Volunteer Wildfire Services - Report wildfires in the Cape Peninsula to 0861 106 417
  | 2009/05/17 - Training season starts
| | Training | | About 100 new recruits attended their first training session over the past two weekends and were introduced to what they will be doing over the winter training season. | |
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ANNUAL AGM SHOWS THAT VWS IS MOVING FORWARD The Volunteer Wildfire Services held their annual AGM on the 4th of May 2009 with 50 members and some new recruits present. The AGM was opened by VWS Chairperson Mr Charles Philips. All portfolio holders gave reports for the past season 2008/2009, and many directors received positive feedback from the members. |
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 | | 2009/04/12-13 Easter Weekend | | Fire | | VWS standby crews assisted at a number of small fires across the peninsula over the Easter weekend including Silvermine, Boyes Drive, Oukaapseweg, Misty Cliffs and Tygerberg | |
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 | 2009/04/14 - Oukaapsewegand Fishoek
| | Fire | | On Tuesday afternoon, VWS crews responded to a fire on Ou Kaapse Weg and assisted in quickly bringing the fire under control. They then investigated a report of a fire on Red Hill, as well as extinguishing a grass fire in Fish Hoek. | |
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 | | 2009/04/04 - Silvermine | | Fire | | The impressive thunderstorm in the early hours of Saturday morning gave rise to a small but intense fire on a peak above Noordhoek, further lighting up the skyline and leading to teams of fire fighters from VWS, SANParks and WoF shooting out of bed in the dark to assist in suppressing the flames.
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