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Our monitoring teams in all seven regions are on high alert to ensure that we effectively respond to all emergencies which might occur during this cold front.
The City of Johannesburg (CoJ) Emergency Management Services (EMS) says it has noted with concern the warning from the South African Weather Services of the significance drop in temperatures in most parts of the CoJ from this Friday towards the weekend.
“This drop in temperatures means that our residents throughout the CoJ will be tempted to use all sorts of heating devices to try and warm themselves against this extremely cold temperatures in the process making themselves vulnerable to fire incidents at home.
“We therefore would like to urge all our residents to use all heating devices such as heaters, imbawula, paraffin stoves, candles safely and not to leave them unattended while in use to prevent fire incidents at home during this extremely cold temperatures,” EMS spokesperson Robert Mulaudzi expressed.
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He added; “We have our Disaster Management monitoring teams in all seven regions of the CoJ together with all our 29 Fire Stations crews on high alert to ensure that we effectively respond to all emergencies which might occur during this cold front.”
SOME SAFETY TIPSÂ AS COLD FRONT HITS
Keep burning candles out of reach of children and pets.
Don’t leave young children unattended in a room with a lit candle.
Store candles, matches and lighters away from the reach of children.
Use safe containers to store paraffin such as safety caps
Do not connect electricity illegally it’s dangerous to you, children and those around instead report illegal connections.
Do not leave a heater unattended while in use it might cause fires at home.
