Public Safety & Transport
Tel: +27 (58) 718-3756
Fax: +27 (58) 718-3775/7
The Directorate comprises of the following sub-divisions
- Traffic Division
- Fire and Emergency Division
- Transport Division
- Disaster Management
- Civil Division
Traffic Division
- All traffic compliance
- Attending accidents
- Attendance of sport-related activities
- By-law compliance
- Court attendance
- Escorts
- Execution of warrants of arrests
- Law enforcement
- Point duty
- Pounding of stray animals on public roads
- Visible traffic policing
Tel: +27 (58) 713-0941 / 0929
Fax: +27 (58) 713-0921
Fire & Emergency Division
- Planning, coordination and regulation of fire services
- Specialized fire-fighting services, veld fires, mountain rescue and structural fires
- Coordination of the standardization of infrastructure, vehicles, equipment and procedures
- Training of fire fighters
Tel: +27 (58) 713-1777
Fax: +27 (58) 713-1124
Transport Division
- Analysis of fuel consumption and repairs undertaken
- Control of council fleet
- Enforcement of vehicle policy
- Investigation of accidents with council vehicles and drivers
- Process for purchase of council vehicles
- Processing of insurance claims
- Regulation of trips
- Review and update of vehicle policy
Tel: +27 (58) 718-3788
Fax: +27 (58) 718-3777
Disaster Management
- Management of Municipal Disaster Management
- Disaster Response
- Prevention and mitigation
- Monitoring, measuring performance and evaluating disaster management plans and prevention, mitigation and response initiatives
Tel: +27 (58) 713-1777
Fax: +27 (58) 713-1124
Civil Division
The Civil Division has two Sub-Divisions, namely
- Roads, storm water, foot bridges and railway sidings
- Water and sanitation – Council-owned entity
Tel: +27 (58) 718-3700
Fax: +27 (58) 718-3777