WATCH: Senior Station Officer at the Windhoek Fire Brigade, Phillipus Sikongo, leads a demonstration on how smoke detectors and fire retardant intumescent paint will help reduce the damage in the event of a shack fire. The demonstration took place at the launch of Top Score’s Fire Safety Project, where 40 homes became beneficiaries of the smoke detectors and paint. | The Villager Newspaper

A first for South Australia 🚁🔥 During the recent Wilmington fire, CFS deployed a Blackhawk Helitak to drop long-term retardant on a steep section of fire edge that fixed-wing aircraft couldn’t safely reach due to the terrain. This was the first time in South Australia that a helicopter firebombing aircraft has been used to deliver retardant. Using a 3,400L bucket on a 100ft longline, the helicopter helped ground crews secure a 300m stretch of the southern fireline. This helped prevent potentia