Fire & Rescue Services
(Western Cape Government)
What we do
We support and co-ordinate Fire & Rescue Services in the Western Cape in achieving their objectives of protecting life, property and the environment from fires and other emergencies. We administer the Fire Brigade Services Act and associated legislation on behalf of the Western Cape Government.
Our mission
It is the mission of the Western Cape Fire & Rescue Services to support municipal Fire Brigade Services in protecting life, property and the environment in the Western Cape from all harmful consequences of fire.
We support and monitor activities with the following aims:
- Prevention Reduce local risk through prevention and awareness.
- Protection Improve local planning and preparedness.
- Response Improve the fire and rescue services capability to respond to all hazards.
- Professional Status Improve the Fire Brigade Services' professional status.
Public Information Education and Relations Working Group
- Terms of Reference
- Typed Resource Definitions 100 - 1 and 2
- Typed Resource Definitions 100 - 3
- Typed Resource Definitions 100 - 4
Presentations
- 2014 Incident Command Summit
- Fire and Life Safety Strategies Seminar
- 2013 Incident Command System Summit
- 2013 Proactive Fire Service Indaba
Veld Fires
- Western Cape Veld Fire Plan 2014-2015
- Annexures
- Western Cape Veld and Forest Fire Strategy
- Proposed workshop on improving veld fire response
- Veldfire Risk Report 2010
- Veld Fire Risk Report Appendices 2010
Incident Command System
Provincial Fire Work Group
The content on this page was last updated on 18 November 2022
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