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Fire Fighting Facilities |
Lack of the following represents a backlog: 1. Any urban services without operational section responsible for physical fire fighting, rescue and in-house training services and a fire safety section responsible for law enforcement and structural fire safety as well as legislation on dangerous and hazardous goods. 2. Remote or rural areas without an all terrain water tanker and/or veldt fire units available to respond on short notice stationed at central points as rapid response holds the key to all operational activity where life and property are at stake. Such a service should be well equipped with means of communication suitable for the area and manned 24 hours by at least one preferably two persons to coordinate activities. |
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Disaster Management Facilities |
Backlog in disaster management facilities is represented by the following: 1. Lack of a Disaster Management Centre in any three spheres of government as required by section 29 and 43 of the Disaster Management Act, Act 57 of 2002. 2. DMC that lacks the following services: Risk reduction activities Incident ,event and disaster response activities Operational incident management area Tactical disaster management area Organizational disaster management area Media room Disaster relief activities Electronic equipment rooms Physical security Business continuity measures in place |
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