Guideline : minimum infrastructural requirements for disaster management centres

The Guideline : minimum infrastructural requirements for disaster management centres, "developed in terms of paragraph 1.5 of the National Disaster Management Framework, 2005 (NDMF) read with paragraph 1.2.2.2, sets out the minimum physical infrastructure requirements of a DMC, a satellite DMC and disaster related support Centres. 

This guideline provides guidance on the minimum physical infrastructure requirements for a DMC to effectively implement its legislated mandate. 

In this regard, this guideline provides information for the minimum infrastructure characteristics of a DMC; the physical location of the DMC; the minimum physical facilities of a DMC; the supporting facilities to be available to a DMC; and the design standards and considerations."