Deputy Fire Chief Mr. Deon van Wyk used expert skill and strategic know-how to control a ravenous forest fire.
Nominate a Colleague
The long hours… The great risks… The unknown victories…
Now you have a chance to reward colleagues and friends in the Emergency Services with recognition and prizes!
To NOMINATE an individual or team, click on the Nomination form, fill it in and send it to info@centrumguardian.com – if you need assistance with the incident description, contact the Centrum® Guardian Project Team:
• Office 011 996 3422
• Dineo 078 342 0652
• Rachel 082 684 3852
• Corle 082 323 7395
• Nominations come from ES personnel across the nation
• A panel of judges, from the industry, will evaluate the nominations and choose the semi-finalists
• Semi-Finalists will appear in a 13 week, half hour television series from July
• The public will vote for the winner
• The winner will receive prizes, get nationwide recognition and be voted the Centrum® Guardian of the Year 2012
2011 prizes for the finalists:
The winner of the 2011 project, Deon van Wyk, Eden District Municipality received
R60 164 which the station used to buy beds, a TV, lounge suite, rescue craft etc. The prize money was made up of:
• R30 000 from Centrum®
• R20 000 from Enkosi Agency
• R5 000 from Pack ‘n Stack
• R5 165 from Centrum® who donated R1 for every unique vote for Passion (Deon)
• Deon received R5 000 in his individual capacity as winner
From the R1 donations, the four finalists shared a total of R19 064 plus R2000 per finalist for the individual and or team members to share.
Each finalist of the 90 finalists in 2011 received:-
• A Centrum® Guardian Project backpack containing 6 months’ supply of Centrum® and various other goodies as well as a windbreaker sponsored by Enkosi Agency
Training Prizes:
• 16 finalists attended a five-day Fire Prevention and Safety Strategies course by the Fire Protection Association
• Sasol Shared Services invited all the Gauteng finalists to attend a basic Petrochemical Fire Fighting course at the plant in Secunda
• Rural Metro sponsored a 5-day High Angle Rescue training course at their training centre in Greytown for one finalist
• Each finalist was hosted by Eskom to a power station site visit that included presentations and a walk through of the power plant
• The ER24 Training Academy sponsored 20 finalists to attend a 2 day refresher course