OUR PROJECTS

Please note that not all of the previous training programmes are shown here, and the list also reflects other formal projects delivered for specific institutions.


Current Projects

Learn more about the scope of our projects in progress.

In partnership with CSIR

In partnership with CSIR, DMS NPC is conducting Disaster Risk Management Capacity Development for Local Municipalities within the Municipal Capability and Partnership Programme (MCPP) aimed at Mogalakwena, Thabazimbi and Fetakgomo Tubatse Local Municipalities.


Anglo American

This project has the following objectives:
  • Develop Recovery Plan for Site-induced Emergencies for Anglo American Group.
  • Review, Update and Test Community Emergency Management Plan for Anglo American Platinum Mogalakwena Complex.
  • Review, update and Test Community Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan for Anglo American Platinum Amandelbult Complex.
University of Cape Town

DMS NPC is currently involved in programmes and research regarding exploring the Level of Inclusion of People living with Disability in Disaster Risk Management Processes and Systems.


Mopani District Municipality

Providing Training in Event Safety Management to the District Municipality.


Batley Partners International Architecture and Design

DMS NPC is providing Disaster Management Consultancy Services to the Swazi Plaza 20-Year Development Masterplan project.


Past Projects

Learn more about the scope and activities and view some pictures in the gallery of the various projects in the past.


List

List per year of all DMS historical- / past projects

2023

  • Disability Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction (DIDRR) - A pilot project in collaboration with University of Cape Town (UCT), Department of Emergency Medicine
  • Review and Update of the Community Emergency and Preparedness Plan (EPRP) - Anglo American Platinum Mogalakwena Complex
2022

  • Western Cape Provincial Department of Local Government: Review and Update Overberg District Municipality Disaster Risk Assessment
  • Western Cape Provincial Department of Local Government (Cape Town): Review and Update the Western Cape Standardised Risk Assessment Methodology (SRAM)
  • Mopani District Municipality (Tzaneen, Limpopo): Training in the Fundamentals in Disaster Risk Management
  • Capricorn District Municipality (Polokwane, Limpopo): Event Safety Management Training
2021

  • Anglo American Platinum Mogalakwena Complex: Review and Update of Community Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan
  • Gauteng Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs: Finalisation of Level 1 Sector Disaster Management Plans for Three Provincial Organs of State (Human Settlements, Health and Agriculture and Rural Development)
  • Gauteng Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs: Integration of Micro Disaster Risk Assessment Findings into Provincial Level 1 Disaster Management Plan
  • National Department of Co-operative Governance: Examine and Identify National Legislation in Terms of the Application of Section 2(1)(b) of the Disaster Management Act, 2002
  • South African Local Government Association: Conduct Assessment Study on the Ability of Municipalities to Perform Functions in Relation to Disaster Management, Fire Services and Emergency Services 
  • Gauteng Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs: Micro Disaster Risk Assessment, Profiling and Mapping, and Review of the Macro Assessment
2020

  • Disaster Management Volunteer Base (Fish Hoek, Cape Town): Community Outreach Workshop
  • Gauteng Provincial Disaster Management: High-Level Provincial Disaster Management Workshop
  • Western Cape Provincial Government: Disaster Risk Assessment – Garden Route District Municipality
  • Department of Co-operative Governance: NDMC: Conduct Research on Mainstream Disaster Risk Management Courses and Integration of Disaster Risk Management in Related Disciplines within the Southern African Higher Education Institutions
  • Western Cape Provincial Government: Disaster Risk Assessment – West Coast District Municipality
2019

  • LG SETA Office (Bedfordview, Gauteng): Occupational Qualification development for a DM Officer and -Manager
  • West Coast District Municipality: Review of District Disaster Risk Assessment
  • Sol Plaatjie University: Event Safety Management Training and Capacity Building
  • Frances Baard District Municipality: Training of Volunteers in Disaster Risk Management
  • Waterberg District Municipality: The Review of the Disaster Risk Management Framework and Plan
  • Anglo American (Rustenburg Platinum Mine, Mogalakwena): Community Based Early Warning System for Doorstep Communities – Awareness and Communication (continuation of previous project)
  • City of Tshwane: A Comprehensive Disaster Risk and Vulnerability Assessment
  • South African Medical Association: Business Continuity Management – Business Impact Analysis & Risk Assessment
  • Sun International (Bloemfontein): Event Safety Management Training and Capacity Building
  • ABSA: Business Continuity Management – Response, Recovery and Rehabilitation Plans
2018

