Fire-fighting demonstrations will be one of the main attractions at the Pringle Bay Fire Station on Saturday 5 November. The Pringle Bay & Betty’s Bay Volunteer Fire Fighters are hosting an open day in order to raise awareness around wildfires. The Greater...
Published in Suidernuus, 15 May 2015: With the onset of cooler weather a very challenging and tough fire season is slowly drawing to a close. Besides the men and women from the fire services that went to extreme efforts and worked long hours to safeguard lives...
Innovative initiatives helping curb impact of unwanted fires in the Fynbos biome. There have been over 1000 reported unwanted wildfires in the Western Cape since the beginning of the month. The GEF FynbosFire project has been funding the set up for the Greater...
Fire is the most efficient way to clear a piece of land of vegetation and fynbos needs fire to regenerate. So why not use fire for clearing unwanted plants such as invasive alien plants to allow fynbos to grow there? The answer is: yes, you can – and this is...
