Disaster Prevention and Management
All feasible training and preparedness should be undertaken so that communities recognise early warning signals of impending natural disasters and take steps to either prevent the avoidable or effectively manage the unavoidable when it happens.
   Basic knowledge of climactics can lead to early evacuation of coastal areas, saving large numbers of people who otherwise would suffer the trauma of a tsunami, for example.
   Where temporary shelters are in existence for housing families, these units should be repositioned so as to allow bigger gaps between them. This will prevent the spreading of fires and the destruction of property and lives.
   South African disaster management forces, which include, police, army, fire brigade and ambulance services, must be trained and expanded to an operational state on par with the excellence of international standards.