  • Bank of Angola, Luanda: Development and Implementation of a Business Continuity Plan (continuation of previous project)
  • LG SETA, Germiston: Disaster Risk Management Occupational Qualification Development
  • City of Johannesburg & George: Impact assessment of Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer on trees.
  • Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality: Development of a Dolomite / Sinkhole Contingency Plan (in association).
  • Swaziland Building Society: Business Continuity Management Support (continuation of previous project)
  • Anglo American (Rustenburg Platinum Mine, Mogalakwena): Community Based Early Warning System for Doorstep Communities – Awareness and Communication (continuation of previous project).
  • Square Kilometre Array: Risk Assessment, Development of a Disaster Management Plan and Emergency Response Plan.
  • Anglo American Platinum Process Division Services (Rustenburg): Disaster Risk Management – Community Based Early Warning System including Awareness and Communication
  • Chris Hani District Municipality: A District Wide Scientific Risk Assessment.
2017

  • Limpopo Department of Treasury: Development of a Business Continuity Plan
  • SALGA: Conduct a Fiscal Audit on the Costing of Community Facilities and Related Budgets at Local Government Level
  • Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Gauteng: Review of the Provincial Disaster Management Policy Framework
  • Ugu District Municipality: Ward Based Disaster Risk Assessment and Development of Appropriate Prevention and Mitigation Strategies, including Training on Disaster Risk Management for Disaster Management Practitioners and Volunteers
  • Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs, KwaZulu-Natal: Continuation of Special Training on Disaster Risk Management for Disaster Management Practitioners
  • Cape Winelands District Municipality: Development of a Policy Framework for Disaster Management Volunteers
2016

  • Anglo American (Rustenburg Platinum Mine, Mogalakwena): Community Based Early Warning System for Doorstep Communities
  • Department Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs, KwaZulu-Natal: Continuation of Special Training on Disaster Risk Management for Disaster Management Practitioners – including Event Safety Management and Peace Officer training
  • Broll Property Group: Evaluation and recommendations on emergency plan/-procedures
  • Western Cape Provincial Government: Disaster Risk Assessment – Swellendam
  • City of Cape Town: Training – Introduction to Disaster Management for Volunteers
  • Bank of Angola: Development and Implementation of a Business Continuity Plan
  • OR Tambo District Municipality: Capacity Building of all Disaster Management Role-players
  • City of Johannesburg: An Integrated Disaster Management Strategy
  • Mossel Bay Local Municipality: Formulation and Implementation of Level 3 Disaster Management Plan
2015

  • Ethekwini Metropolitan Municipality: Further Education and Training Certificate: Generic Management: Disaster Risk Management
  • Department Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs, KwaZulu-Natal: Special Training on Disaster Risk Management for Disaster Management Practitioners
  • City of Cape Town: Training – Incident Command System for Expanded Incidents
  • Cape Winelands District Municipality: Development and Facilitation of Disaster and Emergency Management Training for Schools
  • Western Cape Provincial Government: Grading of Implementation of Disaster Risk Management Plans throughout the Province
  • KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Government: Appointed as Disaster Management Training Service Provider
  • Western Cape Provincial Government: Training Programme in Facilitation Skills and Disaster Plan Development
  • Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality: Training of Councillors
  • Western Cape Provincial Government: Training of CDWs in Eden, Overberg and West Coast District Municipalities
2014

  • Swaziland Building Society: Consultant to Develop and Implement a Business Continuity Plan
  • Western Cape Provincial Government: Community Based Disaster Risk Assessment – Beaufort West; Knysna; Cederberg and Berg River Local Municipalities
  • Alfred Nzo District Municipality: Review of Disaster Risk Management Plan
  • Waterberg District Municipality: The Review of Disaster Risk Management Framework and Plan
  • PRASA: Development of Incident Management Plans
  • City of Johannesburg: Management of the Agri Resource Centre (Regions E and F) (in association with Crebus)
  • Eastern Cape Provincial Government: Development of a Provincial Disaster Profile and Disaster Risk Management Plan
  • Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality: Training in Incident Management
2013

  • Bitou Local Municipality: Community Based Disaster Risk Assessment
  • Amathole District Municipality: Review of Disaster Management Policy Framework
  • Telkom: Conduct Table Top Exercises to Test the Business Continuity Management Plan
  • Victoria & Alfred Waterfront: Revision and Updating of the 2009 Risk Assessment
  • Central Bank of Swaziland: Training of Senior Personnel in the Implementation of the Business Continuity Management Plan
  • City of Johannesburg: Management of the Agri Resource Centre (Region G) (in association with Crebus)
  • Department of Social Development: Development of a Community-Based Disaster Risk Mitigation Toolkit for Practitioners; Booklets and Posters to Strengthen Community Capacity; Advocacy Materials and Provision of Training to Practitioners
  • Alfred Nzo District Municipality: Preparation of a Disaster Management Policy Framework
  • Western Cape Provincial Government: Technical Advisory Services for the update of the Eden District Disaster Risk Assessment
  • Mossel Bay Local Municipality: Community Based Disaster Risk Assessment
  • Department of Rural Development and Land Reform: Training of 75 Members of the Community (Volunteers) on Disaster Risk Management (Flood, Drought and Thunderstorms) and Guidance of the Process of Community Participation
2012

