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Smart cities supposed to be a concept of creating a comfortable, safe, and accessible living place. Furthermore, a smart city is built to raise the value of the city in economic, social, and technology. One dimension of all seven dimensions planned by Yogyakarta Smart City Program is smart disaster management. Because Yogyakarta located in the disaster-prone area, this particular dimension becoming essential to the program. This research aims to analyse the availability of the smart disaster information delivered for the citizen and how to improve delivering the information. This research is using a qualitative research methodology including focus group discussion and in-depth interviews. This study shows that Yogyakarta already provides information, however it is inaccessible for the citizens. A suitable dissemination strategy needs to be developed in order to educate citizens and enhance their awareness in applying smart disaster management.