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Disaster Management Act, 2002 (Act No. 57 of 2002)

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Disaster Management Volunteer Regulations, 2010

4. Components within unit of volunteers

 

 

A unit of volunteers may comprise the following components:

(a) first aid;
(b) general medical assistance and planning, such as doctors, specialists, nurses and pharmacists;
(c) social welfare, including, where necessary, subcategories for emergency housing and feeding, counselling of the bereaved and assisting with stress relief and caring for the very young and elderly;
(d) fire fighting if the municipality does not have an established fire fighting service with a reserve force;
(e) fire safety or prevention;
(f) drivers;
(g) community and environmental health;
(h) traffic control if the municipality does not have an established traffic control service with a reserve force;
(i) technical related services, including water supply, electricity supply, roads and bridge construction, waste water and solid waste services and emergency vehicle and equipment repairs;
(j) logistical support;
(k) municipal disaster management support staff;
(I) communications;
(m) administrative support;
(n) any other category of membership that a municipality may decide upon as being necessary.