  • Western Cape Provincial Government: Fire Risk Assessment of the Petrochemical Installations in Cape Town, Saldanha and Mossel Bay
  • Department of Rural Development and Land Reform: Training on Flood Management for NARYSEC Participants placed under the Chief Directorate: Rural Disaster Mitigation Services
  • Frances Baard District Municipality: Review and Update of Disaster Management Plan (Including Community Based Disaster Risk Assessment)
  • OR Tambo District Municipality: Complete Disaster Risk Management Training Programme for the Council and Managers
  • Managers from Nigeria: Training Programme in Basic Disaster Risk Management
  • West Rand District Municipality: Training Programme for Departmental Managers on the Function of the Disaster Risk Management Advisory Forum and Technical Task Teams
  • Telkom: Risk Assessment and Business Continuity Plan
  • Amathole District Municipality: Review and completion of the following Disaster Risk Management documents:
    - Guideline for the Provision of Post-Disaster Humanitarian Relief;
    - Guideline for Responding to Emergencies and Disasters;
    - All Hazards Contingency Plans for all the Local Municipalities.
2011

  • City of Cape Town: Disaster Risk Management Learnership Programme
  • Department of Social Development: Relief Disbursements to Households affected by Floods
  • Western Cape Provincial Government: Provision of advisory services for the Review and Standardisation of District Level Disaster Risk Assessments
  • Waterberg District Municipality:
    - Disaster Risk Awareness Programme ;
    - Developing an Incident Management System;
    - Developing a Modern Compatible Information Management, Communication and Dissemination System. 
  • Joe Gqabi District Municipality: Facilitation and Development of Cross-Boundary Mutual Aid Agreements
  • Groote Schuur Hospital: Training of Officials in Disaster Management
  • Fezile Dabi District Municipality: Flood Response, Adaptation and Recovery Support for the 2010/2011 Flood Disaster
  • Amathole District Municipality: Development of Disaster Risk Management Contingency Plans
  • West Rand District Municipality: Training in the Safety at Sports and Recreational Events Act, No 2 of 2010
2010

  • Department of Health: Development of a Disaster Management Strategy
  • Metsweding District Municipality: Development of a Disaster Management Strategy and Review of Community-Based Risk Assessment
  • OR Tambo District Municipality: Review and Finalisation of the Disaster Risk Management Policy Framework
  • City of Joburg: Development of a Service Offering, Operational and Organisational Model and Standard Operating Procedures for the JCC (in association)
  • Western Cape Provincial Government: Municipal Capacity Building and Training pertaining to the Disaster Management Chapter in the Integrated Development Plan (IDP)
  • Umoya: Training of Government Officials in the Use of the uniti Information and Communication System for the FIFA 2010 World Cup Events and Beyond
  • Eden District Municipality: Training in Event Safety Planning and Disaster Response and Recovery and Development of a Event Safety Policy Document
  • Menlyn Maine: Development of a Comprehensive Emergency and Disaster Management Plan
  • Anglo Platinum: Current Reality Assessment of the Emergency Disaster Management Plan
  • Oxford Policy Management (UK): Study on Disaster Risk Reduction, Decentralization and Political Economy Analysis for UNDP contribution to the Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR) 2011
  • North West University: Developing a Knowledge Product for Disaster Risk Reduction for USAID
2009

  • RTMC: The Development and Implementation of a National Incident Management Framework
  • KwaZulu-Natal PDMC: Preparation of Provincial Disaster and Risk Management Master Plan for 2010 FIFA World Cup Events
  • NDMC: Support to NDMC 2010 FIFA World Cup Events Preparation Programme (in association)
  • Gert Sibande District Municipality: Review and Finalisation of the Disaster Risk Management Policy Framework
  • OR Tambo District Municipality: Disaster Assessment – 2009 Fires
  • Victoria & Alfred Waterfront: Conducting a Risk Assessment
  • Cape Winelands District Municipality: The Development of Disaster Management Plans for High Risk Areas
  • Sedibeng District Municipality: Facilitation of Disaster Management Indaba
  • Gauteng PDMC: Disaster Management Awareness Training for Volunteers
  • Ugu District Municipality: Review of Rehabilitation Process ( in association)
  • Waterberg District Municipality: The Review of Disaster Risk Management Framework and Plan
  • NDMC (dplg): Conducting a National Education, Training and Research Needs and Resources Analysis (NETaRNRA) for Disaster Risk Management in South Africa
  • InWEnt: Integrated Response Management… in preparation for 2010 – Sponsored training presented for Gauteng, Western Cape, North West, Limpopo, Eastern Cape and Mpumalanga
  • Vhembe District Municipality: Development of a Corporate Disaster Risk Management Plan
  • Cacadu District Municipality: Implementation Strategy of the CDM Disaster Management Framework
  • West Rand District Municipality: Training of Municipal Mitigation Monitoring Task Teams (MMMTTs) in Disaster Risk Management
2008

