This research aims to show the significance of disaster and crisis management in general. It also explores the current situation
related to disaster response management in Iraq. This exploration focuses on the achievement of the basic functions of the
management operation (planning, organizing, directing, controlling). In addition, it identifies the weaknesses and the strengths of
the current administrative system in all its elements and analyses all the problems and the defects in every element, in order to
treat and solve these problems and defects by making recommendations to improve the immediate response system to serve Iraqi
disaster management in the future.