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

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Disaster Management Volunteer Regulations, 2010

6. Recruitment of volunteers

 

 

(1) A person that wishes to enrol as a volunteer in a unit of volunteers must—
(a) apply for enrolment as such on a form similar to the form prescribed in Annexure A(1);
(b) complete a health questionnaire similar to the health questionnaire prescribed in Annexure B;
(c) agree to serve as volunteer and undergo the prescribed training;
(d) submit to the head of the centre the completed application form and health questionnaire, together with—
(i) a certified copy of his or her identity document;
(ii) a declaration by his or her employer that the employer will allow and release him or her to serve as volunteer and undergo training for reasonable periods;
(iii) two colour passport size photos; and
(iv) the written consent of his or her parent or parents or guardian, if he or she is still under the age of 18; and
(e) sign an Undertaking/Code of Conduct similar to that in Annexure A(2).

 

(2)

(a) The head of the centre must establish a process whereby applications by potential volunteers for enrolment can be considered and decided upon.
(b) The process for considering applications by potential volunteers for enrolment must include an evaluation of the health questionnaire referred to in subregulation (1)(b) and a declaration by a medical doctor that the applicant is medically fit or not to perform the functions within the component in which he or she is to serve.

 

(3)

(a) The head of the centre must inform an applicant within 21 days whether his or her application for enrolment as a volunteer in the unit of volunteers of the relevant municipality was successful or not.
(b) The head of the centre must immediately issue every applicant enrolled as a volunteer pursuant to section 58(2) of the Act with a disaster management volunteer identity card in the form prescribed in Annexure C.