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Technical Training – Jonkershoek Blisters for Bread Charity Event 2010 Silvermine Fires: 14 and 15 August 2010
 
Technical Training – Jonkershoek

Technical Training – Jonkershoek

Last week saw some exciting and technical training sessions happening out in Jonkershoek. Sunday, 29th August a skills scenario was held out in the Old Helshoogte Pass municipal forests  and it promised to be one of the more exciting and fun filled sessions of the year. It delivered. With variety of active members and new recruits [...]

Blisters for Bread Charity Event 2010

Blisters for Bread Charity Event 2010

An enthusiastic group of VWS members set out to participate in the annual Blisters for Bread Charity Walk this past Sunday 29th August. This incredibly popular walk has become part of the VWS event calendar for its worthwhile cause and also to help raise the profile of the Volunteer Wildfire Services (VWS). We decided to [...]

Silvermine Fires: 14 and 15 August 2010

Silvermine Fires: 14 and 15 August 2010

It could be said that one thing a VWS member expects least in the middle of winter is a call out to not one, but two fires on a given weekend. When separate fires broke out on both Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 August in the Silvermine area, our members were again reminded why staying [...]

4×4 Fun

4×4 Fun

30 June 2010

The past Saturday saw the first 4×4 fun outing to the Melkbos 4×4 centre. The idea is for VWS drivers to get some experience driving our Landies in off-road conditions. We started the day meeting at Newlands, where we drove through in convoy arriving 30min later. After signing in and a quick chat on what [...]

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VWS Newsletter – June 2010

VWS Newsletter – June 2010

17 June 2010

(Laduuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu……… uuuuuuuuuuuuummmmaaaa!) Greetings VWS family! Just when I wasn’t paying attention, winter snuck up on me and sped up time to the middle of June! So this newsletter is a little late – just like me every winter morning. But it’s ok because it means l get to announce some excellent news: The VWS has [...]

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In the Name of Training

In the Name of Training

10 June 2010

How many new recruits does it take to prime a pump? Experience shows that this number is usually directly proportional to the number of scenarios attended by each, which is why last Saturday’s scenario at Newlands Fire Base saw a good turn-out of new recruits and active members. Gathered for the first official training scenario [...]

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Kogelberg Nature Reserve – Fire Call

Kogelberg Nature Reserve – Fire Call

08 June 2010

Fires typically hit the Cape during the summer months but there are conditions throughout the year that can result in wildfires. On Thursday the 3rd June 2010 the Volunteer Wildfire Services (VWS) Jonkershoek Station received a fire call out for the Betty’s Bay area. The Volunteer Wildfire Services are ready to fight wildfires throughout the [...]

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VWS Jonkershoek News

VWS Jonkershoek News

08 June 2010

This last week has seen not only a large shift in some people lives but also the future landscape of the Jonkershoek Valley. As a new Station in the heart of the Jonkershoek , we at the VWS Jonkershoek Station welcomed our first ever batch of new recruits. With looks on their faces that tore [...]

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Arrow Photo Donates Cameras to VWS

Arrow Photo Donates Cameras to VWS

02 June 2010

The Volunteer Wildfire Services would like to express their thanks and appreciation to Arrow Photo for the generous donation of two digital still cameras and a digital video camera. These new cameras will be put to use by the VWS Planning team to document fires and send back photos and videos of fires as they [...]

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