Volunteer Wildfire Services opens a new base dedicated to the South Peninsula Frequent wildfires are becoming more erratic and intense in the Western Cape. Therefore a dedicated base with quick response capabilities will make the difference between containment, or large-scale damage and loss to local communities who live in Cape Town’s South Peninsula. On Saturday …
It’s time for the annual VWS Open Day 2018! It is once again at the Newlands Forest Fire Base in Newlands Forest on the 24th November 2018 from 9am till 4pm. Join the VWS for this FUN-FILLED FAMILY and AWARENESS DAY as we demonstrate our fire-fighting skills and raise awareness about #wildfires (along with our base …
VWS Chairman Jon-Jon Emary chats to 5FM’s DJ Fix about the Volunteer Wildfire Services, what the organisation does and how to get involved.
Aleks Jablonska, pictured centre right with arms raised, a seasoned firefighter from Newlands Firebase spoke to Heart FM’s Aiden Thomas. Listen this inspiring woman talk about why she joined the VWS and what it means to her to give back to the community.
VWS Chairperson Jon-Jon Emary spoke to John Maytham about the Fire Risk Assessment which was done using funding received from the public through direct support and the Primedia Radiothon. The VWS was able to make funding available for an extensive 18-month risk assessment to be done on the entire westward of the Cape Peninsula, the majority of which is covered by the Table Mountain National Park.
Working together with the Noordhoek community and the Chapman’s Peak Neighbourhood Watch, our South Peninsula Station, also known as VWS SPS, has found a new base at the Noordhoek Community Centre.
Over the past two or so months, the VWS with the project lead by SPS, have started renovations and upgrades at the community centre so that we can be ready and settled-in before the next fire season starts towards the end of October 2018.
There is no dignified way to come off a mountain in the dark, with a howling gale gusting up to 60km/h, on a perilously steep descent with uncertain footing, fighting your way through chest-high fynbos.
Your mode of perambulation is like an 18-month-old late-walking baby, who stands up for the first time, and lurches from place to place, on the very edge of balance, yet miraculously remains upright.
WHEN: June 5, 2018 @ 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm WHERE: Café Roux Noordhoek COST: R250 We asked for your support, and you brought it. The Café Roux quiz evening, in support of Volunteer Wildfire Services South Peninsula Firebase is sold out. There may be limited seating at the bar, but that will be on …
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When American postdoctoral student and volunteer firefighter Jen Fill’s kit and uniform were stolen out of the boot of her car in Stellenbosch earlier in January, her first thought was not: ‘Am I safe?’, ‘Where is my other stuff?’ or ‘Is my car damaged?’ It was: ‘I need to replace everything as soon as possible …
The Cape Aflame Project, a citizen-led initiative born of the March 2015 Muizenberg wildfire that ravaged the Central Section of Table Mountain National Park (TMNP), destroyed several homes across the Cape Peninsula and caused injury to several firefighters, donated R400 000 to four Cape-based essential-service organisations at a function held at TMNP’s Newlands Fire Base …
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