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Waterfall News

INTRODUCING

WATERFALL’S VERY OWN

FIREFIGHTING SERVICE

Fire Ops SA, a private fire brigade service, has made Waterfall its new home!

W e chatted with in extraction from vehicles Where on Waterfall are you based?

We are based on the Old Pretoria
and buildings. In addition, we
Fire Chief, Wynand
Road, in the old samosa factory. We
Engelbrecht, about
offer fire consultations and fire
the role of Fire Ops
SA in Waterfall and gained some equipment maintenance services. have a complete ‘Patch’ (satellite fire
station) with a full crew and three
valuable insight into fire safety. Why have you set up in Waterfall? service vehicles, namely a rapid
The Waterfall area is poorly serviced intervention vehicle which is the first
What does Fire Ops SA do? With by the Johannesburg Metro, so we responder, a fire engine, and a large,
six bases across Johannesburg, we were approached by the Waterfall specialised rescue vehicle. The latter
are primarily a firefighting service Common Services Company to be has everything you can think of:
that has 21 vehicles and 60 full- on site 24/7 to provide fire and other Jaws of Life, special cutters, cables,
time, highly trained firefighters, emergency services to the entire lifting equipment, lines, ropes and
who are also rescue specialists 2 200ha Waterfall development. diving equipment. The fire engine

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