The White Paper on Disaster Managment

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The White Paper on Disaster Managment

• Purpose
• To advocate an approach focused on reducing risk
  especially to those sections of the population
  who are most vulnerable due to poverty and a
  general lack of resources.

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This approach.

• involves a shift away from the perception that
  disasters are rare occurrences managed by
  emergency rescue and support services.
• A shared awareness and responsibility needs to be
  created to reduce risk in our homes, communities,
  places of work and society in general

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Policy Process

• June 1994 Cape Flats floods cabinet resolved to
  reassess SAs disaster management capacity.
• February 1998 Green Paper on Disaster Management
  published
• January 1999 White Paper on Disaster Management
• February 2000 Draft Bill produced

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Key Provisions in White Paper

• National Disaster Management Centre
• Funding Disaster Management
• Focus for a new Disaster Management Act
• Training and Community Awareness

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National Disaster Management Centre

• Guiding principles
• Structure and location of Centre
• Key functions (Phased 1 and 2)
• Information management
• Preparation of strategies, policies, plans
• Assessing vulnerability
• Coordination and support in emergencies

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National Disaster Management Centre cont

• Non-emergency situations
• Conduction Audits
• Training and community awareness
• Note - White Paper recommended Disaster
  Management structures not centres at provincial
  and local levels.

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Proposals for Future Funding

• Guiding principles
• National arrangements
• - release of funds in an emergency,
• - immediate relief to individuals,
• - funding repairs - damaged infrastructure
• - expediting tender procedures

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Funding cont...

• Provincial/Local Govt
• - budgeting
• - financing shortfalls
• Insurance
• Training and Community Awareness
• National Disaster Management Centre.

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Scope of Disaster Management Act

• Disaster declarations
• Disaster Management Centre
• Establishment of provincial and local disaster
  management structures
• Disaster management plans
• Incentives and punitive measures (deterrents)

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Training and Community Awareness

• Focus on needs analysis
• Targeted training
• Standards setting
• Training material
• Accreditation and registration
• Resource base
• Research .international cooperationh