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

2. INTRODUCTION DISASTER 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. INTRODUCTION DISASTER RISK PROFILE (2)
Major Events ( )
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 Province DM Centre Established Fully Functional
Head of Centre Appt
Forums Established
DM Plans Finalised
Gauteng
Yes
In process

5. Gauteng STAFFING 1x Senior Manager 2 x Managers 6 x Deputy Managers
1 x Administration Officer
1 x Administration Clerk
2 x Managers
4 x Senior Administration Officers
1 x Personal Assistant
BUDGET
Compensation of employees R 3,
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 Municipality DM Centre Fully Functional Head of Centre Appt
Forums Established
DM Plans Finalised
Ekurhuleni
Yes
City of Jhb
In Process No
City of Tshwane
West Rand
Sedibeng
Metsweding

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