Deputy Fire Chief Mr. Deon van Wyk used expert skill and strategic know-how to control a ravenous forest fire.
Previous Projects – Hall of Fame
2010 Centrum® Guardian Project
The Finalists
Charl, Deon Egnall (Winners 2010)
Trio saved from raging river
Charl Nieuwoudt, Deon Alberts and Egnall Brown, three Swift Water Rescue Technicians from Overberg Fire and Rescue and Provincial Ambulance Services, rescued a man, woman and two year old child from the raging Breede River.
Mervyn van Ginkel
Hospital Tragedy Averted
Mervyn van Ginkel, Leading Fire Fighter and High Angle Rescuer, Innesdale Fire Station, Pretoria, rescued a teenage girl who tried to jump off the 3rd floor of a district hospital building.
Thulisile
David and Goliath water rescue
Thulisile Nkosi, Fire Fighter, Leon Ferreira Fire Station, Boksburg, jumped into a dam to pull a drowning man from a vehicle.
Sean
Sailors rescued at sea
Sean Serfontein, Volunteer Rescue Swimmer, National Sea Rescue Institute, was lowered by helicopter into turbulent seas to save 17 sailors from a sinking ship.
Vinton, George & Andries
Horror double decker bus crash
Vinton Alfreds, George Hilton and Andries van den Berg, Fire Fighters and Crew Commanders from Alberton and Thokoza Fire Stations, saved a teenage girl trapped under a double-decker bus.
2009 Centrum® Guardian Project
The Finalists
Mlungiseleli (Winner 2009)
Horror crash
Mlungiseleli Ciko, Fire Fighter and Shift Commander, Fire and Emergency Services, Nelson Mandela Bay Metro, treated casualties of a 16-seater taxi accident.
Pieter & Peet
Mine evacuation
Pieter Pieterse, Intermediate Life Support Paramedic, and Peet Laubscher, Basic Life Support Paramedic, Netcare 911 Gauteng, assisted in the evacuation of 2600 mineworkers trapped underground.
JJ Viljoen
Truck Rescue
J.J. Viljoen, Fire Fighter and Divisional Chief, City of Joburg EMS, extricated driver from a crashed cement truck.
Shaun
Drowning father
Shaun Paul, Advanced Life Support Paramedic and Operations Manager, Netcare 911, Ballito, saved a drowning father from turbulent seas.
Mossie & Donald
Children rescued at sea
Alta “Mossie” Haschick and Donald Olivier, Volunteer Rescue Swimmers, National Sea Rescue Institute, rescue drowning school children from stormy seas..
2008 Centrum® Guardian Project
The Finalists
Andre Fletcher (Winner 2008)
Sea rescue
Volunteer Sea Rescue Swimmer Andre Fletcher, National Sea Rescue Institute, Durban Station 5, saved crew of yacht from turbulent seas…
Andre Nel and Tshwane Shift 2
Burning building
Andre Nel and Tshwane Shift 2 (Gordon Kuhn, JJ Mahlangu, Collin Kekana, Japie Breytenbach and Joel Mokobodi) ran into a blazing building and saved countless lives.
Jannie Meiring & Mamakgowa Rataemane
Plane crash
Netcare 911 Ambulance Emergency Assistants Jannie Meiring and Mamakgowa Rataemane risked their lives to save two men trapped inside in a crashed plane.
Abel Sethole and Life Mathebula
Car crash
Netcare 911 Basic Life Support personnel Abel Sethole and Life Mathebula went beyond the call of duty to rescue an uconscious man from a dangerous burning car wreck.
Adel Supra
Cliff car crash
Off-duty Platoon Commander Adel Supra of the Cape Winelands Fire Department rushed to the aid of a man whose car had veered off the road and fallen forty meters down a cliff.
2008 Centrum® Guardian Pilot Project
The Finalists
Themba Tshemese (Winner 2008 Pilot)
Shop Fire
On his way back from ambulance duties, volunteer fire fighter Themba Tshemese noticed smoke coming from a shop. Little did he know that a family, including a six month old baby, were locked inside…
Sanet de la Porte
Drowning
Paramedic Sanet de la Porté gets a call for a drowning at the Vaal River, but when she arrives at the scene she finds a lady unable to swim, trying desperately to rescue her drowned boyfriend…
Marcel ‘Moz’ Nordin
Burning building
While attending another call, paramedic Marcel “Moz” Nordin and his partner notice a plume of smoke coming from Benoni CBD. Upon arrival, they find a woman hanging from a window on the top floor of her building…
Mike Murray & Peut Holtzhausen
Crane rescue
Paramedic Mike Murray and urban search and rescue specialist Peut Holtzhausen are dispatched to rescue a man who has climbed up a 41 meter (11 storey) tower crane. But when the Bronto skylift they called in is only able to reach nine stories, it’s up to Mike and Peut to save his life…
‘A’ Shift
Building rescue
‘A’ Shift of Berea Fire Department are dispatched to rescue a 16 year old girl from the window of a nine storey building. They try to talk to her, but she won’t comply.It is only then that they realise she is a deaf and dumb…
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