  • Molemole Local Municipality: Development of a Disaster Management Plan
  • Emalahleni Local Municipality: Training in Disaster Risk Assessment, Risk Reduction and Contingency Planning to assist in the Development of a Disaster Risk Management Plan
  • NDMC: Assistance in the Development of a Disaster Management Plan for 2010
  • Gert Sibande District Municipality: Training in Disaster Risk Assessment, Risk Reduction and Contingency Planning to assist in the Development of a Disaster Risk Management Plan
  • Umzinyathi District Municipality: Facilitation of the Development of a Disaster Risk Management Plan.
  • Gauteng PDMC: Appointed by DBSA and consequently Gauteng Department of Local Government as project manager to manage the DBSA / IDC and Government funds made available to the PDMC to establish temporary shelters to house displaced people after the May 2008 xenophobia attacks. Period: June – July 2008.
  • Cape Winelands District Municipality: Introduction to Disaster Management for Schools
  • Kruger National Park: Implementation of an Emergency Disaster and Response Plan including the Establishment of Committees and Support Infrastructure
  • City of Cape Town: City-wide Community Based Risk Assessment (in association)
  • Western Cape PDMC: Development of a response and recovery plan, including SOPs (in association)
  • Buffalo City Local Municipality: Training of Ward Focal Points in Community Based risk Assessment
  • SARS: Awareness Programme in Business Continuity Management
  • Gauteng PDMC: Orientation Programme in Disaster Management for newly appointed operators
  • Gauteng Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Environment: Agricultural Risk and Disaster Management Plan
  • OR Tambo District Municipality: Training in Disaster Risk Assessment and Risk Reduction Planning, DMS Combo (Combined Disaster Risk Management and Business Continuity Management exercise)
  • SAPS: Disaster Management Strategy Implementation Planning and Policy Framework Alignment
  • NDMC: Compilation of the Inaugural Annual Report of the NDMC
1999 - 2007

  • Ukhahlamba District Municipality: Assistance in the Establishment of a Technical Advisory Committee
  • Vhembe District Municipality: Facilitation of a Workshop for the Formalisation of the Disaster Management Advisory Forum
  • Eskom: Review (audit) of Disaster Management Plans
  • SAPS: Development of a Disaster Management Strategic Plan
  • Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality: Development of a Disaster Risk Management Framework (Policy)
  • Eskom: Development of a Security Risk Framework
  • City of Johannesburg: Combo – Disaster Risk Management and Business Continuity Management Risk Assessment for the Region 7
  • Eastern Cape: Facilitation of the Planning of an Exercise
  • Gauteng Province: Assessment of Disaster Risks, Development of Disaster Management Plans and Inclusion of Plans into Integrated Development Plans
  • City of Johannesburg: Disaster Risk Management Gap Analysis
  • City of Johannesburg: Combo – Disaster Risk Management and Business Continuity Management Risk Assessment for the Inner City
  • Disaster Management Pilot Project in the Eastern Cape (in association)
  • Development of a Disaster Risk Management Framework (Policy) for the Province of the Eastern Cape and its districts (in association)
  • A Disaster Risk and Vulnerability Assessment Study for the Mpumalanga Province (in association)
  • City Power: Integrated Disaster Risk Management Strategy and Implementation Plan (in association)
  • NDMC: Member of the Drafting Team of the National Disaster Management Framework
  • National Disaster Relief Fund Board: Strategic Planning
  • UNISA: Development of the Programme in Business Continuity Management and the Programme in Disaster Risk Management
  • Absa: Programme Management – The Scoping, Evaluation and Implementation of an Integrated Project/Programme Management System
  • Gauteng Province: Licensing Authority Division – Disaster Management Plan (in association)
  • Xhariep District Municipality: Risk Assessment and IDP Recommendations (in association)
  • The Development of an Integrated Disaster Management Centre for the Northern Provincial Government (in association)
  • Public Services Commission: Design, Development and Implementation of the National Public Service Hotline (in association)

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