SUSTAINABILITY
SHORT-TERM INSURANCE INDUSTRY
FIRE RISK MANAGEMENT
WHAT IS THE FIRE STRATEGY DESIGNED TO
DO?
DECREASE ECONOMIC LOSSES
AND DEATH RATE
HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT
DATA AND TECHNOLOGY PREPAREDNESS
NEW/ REVISED BUSINESS MODELS
BRICS
AND AFRICA AGENDA
STAKEHOLDERS AND CONSUMER
EDUCATION
HOW IS THE PROJECT IMPACTED BY
CLIMATE?
TEMPERATURE, WIND AND DROUGHT (LOW RAINFALL)
ACCENTUATED BY
• Urbanisation
• Spatial planning
• Built and rural environment
– Commercial and residential
– Agriculture
WHAT HAVE WE ACHIEVED: FEB 2012 - NOW
Completed vision, mission and objectives
NDMC and fire specialists, Fire Protection Association of South Africa, SAIA
members, Eskom
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All municipalities that have access to building control services to provide consistent qualified
appraisals of fire designs in South Africa.
 To increase the footprint / access of municipalities to suitable building control / fire safety skills
critical to economic development i.e. 10% increase in access to services.
For all relevant insurers, financiers and engineers to complete a CPD program on fire risk.
FPASA is an accredited educational provider.
Creation of a central fire dashboard of shared public and private data to drive MIS planning and
decrease systemic risk.
To ensure that the proposed and existing regulatory and policy frameworks enable the objectives
indicated above and enable insurance practices.
WHAT HAVE WE ACHIEVED: FEB 2012 - NOW
Accountability
• Agreed a formal merging and management of the fire strategy to FPASA
Strategic partnerships
• Drafted MOU with NDMC – finalising now
Standards and regulation
• Completed various evaluation of SANS standards
• Response on white paper discussion document
CPD
• Completed accreditation of the FPASA qualifications through IISA
Municipal Capacity – qualified building plans
• Started the study to profile municipal building control and fire safety officers profile –
to add to fire loss data = dash board
• Approval insurers sign off to ploy software with the fire departments
• Draft outline and concept discussion with Provincial Government of Western Cape
and City of Durban on piloting the Etana software
• Preparing for pilot
NEXT STEPS
Strategic partnerships
• Overarching MOU to be finalised with NDMC in conjunction with FPASA MOU
Municipal Capacity – qualified building plans
• Define how we manage the preparation for the piloting of the software
Lessons learnt
Collaboration is possible
Takes time upfront
Needs dedicated focus
Requires willing partners = mutually beneficial outcomes with key
prioritisation
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presented by
John Doe
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