Disaster Management and Fire and Rescue Services: Overview

The Directorate Disaster Management and Fire & Rescue Services aims to promote the development, implementation and maintenance of effective disaster management and fire & rescue services in the Western Cape.

Disaster Management aims to:

• Prevent or reduce the risk of disasters;
• Mitigate the severity or consequences of disasters;
• Emergency preparedness;
• Rapidly and effectively respond to disasters;
• Provide for Post-disaster recovery and rehabilitation.

Mitigation

Mitigation aims to lessen the severity of disasters.

• Early Warnings
• Resource Management Centre
• Training, Education, Awareness and
  Marketing (TEAM)
• Basic Education Kit (BEK)
• Weathering the Storm
• www.proventionconsortium.net (resource)
• Risk and Development Annual Review (RADAR) 2010
• Provincial Early Warning Systems Workshop

Preparedness

Preparedness aims to prepare for and respond to disasters.

Situation Reports

• Provincial Disaster Management Framework
• National Disaster Management Act
• National Disaster Management Framework

Recovery

Recovery aims to co-ordinate relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction.

• Recent Major Incidents and Declared Disasters
• UNHCR Camp Mangement Toolkit (resource)

Fire & Rescue Services

Fire & Rescue Services aims to co-ordinate its services through the Western Cape.

• Fire & Rescue Services
• Wildfire Pre-Attack Plans
• Strategic Framework Fire and Burn Injury Prevention
• Public Service Announcement - Fire is Everyone's Fight radio advert: English, Afrikaans, IsiXhosa