11 July 2010
VWS Newsletter – July 2010 (… as a vuvuzela wails – hopefully not again for a while – in the distance) Howzit! (I’m trying out headings for each section, for those of you that get bored!): Greetings members of the Volunteer Wildfire Services, New Recruits, past members, friends and those who just like to know [...]
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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 [...]
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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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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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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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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