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When Seconds Count: Why Every Workplace Needs to Be "Ready Before the Siren

Join Kenneth Mqadi's live 3-volume workshop on emergency preparedness, response & recovery. R499pp, CPD accredited. Limited seats — book now.


 Emergencies don't send a calendar invite. A fire doesn't wait for you to find the extinguisher. A chemical spill doesn't pause while someone looks for the evacuation plan. By the time the siren sounds, the only thing that matters is whether your people already know what to do.

That's the thinking behind SAGRIQUA Emergency Management's live workshop series, "Ready Before the Siren" — a complete 3-volume programme covering Preparedness, Response, and Recovery, hosted by Lead Investigator and Safety Specialist Kenneth Mqadi.

Why This Workshop Exists

Kenneth has spent over a decade in the field as an emergency response specialist and incident investigator, working across construction, manufacturing, and logistics environments. He's seen firsthand what separates workplaces that recover quickly from an incident from those that don't — and it almost always comes down to preparation done long before anything goes wrong.

"Ready Before the Siren" packages that experience into three practical volumes:

Volume 1: Emergency Preparedness — Ready Before the Siren

Before you can respond to anything, you need to know what you're up against. This volume covers risk assessment and hazard identification, building an emergency preparedness plan, defining clear roles and responsibilities, setting up early warning systems, and conducting a proper vulnerability analysis.

Volume 2: Emergency Response & Evacuation

This is the heart of incident response — the sequence that keeps people alive and property protected: Stop, Protect, Assess, Control, Isolate, Secure, Preserve, Report, Investigate. Participants learn evacuation procedures, first aid and rescue techniques, emergency communication protocols, and how to coordinate incident command under pressure.

Volume 3: Recovery & Learning Culture

The siren stops, but the work isn't over. This volume focuses on what happens next — leading post-incident recovery, running effective debriefs and investigations, preventing recurrence, designing realistic emergency drills, and building a safety culture that keeps improving instead of just moving on.

What Makes It Different

This isn't a lecture. It's a 4-hour live, hands-on workshop capped at 30 people, built around Kenneth's own published eBook series. Every attendee walks away with:

  • A certificate of completion
  • All 3 eBooks (Preparedness, Response, Recovery)
  • Emergency Plan templates ready to adapt to their own workplace
  • Gold Standard CPD: 2 CPD Points, SAIOSH 4 CPD Hours, with SACPCMP applied for

Workshop Details

  • Sunday, 13 September 2026 — 2PM–6PM SAST
  • Thursday, 18 September 2026 — 12PM–4PM SAST
  • Investment: R499 per person
  • Limited to 30 seats — register before 5 September

Whether you're a safety officer, site supervisor, HR lead, or business owner responsible for people and property, this workshop gives you a tested, sequential framework instead of guesswork when it matters most.

Spaces are limited. Book your seat now: 📞 +27 71 352 0312

SAGRIQUA Emergency Management — We care about people, property & environment.

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