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Incedent Management Systems
Client: SANRAL
| Incident Management Systems (IMSs) is a concept, which has taken the South African Emergency services by storm. The SA Roads Board funds IMSs, which are implemented on all the National Roads countrywide. The first system was initiated in KZN in 1991 and to date there are 32 systems in place nationally. More recently IMSs have been included in the routine road maintenance tenders by SANRAL. IMS is a management tool to assist emergency services manage incidents efficiently. |
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| Nathoo Mbenyane Engineers has been involved in the development/maintenance of 4 Incident Management Systems in the Eastern Cape and 1 in KZN. Maintenance of IMSs, encompasses meetings, training, debriefings, analysis of incident report forms and project management. |
- N11 between the Ladysmith and KZN/ Mpumalanga Border.
- N2/N6 between the Fish River and Kei River and between East London and Queenstown.
- (Eastern Cape) - N6 between Queenstown and Smithfield (Eastern Cape)
- N2 between Brooksnek and Kei River (Eastern Cape)
- N10/N9 between Cradock and Colesberg (Eastern Cape/Free State)
The fundamental principles of an Incident Management System are:
- Centralised Communication
- On scene Co-ordination
The identification of incident red spots, has resulted in the conducting of road safety audits by the consultants, emergency services, roads engineers and municipalities among others, sanctioned by the National Roads Agency.
Skills Development
In 2003/2004 we have been working with the SANRAL towards developing a curriculum for IMS for emergency services and other colleges. We have successfully completed the skills development for Road Incident Management Systems. |
