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25 August 2023
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Western Cape Fire Services By-Laws Workshop held in conjunction with the IFE SA
The Western Cape Disaster Management and Fire and Rescue Services, together with the Institution of Fire Engineers South Africa Branch (IFE SA) held a Fire Services By-Laws Workshop on Friday, 4 August 2023 at the Winelands Auditorium in the SANRAL Building in Bellville, Cape Town.
Speakers included Ms M Botes BA Law, LLB, LLM cum laude, SA Research Chair in Cities, Law and Environmental Sustainability (North-West University, Faculty of Law) who presented an overview of By-Laws; Adv C Naidoo LLB, LLM, Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality, head: Legal Services who presented on the process of By-Laws adoption and
the promulgation and the enforcement of By-Laws in municipalities: The 4-E’s Principle; Adv A Ohff B Soc Sc (hons) (UKZN); B Com (UKZN); LLB cum laude (UNISA) who shared the powers of a peace officer; Advocate of the High Court of South Africa Prof Rassie Malherbe BA LLB (Stell), LLD (RAU) Professor of Public Law, Faculty of Law and former head of the Department of Public Law who presented on the Constitutional and Legal Framework for fire services, discussing possible solutions and shortcomings and City of Cape Town’s Ignatius Smart, MIFireE, Head: Fire and Life Safety, Fire and Rescue Service who discussed the standard operating procedures for the application of fire-safety laws to a state building.
The panel moderator was Andrew Greig Pr.Eng CFIFireE, director at the Institution of Fire Engineers with Western Cape Disaster Management and Fire/Rescue Services’ Etienne du Toit providing the opening remarks.
“By-laws are the instruments by which municipalities further the safety, health and well-being of their citizens. In accordance with the Constitution, municipalities are empowered to make by-laws on any matter under their executive authority. The presenters will discuss what the practical difficulties are of developing, promulgating and enforcing fire safety by-laws, the proper making and promulgation of by-laws and using by-laws as an excellent community fire safety tool” said Du Toit.
We will provide a more indepth article in Fire and Rescue International magazine on this informative workshop.
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Speakers included Ms M Botes BA Law, LLB, LLM cum laude, SA Research Chair in Cities, Law and Environmental Sustainability (North-West University, Faculty of Law) who presented an overview of By-Laws; Adv C Naidoo LLB, LLM, Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality, head: Legal Services who presented on the process of By-Laws adoption and
the promulgation and the enforcement of By-Laws in municipalities: The 4-E’s Principle; Adv A Ohff B Soc Sc (hons) (UKZN); B Com (UKZN); LLB cum laude (UNISA) who shared the powers of a peace officer; Advocate of the High Court of South Africa Prof Rassie Malherbe BA LLB (Stell), LLD (RAU) Professor of Public Law, Faculty of Law and former head of the Department of Public Law who presented on the Constitutional and Legal Framework for fire services, discussing possible solutions and shortcomings and City of Cape Town’s Ignatius Smart, MIFireE, Head: Fire and Life Safety, Fire and Rescue Service who discussed the standard operating procedures for the application of fire-safety laws to a state building.
The panel moderator was Andrew Greig Pr.Eng CFIFireE, director at the Institution of Fire Engineers with Western Cape Disaster Management and Fire/Rescue Services’ Etienne du Toit providing the opening remarks.
“By-laws are the instruments by which municipalities further the safety, health and well-being of their citizens. In accordance with the Constitution, municipalities are empowered to make by-laws on any matter under their executive authority. The presenters will discuss what the practical difficulties are of developing, promulgating and enforcing fire safety by-laws, the proper making and promulgation of by-laws and using by-laws as an excellent community fire safety tool” said Du Toit.
We will provide a more indepth article in Fire and Rescue International magazine on this informative workshop.
Quote of the week
“Be a person with knowledge not just opinions.” ~ Bernardine Evaristo
Fire and Rescue International is your magazine.
Read it, use it and share it!
Read the latest magazine: https://www.frimedia.org/fri-vol-6-no-6.html
FRI magazine archive: https://www.frimedia.org/fri-archives.html
Enjoy the read!
Lee Raath-Brownie
Managing director
Cell: 082 371 0190
Contact us
Tel: 011 452 3135 or Email: lee@fireandrescue.co
Websites
www.fireandrescue.co
www.frimedia.org
www.facebook.com/FireandRescueInternational
www.twitter.com/FRI_magazine
http://www.linkedin.com/in/lee-raath-brownie-16668065/