TEEX testing validates FLAIM’s VR immersive learning solution as alternative method of firefighting training “𝘍𝘓𝘈𝘐𝘔 𝘚𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘛𝘌𝘌𝘟-𝘛𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘺’𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘓𝘈𝘐𝘔 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵’𝘴 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘛𝘌𝘌𝘟-𝘛𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 …

A firefighter was injured and had to be rushed to hospital after runaway fires wreaked havoc in the Northern Cape on Thursday. Sol Plaatje municipality spokesperson Sello Matsie said the firefighter suffered burn wounds to his arm and chest. Matsie said the municipality was called out to help at around 8.30pm on Thursday when the …

A 37-year-old firefighter was killed in the line of duty, Thursday evening after he fell heavily in to a lift shaft inside a burning crystal shop in south of Tehran. The brave firefighter, Morteza Heidari, was deployed to a shopping center fire alarm at 8:30 p.m. local time. While at the scene, operational teams from …

CAPE TOWN – Emergency services are under attack in Cape Town. Some 21 violent incidents, targeting Fire and Rescue services have been recorded to date, since March 2018. Recently, two firefighters from the Brackenfell station were assaulted, after receiving a hoax call in Wallacedene. City of Cape Town’s safety and security officials say they’re concerned …

The City’s Fire and Rescue Service has been targeted three times in the space of 48 hours this week, says Mayco member for safety and security JP Smith. In the most recent incident on Wednesday, a fire vehicle in Mfuleni – while under police escort – was set alight, but staff were able to extinguish …

Firefighter Prince Zwide Masuku was on his way home on Sunday after working the nightshift when he sprang into action to rescue a family of three in distress. The 32-year-old Masuku saw a car swerve and roll in a flooded spot on the road near Huntersfield Stadium in Katlehong before slipping into a small lake …

The Volunteer Wildfire Services is honouring their female heroes this Women’s Month and the first to feature here is Slee Mbhele; an inspiration to all! Cape Town, South Africa (14 August 2020) – The Volunteer Wildfire Services (VWS) is honouring all the female heroes on their team this month for Women’s Month. Each Friday they …

When you sign up to be a firefighter, you don’t expect to count “delivering babies on rooftops” as one of your duties. But that’s what these City of Cape Town firefighters ended up doing when they were called out to a house in Belhar early on Tuesday morning. Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security, …