Western Cape Local Government Minister, Anton Bredell says he is pleased with the province’s preparations for the Disaster Management seasaon.

Role players from the Disaster Risk Management and the National Sea Rescue Institute have presented their summer readiness plans in Cape Town.

Bredell has urged the public to play their part in preventing disasters, which include drowning, car crashes and fires over the summer months.

“To be ready to disaster management season or to be prepared, you need partners and we incorporated a lot of partners to prepare for the season, so we can safeguard the lives of our people of the western cape, so I’m very pleased with the preparations, we’ve made funding available to NSRI for three extra boats to enhance their capacity to deal with water incidences.”