🔥 OCTOBER: A MONTH FOR FIRE PREPARATION & PREVENTION 🔥 Betty’s Bay, as a community, let’s prepare before the fire season. October is the perfect time to start preparing our homes and properties for the coming fire season. Living in a fynbos fire biome, and with...
Fire Extinguishers: A Small Investment That Could Save Your Home Living in Betty's Bay means being surrounded by incredible natural beauty, but it also means living with the reality of fire. During the warmer months, when the vegetation is dry and the south-easter is...
While it has been an extremely busy and challenging fire season for the Overstrand region, we are pleased that Betty’s Bay has remained safe. As we slowly enter the winter months our teams will start their winter training season. Each month the team completes a...
With the last official month of training season coming to a close, the team has completed their last chapter of the 5th Edition of Fire Fighting Essentials for the season, and will now begin to gear up for the upcoming Fire Season. FIRE & RESCUE: We are grateful...
With the last official month of training season coming to a close, the team have completed their last chapter of the 5th Edition of Fire Fighting Essentials for the season, and will now begin to gear up for the upcoming Fire Season. FIRE & RESCUE: We are grateful...
With training season in full swing, the team have starting with monthly theory training and assessments on the 5th Edition of Fire Fighting Essentials, which each Reservist is required to complete alongside the municipal crew. In July, the team successfully completed...
As winter sets in, the comforting glow of warming fires becomes a familiar sight, helping to keep us cozy at home during the colder months. Along with this, comes an added risk of house fires within our community. The most common cause of house fires in winter is...
Another month has passed, and it feels like winter is officially upon us. Training for the team intensifies with an emphasis on practical strength training, the team using their everyday equipment to build their stamina. Weekly standby duties will continue as normal,...
OUR LATEST REPORT: Another month has passed, and we slowly keep into the winter months, and the start of our teams training season. Each month the team completes a fitness assessment, along with other invaluable practical training, which is often combined with the...
After a very busy Fire Season so far, the team are grateful for the current calm while their focus shifts to their official training season starting again in May. Shifts continue to be planned with crew on a standby roster throughout the week. The team remains...