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oz fire:
James is right MARTS or similar do exist for both CBR/Hazmat and also USAR!

CFS/SAAS/MFS have had a number of people who have received additional training in Hazmat/CBR incident management etc, who are rostered to form a MART. Likewise SES/MFS/SAAS have a number of people who have received additional training in USAR who are rostered to perform the role of MARTS in that field.

Then there are people from all services in both areas who also form MARTS as support services to assist SAPol as the combatant in some of their roles.

This is a HUGE leap forward and a combined effort of all services maximizing their areas of expertise to provide a first rate service to the community of SA (similar to what we have seen overseas in the last few years).

As for SAFECOM reducing duplication - mmmmmm that will be the day, unfortunately that is tooooo political (unions, staff, volunteers, associations, opinions, beliefs, perceptions,B/S ) however all said and done if a government was serious about reducing tax payer expenditure and ensuring better provision at the sharp end, then service duplication across the entire emergency service sector would be addressed!!!!!

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