IMPACT OF FIRES

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IMPACT OF FIRES FLOODS ON INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS

• Parliamentary Housing Portfolio Committee
  Conference
• 19 20 April 2005
• G J PILLAY

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FIRES
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DISRUPTION, CHAOS, PANIC PMG note email
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LOSS OF PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS
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INFRASTRUCTURAL DAMAGE
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DISPLACEMENT OF PEOPLE
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SERVICE COSTS
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FORWARD COMMAND POST
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INSIDE FCP
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JOC/DOC IN SESSION
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LARGE SCALE DAMAGE DESTRUCTION
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THREAT TO FORMAL HOUSING BUILDINGS
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ABSENTEEISM FROM WORK SCHOOL
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LOSS OF LIVELIHOODS
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EMERGENCY RELIEF COSTS
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EMERGENCY SHELTERING USING MARQUEES / COMMUNITY
HALLS
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LACK OF PRIVACY
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EMERGENCY FEEDING
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BALES OF BLANKETS
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SITE CLEARING
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PORTABLE TOILETS
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ABLUTION FACILITIES
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FLOODS
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DISCOMFORT
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DAMAGE TO PROPERTY POSSESSIONS
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EXACERBATES POVERTY HARDSHIP
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ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
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ABSENTEEISM FROM SCHOOL
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SICKNESS RISK INCREASES
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STAGNANT WATER INCREASES RISK OF DISEASE
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SUMMARY IMPACT OF FIRES AND FLOODS IN INFORMAL
SETTLEMENTS

• DISPLACEMENT OF COMMUNITIES
• DISRUPTION OF COMMUNAL LIFE
• LOSS OF PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS
• LOSS OF LIFE
• LOSS OF LIVELIHOODS
• INJURY AND SICKNESS
• ABSENTEEISM FROM WORK AND SCHOOL
• EXACERBATES POVERTY

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SUMMARY IMPACT OF FIRES AND FLOODS IN INFORMAL
SETTLEMENTS

• EXACERBATES HARDSHIP
• INFRA-STRUCTURAL DAMAGE
• DISASTER RELIEF AND RECOVERY COSTS
• ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
• LARGE SCALE DAMAGE AND DESTRUCTION

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