First published on 17 July 2019 in Bolander Lifestyle & Property. Republished with kind permission of Cape Community NewspapersBYLINE: NORMAN MCFARLANE The line of hazard

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.

Haydon Dawe chats to Cape Talk’s Lester Kiewit about the Volunteer Wildfire Services and battling fires in the Overstrand & Betty’s Bay area.

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

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.

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