Entire Document - Chris Hani District Municipality

In the Satellite Centres also have computers and printers bought by the province. They also have:
• Photocopiers
• Digital cameras and
• Furniture
All our personnel from the main centre and the satellite centres are provided with protective clothing to use when
responding, whether during summer or winter. We do not have identification cards at present.
Standby generator
In the period under review we managed to procure a standby generator which is powerful enough to provide
electricity for the whole centre during any power failure. It automatically starts in seconds during a power failure and
switches itself off seven minutes after power is restored. We remain operational even during power shedding and our
communication system can never be rendered dysfunctional.
2.4.4.3 Capacity Building Programmes
During the period under review we trained Chris Hani District Municipality personnel on certificated course on:
Disaster Damage Assessment, conducted by Border Training Centre and Sphere Project conducted by DiMTEC
(University of Free State).
2.4.4.4 Inter Governmental Relations
Disaster Management Advisory Forum
Our District Disaster Management Advisory Forum is still functioning. We enjoy the support of some sector departments
with the exception of the Department of Education, Department of Social Development, Department of Sports, Recreation
and Culture and Department of Home Affairs, which is critical especially with regard to foreign nationals in our country.
We have also changed our meetings which were held monthly to be bi-monthly so that we get enough time to
implement programmes agreed to and have something to report back to the forum.
As the Disaster Management Centre we also play a role in the following structures:
• Eastern Cape Emergency Services Coordinating Committee (ECESCOC)
• Disaster Management Institute of Southern Africa (DMISA)
• Provincial Disaster Management Advisory Forum.
Disaster Management Framework
We are on the last lap towards the adoption of our Disaster Management Framework. We will make copies of our final
draft document and place it in the offices of our Local Municipalities and invite people through newspapers, leaflets
and community radios to inspect the document and propose amendments and/or additions. The frameworks were
consulted in their respective areas but we feel that we should give them one last chance to look at the framework
before tabling it before Council for adoption.
Disaster Management Plans
A Scientific Risk Assessment was conducted in the area by a service provider and a Disaster Management Plan has
been drafted and presented twice to us. They are now busy finalising their final draft and will present it to the Mayoral
Committee to look at it before taking it to the Council for adoption.
During risk assessment there were field trips to most of the wards of all our municipalities to check and photograph
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