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GAUTENG PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT

GAUTENG PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT. HEARINGS: PROVINCIAL & LOCAL GOVERNMENT PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE:30-31 MAY 2006: MUNICIPALITIES:STATE OF READINESS. INTRODUCTION DISASTER RISK PROFILE. Prevalent Disasters Seasonal Flooding Inner City Fires Informal Settlement Fires Hazardous Materials Incidents

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GAUTENG PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT

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  1. GAUTENG PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT HEARINGS: PROVINCIAL & LOCAL GOVERNMENT PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE:30-31 MAY 2006: MUNICIPALITIES:STATE OF READINESS

  2. 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

  3. INTRODUCTIONDISASTER RISK PROFILE (2) Major Events (2000-2005) • Flooding of informal settlements • ERPM Mine Fire: 2003 • Large Warehouse Fires • Makro Fires (2001:Woodmead/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

  4. Gauteng

  5. Gauteng • 2 x Managers • 4 x Senior Administration Officers • 1 x Personal Assistant STAFFING • 1x Senior Manager • 6 x Deputy Managers • 1 x Administration Officer • 1 x Administration Clerk • 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

  6. Gauteng

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. THANK YOU

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