Tshwane emergency services ready for the festive season
Operation teams will remain on high alert and will continually monitor low-water bridges and other known flooding hotspots and respond to any motor vehicle incidents on our routes and highways.
The Tshwane metro emergency services department (ESD) has announced its preparedness for December 2021 to January 2022 festive season.
This includes responding to various emergency incidents that may occur during the festive season as well as daily operational events.
The ESD is an integral part of integrated response services during the festive season, with the Tshwane metro police department, South African Police Service, heads of the seven regions of Tshwane, and other Tshwane metro departments.
Emergency services spokesperson Charles Mabaso said during this festive season, ESD fire safety officers will participate in special joint operations with other stakeholders to verify and check for applicable approvals or licensing, and to possibly issue contravention notices.
The officers will also inspect special events that have been approved by the city’s events joint operations committee.
“Various parts of Tshwane have already experienced the impact of recent storms with the flooding of susceptible roads and low-lying bridges that made traveling difficult,” said Mabaso.
“Our disaster risk management teams are working with relevant city departments to coordinate the implementation of the city’s flood incident management plan,” he said.
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