Johannesburg Mayor Herman Mashaba says residents in the City can expect more efficient fire-fighting services. Mashaba has unveiled a new fleet of ten fire engines at the headquarters of the Metro Police in Martindale, west of the city.
TODAY: Joburg welcomes 15 fire fighting vehicles, all in all a total of approx 92 fire engines to be delivered within the coming months ???? #JoburgEMS #SaferJoburg ^NS pic.twitter.com/m47hRVc1M6
— City of Joburg (@CityofJoburgZA) September 23, 2019
The city is expected to receive five more before the end of 2019.
In the coming months, we expect to add over 90 EMS vehicles to our existing fleet.
This is unprecedented in the City of Johannesburg.#SaferJoburg pic.twitter.com/AglpYEW0aJ— Herman Mashaba (@HermanMashaba) September 23, 2019
Even with these additions, the city still doesn’t have enough fire engines to respond adequately to emergency calls. It needs at least 104 fire engines to operate optimally. It only had 15 vehicles before the new arrivals, with only seven of those in good working condition.
Mashaba is pleased that the new vehicles will boost their capacity.
‘It’s exciting news, particularly for our residents, particularly in the informal settlements where they do not really have appropriate fit for purpose vehicles so that we fight fires in those communities. So we are here to really celebrate the beginning of this journey; an unprecedented order of fire engines in any municipality in the history of South Africa. All in all, we’ve got 92 fire engines; we are going to be receiving in the next few months.”
These portable vehicles will be able to get into dense neighborhoods, communities such as Ivory Park , Princess will highly benefit #JoburgEMS #SaferJoburg ^NS pic.twitter.com/IKNwGtXYAW
— City of Joburg (@CityofJoburgZA) September 23, 2019
