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“As far as cooperation was concerned, we couldn’t have asked for a better day,” said Wynand Engelbrecht on the response to the fire that broke out at Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital on Friday, 16 April. Engelbrecht worked as the City of Johannesburg’s fire chief in Midrand and also served as a former force commander in Sandton. Three years ago, he launched Fire Ops, a small private firefighting brigade that operates in a number of Johannesburg areas. Fire Ops leaders heard of the fire at Charlotte Maxeke on social media and sent three of their vehicles, which are smaller than the u...

Fire hydrants at Charlotte Maxeke Hospital were fine at last inspection, says health department Charlotte Maxeke Hospital was temporarily closed after a fire at the facility. Image: Thulani Ndaba/Twitter No issues were reported during the last inspection at Johannesburg's Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital, and its fire hydrants were operational, says the Gauteng department of health. Spokesperson Kwara Kekana said safety officers for the department of infrastructure development conduct inspections twice a year at hospitals. She said information received from this depart...

[LISTEN] Former Fire Chief Claims Joburg has Only One Functioning Fire Truck to Service the Entire City Mar 02, 2021 The CEO of privately owned firefighting operation, Fire Ops SA says the city of Johannesburg ought to have an excess of at least 110 fire engines to assist residents in case of an emergency. Wynand Engelbrecht who was a former Midrand fire chief was speaking to Radio Islam about a report in the Rapport newspaper about the city only having one working fire truck. The city of Cape Town meanwhile invested in a 133 new fire trucks over the last two years to bolster and ultimately r...