VWS Nuweberg Trail Challenge – 22 March 2020
Join us on Sunday 22 March 2020 for the Nuweberg VWS Trail Challenge on the Hottentots Holland Nature Reserve, just outside Grabouw. You will traverse the pristine trails of the…
VWS OPEN DAY – 30TH NOVEMBER 2019
It’s time for the annual VWS Open Day 2019! It is once again at the Newlands Forest Fire Base in Newlands Forest on the 30th November 2019 from 9am till…
Training Day
First published on 17 July 2019 in Bolander Lifestyle & Property. Republished with kind permission of Cape Community NewspapersBYLINE: NORMAN MCFARLANE Firefighter Francois-Jaques Malan, new recruits Timothy Rimmel and Zachary…
VWS Trail Challenge 2019
Sunday 12th May 2019 saw the 14th running of the Volunteer Wildfire Services (VWS) Trail Challenge on the beautiful slopes of Table Mountain. The course is one of the…
Cape Talk interview on Tonight with Lester – Jon Meinking and Peter Wynne with Tim Lindy
Newlands base Marketing Manager Jon Meinking and Planning & Operations Manager Peter Wynne joins hiker Tim Lundy as they chat to Cape Talk's Lester Kiewit.
Cape Talk interview on Tonight with Lester
Haydon Dawe chats to Cape Talk's Lester Kiewit about the Volunteer Wildfire Services and battling fires in the Overstrand & Betty's Bay area.
Inaugural VWS Nuweberg Trail Challenge 2018 a great succcess
A cool overcast morning welcomed the 242 runners who ran the inaugural Volunteer Wildfire Services (VWS) Nuweberg Trail Challenge in the Hottentots Holland Nature Reserve on Sunday November 11. The…
South Peninsula officially opens new base
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…
VWS Open Day – 24th November 2018
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…
5FM Interview on YoungBlood5 with DJ Fix
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.
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