Msukaligwa Local Municipality 2008/09 - Co-operative Governance ...

DISCIPLINES INVOLVED IN JOINT OPERATION CENTRE AND ON SCENE:• SAPS• Provincial ambulance service• Private ambulance service• DMISA• SADF (Commando’s)• Designated hospitals• External resources• SAAF Helicopter service5.9 AN INCIDENT INVOLVING A MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGOBJECTIVETo render and immediate and effective evacuation, fire and rescue servicePLAN OF ACTION• Necessary emergency personnel will already be on the scene.• Mayor or delegated person must assess the situation and decide if it is a disaster to report to Provincial Government and declare it a disaster.• Director of Public Safety establish the JOC.• Director of Public Safety dispatch disciplines to assist on the scene.• Inform all relevant Managers or delegates to report to the JOC.• Other discipline representatives to join.• Sent out mobile JOC• Employ relevant disciplines as needed from scene commander.• Inform the relevant ward Councilor to Join the JOC.• Rapid establishment of an information centre, to be manned by the public Information officer, which shall also make provision for the routing ofpassenger enquiries.• Establishment of a meeter and greeter procedure and the location for conduction this procedure.• Provision for evacuation of persons or neighboring occupancies.• Procedure to warn the public in affected area• Monitoring of weather conditions especially wind direction.• Supplying and identifying of water supply• Rapid containment of fire• Obtaining of building plans for ICC and scene commander• Rapid establishment of Inner and outer cordons, with special consideration to security and guarding of residents belongings business assets.• Special systems and procedures for the protection of fire fighters themselves, such as the ‘buddy’ system.• Implementation of geographical and functional sectors and the provision of communication channels between sectors.Msukaligwa Municipality: Integrated Development Plan 2007/2012 281