NCC Wildfires

🔥 Muizenberg Fire 🔥 SANParks - Table Mountain National Park dispatched ground firefighting crews and aerial resources to a fire within the Muizenberg mountainous area. The City of Cape Town Fire and Rescue Services are on scene.

We request that all hikers move out of Silvermine East trails. Silvermine gate 2 is closed to the public for emergency vehicles. #Fire #FireSeason #SANParks #tablemountain #tablemountainnationalpark #FireIsEveryonesFight @NCCEnviron @vwsfires

🔥Skeleton Gorge Fire Update - 30 April 2024 🔥 Due to wind changes, overnight flare-ups have been reported behind Newlands, Fernwood Park & on the slopes of Kirstenbosch, moving towards Orangekloof, as well as towards Maclear ‘s Beacon and the Back Table ... #SkeletonGorgeFire

Skeleton Gorge Fire Incident Report - ongoing Currently, firefighting efforts are underway, involving 40 firefighters of @NCCEnviron @wo_fire & City of Cape Town Biodiversity unit. ➡️ facebook.com/10007181064546… #Fire

MEDIA RELEASE Skeleton Gorge Fire Update - 09:30am Following the latest assessment conducted by Table Mountain National Park, the Skeleton Gorge Fire currently has a number of hot spot areas in the mountain cliffs and behind Kirstenbosch Gardens. facebook.com/10007181064546…

⚠️Fire Update We received calls of a fire in the vicinity of Constantia Nek at around 01:30 this morning, Sunday 28 April. City crews were dispatched, supported by @SANParks, @NCCWildfires and the @vwsfires. #CTNews

@HotshotWake That we did and now he is detailed to a shot crew. Young man that is going to go far.

I heard you got one from Alaska down there helping out. Love to see it. #wildfire #earth

@HotshotWake Thanks for the mention @HotshotWake - our high season is not done yet. Been one of our busiest seasons in years. We were fortunate to have 2 USA & 2 German firefighters join us for the season. Lots of knowledge exchange and friendships made/reinforced.

South Africa: NCC’s Alpha Crew shared their 2024 fire season video. Looks like it was a busy and fun season. Cheers to you all. 🙏🍻 @NCCWildfires #wildfire #capetown

Here are some images from @ Charl Steenkamp who joined @Justin_the_twit, Sean Altern and @NCCEnviron Delta Crew on the fire in Montagu yesterday.

Rapid Response– NCC's Alpha Crew Putting ground crews together with a helicopter’s firefighting effort makes a highly efficient and effective firefighting resource. An initiative by: @WesternCapeGov @NCCEnviron and Leading Edge Aviation #helitack #wildfires #hotshots

Facing the fire head on, @NCCEnviron’s Alpha Crew, using fire beaters (flappers) to smother flames at the Da Gama Park Fire on Table Mountain National Park. The Type 1 crew was deployed by the @WesternCapeGov on behalf of @TableMountainNP Video by @NCCEnviron’s Charl Bekker

@ManMontanan @HotshotWake We don’t have the luxury of time and space and that is why we go direct 99% of the time. This tool, in our context does the job. When we work in Region 1, we don’t get to use our beaters, but use your traditional tools and go indirect. Here things are very different.

@NCCWildfires @HotshotWake One has to get up close and personal to the flames for using that. Definitely hazardous duty. Why don't they pursue a bit of distant indirect effort, clearing further away. Is the nature of their fires that they don't explode in size or direction and overwhelm the Hot Shots?

Wildfire outside Kalk Bay, South Africa. Crews from Table Mountain National Park have reached 90% containment, however winds and terrain have made the last 10% difficult to wrangle in. #africa #firefighters #earth

@ManMontanan @HotshotWake Fire beaters (flappers) standard tool with the Mcloud in South Africa.

@HotshotWake Are they using mops to tamp down the flames?

@HotshotWake And another USA based ff joining the crews on Saturday. We love the mingling, sharing and learning that is happening.

@NCCWildfires That’s great to hear.

Our @NCCEnviron crews hard at work trying to contain this fire. Thanks to @TableMountainNP for the update.

🔥 Kalk Bay Fire 🔥 SANParks - Table Mountain National Park @NCCEnviron Services’ contracted crews are responding to a fire in Kalk Bay. Update to follow. #SANParks #Fire #FireSeason #TableMountain #tablemountainnationalpark #FireIsEveryonesFight

🔥Peers Hill - Fish Hoek Fire🔥 Table Mountain National Park @NCCWildfires contracted crews responded to a fire in Fish Hoek below Peers Hills. The City of Cape Town Fire and Rescue Services is on scene as well. 🚓 Pls avoid Ou Kaapse Weg as far as possible #FishHoekFire

@RikRiks123 @YouTube It was the Simons Town fire

@NCCWildfires @YouTube was this the gansbaai fire ?

NCC Wildfire Dec 2023 youtu.be/b3cFFs8UrDg?si… via @YouTube