National Service for Disaster Prevention and Response

The National Service for Disaster Prevention and Response (Spanish: Servicio Nacional de Prevención y Respuesta ante Desastres), often abbreviated as SENAPRED, is a Chilean public service responsible for advising, coordinating, organizing, planning, and supervising activities related to Disaster Risk Management in Chile.

21,364, published on August 7, 2021, replacing the former ONEMI with the National Service for Disaster Prevention and Response.

[1][5][6] Its first intervention of national relevance was the emergency management response to the forest fires in Chile in 2023.

[6] The SENAPRED is a territorially decentralized public service with legal personality and its own assets.

[7] It is subject to the supervision of the President of the Republic of Chile through the Ministry of the Interior and Public Security.