Disaster Prevention and Mitigation of El Salvador (in Spanish: Sistema Nacional de Protección Civil, Prevención y Mitigación de Desastres), commonly known as "Protección Civil", is an entity created to prevent disasters or reduce their impact on society, and coordinate disaster relief efforts.^[1]

Sistema Nacional de Protección Civil, Prevención y Mitigación de Desastres

Agency overview
Formed	August 31, 2005
Jurisdiction	Government of El Salvador
Headquarters	15 Av. Norte y 9a C. Poniente Torre del Ministerio de Gobernación San Salvador
Agency executives	Jorge Antonio Meléndez, General Director Baudilio Ventura Portillo, Sub-director
Parent agency	Ministry of the Interior
Website	www.proteccioncivil.gob.sv

The Salvadoran Civil Defence System is part of a Central American network of governmental disaster relief agencies known as the Coordination Center for the Prevention of Natural Disasters in Central America (in Spanish: Centro de Coordinación para la Prevención de los Desastres Naturales en América Central (CEPREDENAC)). CEPREDENAC was created in the context of the Central American Integration System (SICA). ^[2]