Successful simulated 
emergency exercise

Rustenburg – The N4 Road Incident Management System (RIMS) committee of North West and Bojanala facilitated a simulated emergency exercise on Tuesday 6 November on the Bakwena N4 route at the Mooinooi interchange.

This Trans Kalahari Corridor exercise included stakeholders Imperial Logistics, Basella Maintenance, Netcare 911, ER24, Lonmin Mines, North West Traffic Department, SAPS, Madibeng/ Rustenburg Fire and Emergency and North West Pathology/ Forensic services.

The simulation formed part of the mandate to test the capabilities of the emergency services on the national road network, which ensures that incidents are attended to and managed in a quick, efficient manner.

The simulation made use of a ‘crash’ involving a tanker carrying sulphuric acid and a class 1 vehicle.  There were four ‘injured’ patients and one ‘fatality’.  The scene was timeously attended by all relevant emergency authorities and treated as though it was a ‘live’ crash site. 

Liam Clarke, project manager at Bakwena, said the simulation exercise is key to achieving Bakwena’s vision of zero fatalities along the N1N4 route.