Rural Metro Emergency Management Services (PTY) LTD
Training and Development in Pietermaritzburg

We are accredited nationally and internationally to provide compliance training and skills development for fire-fighters.We have fully-qualified instructors and personnel who will talior-make a training solution for your needs. Rural Metro Emergency Management Services (PTY) LTD is the first fully private fire rescue and emergency management service.

Rural Metro Emergency Management Services (PTY) Ltd was founded on the premise that many communities in South Africa could benefit from innovative ways of delivering emergency services. As a private company, we are not bound to tradition, finding better, more efficient ways of managing personnel and resources. Pursuing prevention as a key strategy, and providing better training for our employees has been key to our success. Growth has been a goal, but a secondary goal to being the best at what we do, to be the best, we strive for constant awareness of the evolving emergency needs of our customers. The value placed on the quality of our services is often determined by our ability to adapt to changing conditions in the community. That ability is one of our strengths, and has allowed us to develop satisfying community relationships based on mutual trust. We are proud of what we have accomplished thus far, and we are especially proud of our people, whose energy, dedication and genuine caring is the very backbone of Rural Metro. We aspire to address the limited understanding of fire prevention and safety principles which has so often plagued many sectors within our society, resulting in tragic loss of life and property. The Company comprises of full-time certified professionals with considerable experience in the aforementioned disciplines. Rural Metro’s Internationally Accredited Academy offers training in a range of subjects relative to Firefighting, Disaster Management and Occupational Health and Safety. It is very important that in times of an emergency, communities have rapid and easy access to the emergency services so that emergencies can be quickly reported and emergency services can rapidly respond. Rural Metro Emergency Management Services (PTY) Ltd offers solutions within the Fire, Occupational Health and Safety and Hazardous Substances environments. These include audits and surveys at Industrial, Commercial, Institutional and Educational establishments. The Disaster Management Act (N0.57 of 2002) prescribes the development and implementation of certain structures, systems and procedures at all three levels of Governance (National, Provincial and Municipal) which can be developed in three specific phases:- The Rural Metro Disaster Management team has the necessary background, knowledge, experience and ability to assist Municipalities (District and Local) to attain compliance with the provisions of the Act by:- Assisting with the development and establishment of Institutional Arrangements such as:- Conducting a Risk Assessment and Vulnerability Analysis unique to the relevant Municipality: and o Developing a Risk Profile of the Municipality concerned. Rural Metro has also developed a DISASTER MANAGEMENT DASHBOARD which provides the Municipal Disaster Manager with a unique Incident Management tool that is specific to that particular Municipality and is a step by step guide to any disaster that may occur within the Client’s area of responsibility of the Municipality.