Netcare 911 paramedics and firemen from the Metro fire department raced to a building fire on the main beach of Amanzimtoti this morning just before 09h00. Although the fire department must... Read more
Fire Extinguisher Handling Course Do you know what to do when fire strikes? Can you handle a fire extinguisher and do you know what makes a fire burn? According to the Fire Protection Associ... Read more
The South African Weather Service on Thursday issued a warning of possible veldfires across the West Coast District and the Cape Winelands. Posting the alert on its website, the service said... Read more
Cape Town firefighters will be on high alert for the next three days, says the city’s disaster management centre. Spokesman Wilfred Solomons-Johannes said the weather service had... Read more
Two people have been seriously burned after a flat caught fire in New Doornfontein, Johannesburg emergency services said on Sunday. “They are being treated at Baragwanath (hospital) for firs... Read more
A total of 150 shacks were destroyed in a fire in the Masiphumelele informal settlement in Cape Town, the Disaster Risk Management Centre said on Sunday. Spokesperson for the centre, Wilfred... Read more
One person has died and dozens of residents have been displaced during a spate of early morning fires in the Western Cape. A fire claimed the life of one person and left six homeless after t... Read more
The Red Cross Children’s Hospital on Thursday warned braai fires pose great danger to children. The hospital said it has had several incidents where patients have been burnt by smouldering c... Read more
A regular visitor to the Arrive Alive website shared the above video on kitchen fires and how to deal with these fires if no fire extinguisher is nearby. We would like to refer to our road s... Read more
Fire fighters battled for hours last night to put out a fire in Khayelitsha where hundreds were left homeless after their shacks were burnt down. The homeless are temporarily being accommoda... Read more
