Emergency services

Karabo's name leads safety drive

IT'S all systems go at the emergency management services, with flashy new fire engines, training academies and a wellness centre. It has also launched its winter safety programme.

EMS practises for a real disaster

THE emergency management services had its hand full in central Joburg yesterday, when a tanker carrying a toxic chemical crashed into a bus carrying foreign visitors.

EMS: preparing for every disaster

THE head of the City's emergency management services is looking to the future and is building Joburg's capacity to handle any disaster come the FIFA World Cup in 2010.

City helps flood victims

SHACK dwellers at the Slovo Park informal settlement near Eldorado Park have received food parcels and clothes, after they were hit by floods.

EMS opens new training facilities

THE City's emergency management services is dedicated to ensuring its staff are skilled to international standards, and it has opened three new training academies to achieve this vision.

Homefinder will help EMS crews

WITH STREET signage difficult to read or non-existent in most parts of Joburg, the emergency management services has a new trick up its sleeve to find houses quickly during disasters - a Homefinder.

Safer gadgets to prevent fires in Alex

Shack dwellers in Setswetla informal village in Alexandra are used to the risk of fire, with the possibility of death and destruction almost a daily reality. A pilot project aims to tame this monster.

Papa Q teaches water safety

On a visit to Alex's public pool, Papa Q taught kids to stay out of the sun and be careful around the pool all in the name of safety.

Pool nets may become mandatory

With the high number of drownings this summer, the City's Emergency Management Services is looking at changing the by-laws regarding putting nets over pools.

Be safe around water this summer

Joburg's emergency management services has published a list of safety hints and tips in an attempt to prevent water-related accidents and drownings.

Winter safety campaign cuts loss of life

After months of education programmes, the City's Winter Safety Campaign has resulted in the number of fire incidents dropping by more than a quarter.

Busy time for Joburg's emergency workers

WHILE residents take time at the end of the year to play, Johannesburg's emergency services remain on high alert, ready for any eventuality.

Volunteers learn to fight shack fires

VOLUNTEERS have been trained to fight fires in informal settlements by the City's emergency management services.

Foam bombs for fighting shack fires

A NEW approach to dealing with runaway shack fires is being tested by Working on Fire. The foam bombs, dropped from fixed-wing aircraft, stop oxygen from getting to the fires, so helping firefighters on the ground get to the shacks.