 CONRED is responsible for asserting potential hazards, impending or actual disasters based on information provided by the National Institute for Seismology, Vulcanology, Meteorology and Hydrology (INSIVUMEH), and for declaring states of alert.Once a disaster has been declared, it is responsible for the coordination of cross-sectoral disaster relief efforts.CONRED 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 ( (CEPREDENAC)).