| (1) | Each municipality must— |
| (b) | identify and map risks, areas, ecosystems, communities and households that are exposed or vulnerable to physical and human-induced threats; |
| (c) | prepare a disaster management plan setting out— |
| (ii) | its role and responsibilities in terms of the national, provincial or municipal disaster management framework; |
| (iv) | its capacity to fulfil its role and responsibilities; |
| (v) | particulars of its disaster management strategies; |
| (vi) | contingency strategies and emergency procedures in the event of a disaster, including measures to finance these strategies; and |
| (vii) | specific measures taken to address the needs of women, children, the elderly and persons with disabilities during the disaster management process; |
| (d) | co-ordinate and align the implementation of its plan with those of other organs of state and institutional role-players; |
| (f) | develop early warning mechanisms and procedures for risks identified in the municipal area; |
| (g) | regularly review and update its plan; and |
| (h) | through appropriate mechanisms, processes and procedures established in terms of Chapter 4 of the Local Government: Municipal Systems Act, 2000 (Act No. 32 of 2000), consult the local community on the preparation or amendment of its plan. |
[Subsection (1) substituted by section 21 of Act No. 16 of 2015]
| (2) | A disaster management plan for a municipal area must— |
| (b) | anticipate the types of disaster that are likely to occur in the municipal area and their possible effects; |
| (c) | place emphasis on measures that reduce the vulnerability of disaster-prone areas, communities and households; |
| (d) | seek to develop a system of incentives that will promote disaster management in the municipality; |
| (e) | identify the areas, communities or households at risk; |
| (f) | take into account indigenous knowledge relating to disaster management; |
| (g) | promote disaster management research; |
| (h) | identify and address weaknesses in capacity to deal with possible disasters; |
| (k) | contain contingency plans and emergency procedures in the event of a disaster, providing for— |
| (i) | the allocation of responsibilities to the various role-players and co-ordination in the carrying out of those responsibilities; |
| (ii) | prompt disaster response and relief; |
| (iii) | the procurement of essential goods and services; |
| (iv) | the establishment of strategic communication links; |
| (v) | the dissemination of information; and |
| (vi) | other matters that may be prescribed. |
| (3) | A district municipality and the local municipalities within the area of the district municipality must prepare their disaster management plans after consulting each other. |
| (4) | A municipality must submit a copy of its disaster management plan and of any amendment to the plan, to the National Centre, the disaster management centre of the relevant province, and, if it is a district municipality or a local municipality, to every municipal disaster management centre within the area of the district municipality concerned. |
