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    City and NGO join hands in Langa community safety pilot

    City and NGO join hands in Langa community safety pilot

    07 May 2026

    One of the key elements is the training and deployment of 70 Community Risk Management Marshals in six high risk informal settlements in Langa

    Council Address - Acting Mayor Eddie Andrews

    Council Address - Acting Mayor Eddie Andrews

    30 April 2026

    Council Address - Acting Mayor Eddie Andrews

    DRM volunteers showcase first aid and firefighting skills

    DRM volunteers showcase first aid and firefighting skills

    29 October 2025

    The competition gives volunteers an opportunity to showcase the depth of their training and their experience

    City hosts G20 Disaster Risk Reduction Working Group

    City hosts G20 Disaster Risk Reduction Working Group

    08 October 2025

    G20 Disaster Risk Reduction Working Group hosted by the City Disaster Risk Management Centre at the Urban Park in Green Point

    DRMC celebrates more than 65 000 volunteer hours

    DRMC celebrates more than 65 000 volunteer hours

    02 December 2024

    DRM plays a critical role not only in public safety, but also in co-ordinating the City’s response to disasters

    City goes to school on disaster risk reduction

    City goes to school on disaster risk reduction

    11 October 2024

    The IDDRR theme this year is ‘Empowering the next generation for a resilient future’.

    Hitting the curve of climate change on environmental health

    Hitting the curve of climate change on environmental health

    26 September 2024

    Environmental factors are an ongoing threat to public health

    Volunteers deliver 18 000+ hours of service

    Volunteers deliver 18 000+ hours of service

    29 August 2024

    DRMC has 419 registered volunteers, working in teams in various parts of the metropole

    City facilitates emergency preparedness workshop for places of worship

    City facilitates emergency preparedness workshop for places of worship

    17 August 2024

    City's Disaster Risk Management Centre hosted an emergency preparedness workshop

      City expands basket of training opportunities for Neighbourhood Watches

    City expands basket of training opportunities for Neighbourhood Watches

    21 July 2024

    City support to Neighbourhood Watches

    City teams working flat out on storm response

    City teams working flat out on storm response

    09 July 2024

    Our frontline teams are out there serving Capetonians with great dedication and pride in these difficult storm conditions.

    Resilience is key to disaster risk reduction

    Resilience is key to disaster risk reduction

    26 June 2024

    The Women & Girls Invisible Force of Resilience programme started on 18 June 2024 with 19 learners from Tafelsig, Mondale, Portlands and AZ Burman High Schools in Mitchells Plain attending.

    DRM helps communities become more robust

    DRM helps communities become more robust

    10 March 2024

    The City of Cape Town’s Disaster Risk Management Centre (DRMC) facilitated a series of community training sessions.

    Planning and awareness  is key to disaster risk reduction

    Planning and awareness is key to disaster risk reduction

    13 October 2023

    As part of the activities to celebrate the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, the DRMC will also be hosting a Youth Climate Change programme with a NGO in Mitchells Plain called L&C Community Outreach Programme

    DRMC hosts competition for volunteer corps

    DRMC hosts competition for volunteer corps

    05 October 2023

    The popular event was well attended with seven firefighting and eight first aid teams competing for top honours.

    City teams working non-stop to address weather-related impact

    City teams working non-stop to address weather-related impact

    15 June 2023

    Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis is on the ground assessing efforts by City teams to mitigate localised flooding and severe weather impacts in different parts of the city.

    City honours its Disaster Risk Management volunteers

    City honours its Disaster Risk Management volunteers

    07 December 2022

    The City has more than 500 registered volunteers across the metropole.

    Fire Service primed for fires, rescues and emergencies

    Fire Service primed for fires, rescues and emergencies

    04 December 2022

    The Service is a critical role-player in the City's Festive Season safety plan.

    Nuclear emergency exercise goes off without a hitch

    Nuclear emergency exercise goes off without a hitch

    04 November 2022

    The objective of the exercise is to test the effectiveness of the Radiological Release Hazard Disaster Risk Management Plan.

    DRMC bolsters its volunteer corps

    DRMC bolsters its volunteer corps

    02 November 2022

    ​ The Safety and Security Directorate's corporate performance scorecard covers a range of indicators.

    Fire and Rescue Service reflects on another mammoth year

    Fire and Rescue Service reflects on another mammoth year

    14 August 2022

    Overall, the number of incidents were fairly static, with notable reduction in a number of categories.

    City takes young women on a resilience journey

    City takes young women on a resilience journey

    01 July 2022

    The Disaster Risk Management Centre (DRMC) is hosting its annual resilience programme for teenage girls as part of the international ‘Women and Girls – an invisible force of resilience’ campaign

    Fire awareness key to a safer winter

    Fire awareness key to a safer winter

    22 May 2022

    The City continues to do everything possible to mitigate the risk of fire, and calls on residents to ensure that they are aware of the risks and how to address these.

    Campaign to reduce fire risk

    Campaign to reduce fire risk

    23 January 2022

    Every fire is devastating no matter the extent of the damage to property

    City views Festive Season through a COVID-19 lens

    City views Festive Season through a COVID-19 lens

    08 December 2020

    The disaster regulations, combined with the current resurgence in the Western Cape, have made for a different approach to the traditional year-end policing and public safety measures.

    Mayor Plato welcomes long-term lease recommendation for Cape Town Market in Epping

    Mayor Plato welcomes long-term lease recommendation for Cape Town Market in Epping

    18 June 2020

    It gives me great pleasure to announce that we have taken another substantial step forward by recommending the approval of a long term lease with the market operator

    City and communities work together on weather communications

    City and communities work together on weather communications

    29 January 2020

    The City of Cape Town’s Disaster Risk Management Centre, along with the South African Weather Services (SAWS), community leaders and other role players, held a two-day workshop to brainstorm ideas on how to get warnings for extreme weather events to the people who are most at risk of being affected by them.

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