Questions/Answers
Question 1
Veuillez faire une brève description de l’initiative, en incluant les problèmes et défis abordés et les solutions apportées par l’initiative (300 mots maximum)
Nkangala District Municipality has got six fire stations in its area of jurisdiction. Some of this fire stations are directly managed by local municipalities. It has however been noticed by NDM that infrastracture of some of this fire station is old and no longer serve the purpose it supposeed to serve. As a results the district embarked on a process of capacitating this stations by continuously procuring new infrastracture such as fire engines, response vehicles, hazmat response vehicles and building new fire stations where there is a need for such facility.
This initiative has improved the response capacity to fire & rescue incidents within the district municipality, as a results benefiting the community and some being the poor and rural citizens who never had access to such services before.
a. Quels sont les objectifs principaux de l’initiative?
Veuillez décrire les objectifs principaux de l’initiative (200 mots maximum)
i) To improve the fire and rescue services infrastracture within the district.
ii) To ensure access of emergency services by the rural citizens especially those vulnerable to veld fires.
iii) To ensure that the district municipality complies with the relevant fire and rescue services legislation in terms of provide safe and reliable infrastracture for fire fighting purposes.
b. Comment l’initiative s’intègre-t-elle dans la catégorie sélectionnée?
Veuillez décrire comment l’initiative est liée aux critères de la catégorie (200 mots maximum)
i) Capacitating local fire stations ensures that local citizens in the vicinity of those stations are able to access quick response to incidents of fire and other rescue incidents occuring in their villages.
ii) Some of this facilities service rural communities which are in the main very poor and therefore cannot afford to pay for such services for example the Thembisile and Dr JS Moroka fire stations are surrounded by poor villages without lots of facilities but at the same time the areas are highly prone to Veld fires and road accidents.
iii) In some of this communities they previously did not have a fire station however the district started a project to build such infrastracture to this area to ensure all citizens of the municipality have equal access to such essential services.
iv) Poor communities who previously had no knowledge of the role and responsibilities of the fire services, they are now starting to understand and report all fire related incidents.
Question 2
L’initiative doit viser à améliorer la vie des personnes, notamment en améliorant la contribution des services publics à la mise en œuvre du Programme de développement durable à l'horizon 2030 et à la réalisation des Objectifs de développement durable (ODD).
Veuillez expliquer comment l’initiative améliore la prestation du service public (200 mots maximum)
i) Procurement of fire engines ensures that the respective stations are able respond effeciently to fire & rescue incidents throughout the district without compromising the safety of emergency personnel.
ii) Building fire stations especially the recently opened Thembisile and Dr JS Moroka Fire station brought the service closer to rural communities abd by that shortening the response times during emergences, and ensuring effective public education and awareness campaign to the nearby communities.
iii) Some of the rescue tools procured has strongly improved the performance of teams during serious road accidents, thereby saving lives that without such equipments would have been lost.
Question 3
L’initiative doit avoir un impact positif sur un ou plusieurs groupes de personnes (par exemple d’enfants, de femmes, de personnes âgées, de personnes à mobilité réduite, etc.) et aborder un problème important de prestation de services publics dans le contexte d’un pays ou d’une région donnée.
a. Veuillez expliquer comment l'initiative a résolu un problème important lié à la prestation des services publics (200 mots maximum)
i) It has brought the service closer to people and resulted in effective public education and awareness in those communities.
ii) Created lots of Job oipportunities to local communities, during opening of this facilities qualified local citizens were employed as fire fighters; others were recruited as learners and then trained and appointed immediately after they have qualified. one of this stations is managed by a female fire
chief and a number of female officers were employed as well as local youth.
b. Veuillez expliquer comment l'initiative a eu un impact positif sur un ou plusieurs groupes de la population dans le contexte de votre pays ou région (200 mots maximum)
i) It has created employment opportunities
ii) a number of female officers and youth were employed from local communities
Question 4
L’initiative doit présenter une idée innovante, une approche définitivement nouvelle ou encore une politique unique ou une approche de mise en œuvre afin d’atteindre les Objectifs de développement durable dans le contexte d’un pays ou d’une région donnée.
a. Veuillez expliquer de quelle manière l’initiative est innovante dans le contexte de votre pays ou région (200 mots maximum)
In the past or in some parts of the country fire & rescue services is only available in Cities or towns which render it ineffective to fighting veld and forest fires and leave rural or poor communities exposed to the risk of fire whereby they can easily lose their live stock and property.
