 The board was responsible to the Minister of Social Affairs.A year later, the Cabinet Presidium through Decree number 14/U/KEP/I/1967, established the National Coordination Team for Disaster Management ("Tim Koordinasi Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana Alam"; abbreviated as TKP2BA).Bakornas PB was established in 1979 to replace the Advisory Board for Natural Disasters, which was established in 1966.