DISASTER MANAGEMENT

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GAUTENG PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT
HEARINGS PROVINCIAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT PORTFOLIO
COMMITTEE30-31 MAY 2006 MUNICIPALITIESSTATE OF
READINESS
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INTRODUCTIONDISASTER RISK PROFILE

• Prevalent Disasters
• Seasonal Flooding
• Inner City Fires
• Informal Settlement Fires
• Hazardous Materials Incidents
• Seismic Events
• Predisposing Factors
• Overcrowded informal settlements
• Mining legacies
• Inner city decay
• Large chemical industries
• Large chemical transportation infrastructure

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INTRODUCTIONDISASTER RISK PROFILE (2)

• Major Events (2000-2005)
• Flooding of informal settlements
• ERPM Mine Fire 2003
• Large Warehouse Fires
• Makro Fires (2001Woodmead/2004 Strubens Valley)
• Pretoria Railway Station (2001)
• Structural Collapse
• Ellis Park Disaster (2001)
• Villeria Explosion (2002)
• Major Train Accident (Wadeville 2002)
• Shopping Centre (Tshwane 2002)
• Dolomite Incidents
• Carltonville Police Station Collapse
• Informal Settlement Fires (Annually)
• Most Frequent Disasters
• Flooding
• Informal Settlement Fires
• Large Transportation Accidents
  
  

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Gauteng
Province DM Centre Established Fully Functional Head of Centre Appt Forums Established DM Plans Finalised
Gauteng Yes In process Yes Yes Yes
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Gauteng

• STAFFING
• 1x Senior Manager
• 6 x Deputy Managers
• 1 x Administration Officer
• 1 x Administration Clerk

• 2 x Managers
• 4 x Senior Administration Officers
• 1 x Personal Assistant

• BUDGET
• Compensation of employees R 3,599 500
• Goods Services R 5,000,000
• Capital Expenditure R
  25,000,000

• RESOURCES
• Interim Dm Centre establish in 2004
• Plans finalised for DM Centre completed in 2006
• R 50-million project approved for 3 level DM
  Centre
• DM Centre
• Level 3 Incident Command Unit
• Province wide communications interoperabilitY
• 4x Additional Deputy Managers to be appointed in
  2006

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Gauteng
Municipality DM Centre Fully Functional Head of Centre Appt Forums Established DM Plans Finalised
Ekurhuleni Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
City of Jhb Yes In Process No Yes No
City of Tshwane Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
West Rand Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Sedibeng Yes Yes Yes
Metsweding No No No Yes Yes
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CURRENT CHALLENGES

• Funding (Specifically at District Level)
• Capacity to carry out disaster assessments
• Disaster prevention measures have major
  shortcomings
• Capacity shortcomings in emergency services
  (prime responders to disasters)
• Failure to include disaster prevention in
  integrated development planning
• Inability of DM Centres to address specific
  threats

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RECOMMENDATIONS

• Clear guidelines for the conducting of risk
  assessments to be developed
• Disaster risk reduction measures to be included
  in IDPs
• Full investigation into the readiness of
  emergency services to be conducted and a strategy
  to be developed in order to address the
  identified shortcomings

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THANK YOU