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Disaster Management Training and Awareness Campaigns
The Disaster Management Act states that the following concepts should form the basis of disaster management awareness and training:
• A culture of risk avoidance.
• Promotion of education and training.
• Promotion of research into all aspects of disaster risk management.
This is aimed at achieving the following requirements:
• Addresses the requirements for the implementation of education, training and research needs.
• The development of an integrated public awareness strategy
• Effective use of the media.
• The development of education and training for disaster risk management and associated professions.
• The inclusion of disaster risk management in school curricula.
As part of community-based risk reduction measures the District embarked on the following awareness campaigns:-
• Community Awareness Campaigns
• School Awareness Campaigns
• Road Shows
• Door to Door Awareness
3.3.17 Risk Reduction & Prevention
The institutional arrangements for risk reduction within the municipality include Ugu Disaster Management, the Disaster Management Advisory Forum, the Extended Management Committee, the nodal points for disaster risk management within municipal departments and local municipalities within the district, departmental and local municipal planning groups, risk reduction project teams and preparedness planning groups. The total structure of the municipality starts with every member of personnel and every resource should also be committed to disaster risk reduction.
Ongoing capacity building programmes will be required to ensure the availability of adequate capacity for risk reduction. The District together with Local Municipalities established Ward Based Committee that actively participate in Disaster Risk Management programs at a ward level. Its participation assists by increasing the level of awareness within the communities and improve response times on reported incidents. The district embarked on the installation of Lighting Conductors to reduce the impact of lighting incidents and further reduce fatalities.
Status of the Disaster Management Plan
The District Disaster Management is currently in process of reviewing its District Sector Plan, upon completion the Council will adopt the plan. The programmes identified as per reviewed Disaster Management Sector Plan will be aligned with the IDP and will further be approved by the District Forum.
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