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    Events

    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

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    13th Nov 2018 No Comments
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    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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    7th Sep 2018 No Comments
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    Heart FM Interview with Aleks Jablonska

    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

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    7th Aug 2018 2 Comments
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    Cape Talk Interview – Fire Risk Assessment

    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.

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    31st Jul 2018 No Comments
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    SPS Station’s new base taking shape

    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.

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    10th Jul 2018 No Comments
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    Holding the line

    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.

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    24th Jun 2018 No Comments
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    VWS quiz night fundraiser hosted by Café Roux – Thank you!

    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.

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    19th May 2018 No Comments
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    Jennifer Fill

    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

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    30th Aug 2016 No Comments
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    Fiery bestseller raises R400 000 for essential services

    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),

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    29th Jul 2016 No Comments
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    Being a volunteer

    It’s hard to describe how the thought of fire consumes you. How you balance your other responsibilities with the desire to be part of the

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    11th Feb 2016 No Comments
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