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NEWSLETTER – NOVEMBER 2023

NEWSLETTER – NOVEMBER 2023

Dear members, stakeholders and partners

I would like to thank my board, our FPO, our manager, administrative staff and our members for all their contributions and input which drives our Fire Protection Association forward year on year.

This past year we have remained even on our membership numbers, however through financial and operational acumen and initiatives we have ensured a stable financial outlook for the future ensuring our members the absolute best of service and achieving our objectives.

π’π€ππ“π€πŒ π„π—π„π‚π”π“πˆπ•π„ πŒπ€ππ€π†π„πŒπ„ππ“ 𝐐𝐑𝐅 𝐁𝐀𝐒𝐄 π•πˆπ’πˆπ“ @ π’π“π„π‹π‹π„πππŽπ’π‚π‡ π€πˆπ‘π…πˆπ„π‹πƒ

π’π€ππ“π€πŒ π„π—π„π‚π”π“πˆπ•π„ πŒπ€ππ€π†π„πŒπ„ππ“ 𝐐𝐑𝐅 𝐁𝐀𝐒𝐄 π•πˆπ’πˆπ“ @ π’π“π„π‹π‹π„πππŽπ’π‚π‡ π€πˆπ‘π…πˆπ„π‹πƒ

Today the QRF Team were paid a visit by several executive management members from Santam: Tavaziva Madzinga (CEO/Exec Director), John Melville (Group Chief Underwriting Officer/Exec Head: Reinsurance, Thabo Mabaso (Head of Corporate Communications) & Neptal Khoza (Head of Market Development).

NEWSLETTER – MARCH 2023

NEWSLETTER – MARCH 2023

We are now at the back end of the traditional high fire season within the Western Cape and specifically the Cape Winelands District. We have had a relatively successful season so far, in terms of not having too many extended attack (multi-day) fires, and this can be attributed to early detection and quick reporting of fires by our members and contacts. Statistics on page2

NEWSLETTER – NOVEMBER 2022

Summer is here with warming temperatures, variable winds and very abnormal thunderstorms (for this time of the year), causing damage as a result of severe wind and hail in some cases. A sign of the effects of climate change???? We have already seen a number of veld...
Aerial Fire Fighting Heroes Keep Wildfires At Bay!

Aerial Fire Fighting Heroes Keep Wildfires At Bay!

The biggest advantage of this project is the limited chain of authorisation. The quicker we can get the helicopters in the air to β€˜fly the fire’, the better the chance of preventing the fire from spiralling out of control.   South Africa (31 March 2022) – When it...