The purpose of the Disaster Management Centre is to promote and sustain an integrated and coordinated approach to disaster risk management by preventing and reducing risk and vulnerability; mitigating disaster severity; ensuring emergency preparedness; promoting rapid and effective response; ensuring the provision of relief and implementing rehabilitation and reconstruction measures consistently ensuring a developmental focus in order to give effect to applicable legislation.
Physical Address:
Pieter Delport Centre (PDC)
133 Beckett Street
Arcadia, 0083
General Enquiries:
For general information regarding disaster management, the information centre may be contacted at
012 358 9625/6463/2253/2225 or fax 012 358 2003 from Monday to Friday (office hours).
Emergencies / Incidents:
Incidents or emergencies may be reported at the emergency call centre.
Emergency telephone numbers are:
012 310 6400/6300
If you call from a Telkom landline: 10177
If you call from your cellular phone: 112
The DMC Regional offices:
Klerksoord Regional DMC:
Address:7th Avenue, Klerksoord
Centurion Regional DMC:
Address: Centurion Emergency Services, Basden St
The activities are guided by the following principles:
- Integrated institutional capacity and arrangements
- Disaster Risk Assessment
- Disaster Risk Reduction
- Disaster Response and Recovery
It is supported by enablers which include:
- Information management and communication
- Education, training, public awareness and research
- Funding arrangements