The NWU African Centre for Disaster Studies (ACDS) is hosting a week-long training session on the Incident Command Systems (ICS) Model.
Delegates from various municipalities, including Tlokwe, Dr KKDM, NWU emergency services and staff from the ACDS, Afriforum came together at Kumkani Lodge to be trained by the best in the ICS business. Among the trainers were New York firefighter, Sean Johnson; Dan Cassidy, Fire and Service Forestry programme manager from the Montana state department of natural resources and conservation; Stephen Devine, business development manager from Working on fire and Michelle Kleinhans, director of Dynamic Incident Management.
According to Kristel Fourie from the African Centre for Disaster Studies, the idea is that, eventually, every institution responding to incidents will be using ICS to manage any incident that may occur. Johnson reiterates that ICS can be used to plan for any eventuality Z from disasters to illegal and violent protests.
“The more people who know how ICS works, the better incidents can be managed,” Fourie said.
With this type of training, those who attended will be more prepared to deal with incidents as they arise.
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