Disaster Management

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Disaster Management

	What is Disaster Management? Key Performance Areas Enablers Strategic Objectives and Achievements New Disaster Management Centre for Ehlanzeni District Municipality
	What is Disaster Management
	Disaster can be defined as a crisis that causes a wide spread damage which exceed the community‘s ability to recover. Procedures and processes to deal with disasters and relief majors need to be planned prior to the event. Disaster Management is a tool used to prevent, reduce, mitigate and prepare for effective response and post disaster recovery to any disaster risks that may occur or threaten to occur. It requires effective community base strategies which will include programmes and measures to prevent or reduce hazards and their impact, to ensure the preparedness of the community, provide an effective response and provide for the recovery of a community affected by such an incident. Disaster management is a cross cutting and developmental issue. Risk Reduction will require the involvement of political, technical, participatory and resource mobilisation components of the society. Ehlanzeni District Municipality is primary responsible for disaster management within its area of jurisdiction. In order to fulfil its primary mandate, Ehlanzeni District Municipality needs to adhere to the National Disaster Management framework, Provincial Disaster Management framework and the Disaster Management Act. The successes and challenges of the Disaster Management Unit can be measured based on four key performance areas and the enablers. Back to top
	Key Performance Areas
	Institutional capacity arrangement Risk assessment Risk reduction Response and recovery Back to top
	Enablers
	Information and communication system Public awareness, Education, Training and Research Funding Back to top
	Strategic objectives and Achievements
	Contribute to the compilation and adoption of a credible Integrated Development Plan (IDP) The priority issue for Disaster Management is to support local municipalities in compiling Disaster Management Plans, for which R500 000 has been budgeted for this financial year. This will ensure that the local Municipalities’ IDP’s are credible. Draft Terms of Reference to inform the specification committee has been completed. Implement priorities according to the Service Delivery and Budget Implementation Plan (SDBIP) In order to ensure that Disaster Management Priorities are in line with the SDBIP, the Unit has broken down the SDBIP into activities, timeframe, roles and responsibilities allocated to respective personnel. Provide identified support to Local Municipalities The Unit has responded to two major incidents during the first quarter of 2009, namely; The outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the Nsikazi area Hail storms incidence both in Hazyview and Schoemansdal The Unit responded by procuring the services of 7 mobile toilets and 7 jojo tanks for the Foot and Mouth Disease outbreak in Nsikazi, which were used by personnel mending the FMD road blocks. The unit has in addition budgeted for procurement of an incident command vehicle, recruitment and training of disaster management volunteers. The unit has also drafted the Terms of Reference for risk profiling in all local municipalities. The unit is also assisting Bushbuckridge Local municipality in constructing a satellite centre to a tune of R3m for the 09/10 financial year, in order to facilitate the effective response to incidents. Strengthen relations with stakeholders The disaster management unit has budgeted an amount of R650 000.00 to ensure that relations are strengthened with all stakeholders. The first Advisory forum meeting was held during the quarter as part of strengthening relationships with stakeholders Monitor municipal services As part of monitoring municipal services, the unit visited all satellite centres to determine the effectiveness and functionality of the disaster management centres. A status quo report has been compiled and presented to the portfolio committee. Implement performance management To ensure that all staff is regularly monitored, the unit has broken down the SDBIP into activities, time frame and roles and responsibilities allocated to respective personnel. Assess the community services function in Local Municipalities To ensure that Disaster Management Plans are budgeted for, consultation with local municipalities on a GAP analysis is in progress. More information on disaster management can be accessed by opening our annual disaster reports. Disaster annual report for 2008 (1.4MB) You can also access the Disaster Management Framework through this link. Back to top
	New Disaster Managment Centre for EDM
	Please feel free contact the disaster management unit for any queries and/or concerns.