This initiative therefore seeks to promote access to this essential service and also ensure that those fire and rescue stations are fully equipped.
Question 4b
b. Veuillez décrire si l’initiative est inédite ou si elle est une adaptation d’une même initiative dans un autre contexte (si vous savez lequel) (200 mots maximum)
It is original but further supported by the country legislations. Some institutions only focus on buiding infrastracture on a service where they are directly responsible but as a district we decided to establish infrastracture in all corners of the municipality to ensure that majority of citizens get access to this kind of service.
Question 4c
c. Quelles ressources (par exemple, financières, humaines, matérielles ou d’autres ressources) ont été utilisés pour la mise en œuvre de l’initiative ? (200 mots maximum)
Financial resources: the district had to procure using its limited budget but still managed to make a huge difference within a short period of time.
Human: huma resources with skills to facitate the procurement and building of this infrastracture within the municipality's Social Services and Technical Services departments.
Question 5
L’initiative doit pouvoir s’adapter à d’autres contextes (par exemple à d’autres villes, pays ou régions). Peut-il déjà être prouvé qu’elle a inspiré des innovations similaires dans d’autres institutions du secteur public dans un pays donné, une région, ou au niveau mondial?
L’initiative a-t-elle été transférées dans d’autres contextes?
Non
It is adaptable especially within South Africa because we are using the same principles and local government legislations; however in other countries it will depend on the specific countrys' government system setup.
The initiative itself it adaptable.
Question 6
L’initiative doit pouvoir durer sur une longue période de temps.
a. Veuillez décrire si l’initiative est durable et comment (couvrant les aspects sociaux, économiques et environnementaux) (300 mots maximum)
It is sustainable: financial backing to cover employment and equipment service costs is provided by the municipality. However the municipality gets a return on its investment through community satisfaction by the service provided by these equipments or infrastracture.
b. Veuillez décrire si et comment l’initiative peut durer dans le temps (300 mots maximum)
the building only needs some repairs and maintanance but it has long life span.
the equipments durability depends on usage, things like rescue tools (jaws of life) some have a life time guarantee depending on the make, and response vehicles also depends on usage and roads conditions. therefore durability depends on a number of factors namely: road conditions where vehicle are used, servicing of those equipments in time, skills of the user to use the equipments etc.
In normal conditions the equipments are expected to last more five years.
Question 7
L’initiative doit avoir fait l’objet d’une évaluation formelle, montrant des évidences de son impact sur l’amélioration de la vie des personnes.
a. L’initiative a-t-elle fait l’objet d’une évaluation formelle ?
Non
Question 8
L’initiative doit démontrer qu’elle a impliqué divers intervenants, notamment d’institutions, de la société civile ou du secteur privé, lorsque c’était possible.
L’agenda 2030 pour le développement durable met l’accent sur la collaboration, l’engagement, la coordination, le partenariat et l’inclusion. Veuillez décrire comment les parties prenantes ont été impliquées dans la conception, la mise en œuvre et l’évaluation de l’initiative. Veuillez refléter leurs rôles et contributions (300 mots maximum)
A number of stakeholders were engaged as follows:
i) Civil Society: through community outreach meetings where the Executive Mayor discuss all projects with the community before submitting for budget and again give a feedback on progress of those projects.
ii) Fire stations: the district further engages with the local stations to check their list of required resources or infrastracture as primary users of these equipments.
Question 9
Veuillez décrire les leçons clés apprises ainsi que toutes les idées que vous avez quant à l’amélioration de l’initiative (200 mots maximum)
i) Fire fighting equipments are too expensive and requires a huge budget to address the shortage in the service.
ii) As the risk of climate change becomes a reality, hazards like drought becomes common increasing the chances of fire or veld fires in the district. therefore all our stations needs to be further equipped with more offroad vehicles to be able educate and assist the farming community about fire prevention strategies.