Talle jong seuns droom daarvan om eendag \u2019n brandweerman te word. Maar Hannes van Dyk van die Paarl het sy droom ten spyte van geweldige uitdagings bewaarheid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hannes, \u2019n oud-leerder van die Ho\u00ebr Jongenskool Paarl, het pas uitpasseer as brandbestryder van die Kaapse Wynland-distriksmunisipaliteit (KWDM).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hy was Vrydag (6 September) een van 36 nuwe brandbestryders van die KWDM se Brandweer-opleidingsakademie in Stellenbosch, wat by die brandweergemeenskap verwelkom is tydens die voorstellingsparade waar die merkwaardige prestasies van die Winterklas van 2024 gevier is. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die seremonie het \u2019n indrukwekkende optog, kloklui-seremonie en hoendervleis-waardige driloefeninge ingesluit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Di\u00e9 gegradueerdes het van 12 Mei tot 6 September vanjaar intense en strawwe opleiding ondergaan, onder meer in Brandbestryder 1 en 2 en Hazmatbewustheid en -bedrywighede. Die klas is deur hul instrukteurs geprys omdat daar geen kwessies met dissipline was nie en omdat hulle \u2019n merkwaardige 100%-slaagsyfer vir die Hazmatbedrywighede-kursus behaal het \u2013 \u2019n eerste in die akademie se geskiedenis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEk is baie trots op elkeen van julle. Jul toewyding, spanwerk en deursettingsvermo\u00eb het vir julle \u2019n plek onder die beste brandbestryders besorg. Ek sien uit daarna om saam met julle te werk tydens voorvalle met die wete dat ons saam \u2019n verskil sal maak en ons gemeenskappe veilig sal hou,\u201d het Heinrich Louw, hoof van die Opleidingsakademie vir die KWDM se Brandweerdienste, in sy finale toespraak aan die gegradueerdes ges\u00ea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die opleidingsprogram het sowel teoretiese as praktiese aspekte gedek, met die fisieke komponent wat dikwels die meeste eise gestel het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hannes was boonop op 18-jarige ouderdom die jongste student wat di\u00e9 uiters intense opleiding ontvang het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hannes was verlede jaar nog \u2019n matriekleerder by Boishaai. Hy was nog altyd \u2019n fikse en gesonde jongman wat veral hierop gefokus het. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maar sy skoolloopbaan en moontlike toekoms het verlede jaar byna tot stilstand gekom toe hy op 17-jarige leeftyd \u2019n beroerte gehad het terwyl hy by die skool was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dit was \u2019n reuse-skok vir die hele gesin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hannes was vir weke in die hospitaal se waakeenheid en dokters het gevrees hy sou met langdurige gebreke weens moontlike breinskade gelaat word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sy motoriese vaardighede is onder meer grootliks aangetas en \u2019n lang pad van intensiewe rehabilitasie het gevolg om sy loop-, praat- en skryfvaardighede te herstel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die herstelproses was danksy di\u00e9 hulp en die feit dat Hannes jonk en gesond is, vinniger in vergelyking met ouer mense. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ook het sy en sy gesin se vasberadenheid om hom weer op die been te kry, tot sy vermo\u00eb om \u2019n normale jong lewe te kan lei, bygedra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hannes vertel dat hy reeds voor sy beroerte getob het oor watter loopbaan hy n\u00e1 skool wou volg en brandbestryding was een daarvan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cToe ek weens my beroerte in \u2019n ernstige toestand in die hospitaal was en met die ongelooflike sorg wat ek van al die mediese personeel ontvang het, het ek daar reeds besluit dat ek ook wil teruggee aan die gemeenskap en \u2019n brandweerman wil word.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hannes het in Januarie by die KWDM se brandweerdienste as reservis aangesluit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOns reserviste is werklikwaar vanuit die staanspoor by die diepkant ingegooi omdat die 2024-brandseisoen \u2013 die ergste in meer as \u2019n dekade \u2013 die Boland in \u2019n wurggreep gehad het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOns het baie lang ure brande in afgele\u00eb gebiede in baie moeilik omstandighede bestry, wat soms baie gevaarlik was. Ons het baie vinnig vaardighede geleer, ook dissipline en spanwerk, wat uiters belangrik is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDie bystand en opleiding wat ons van ons senior offisiere ontvang, is ongelooflik. Hulle monitor pal ons bewegings en as daar enige gevaar vir ons in byvoorbeeld \u2019n bergbrand is, word ons veiligheid eerste gestel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEk het ongelooflik baie in \u2019n relatiewe kort tydjie geleer en ek sien uit na my volgende opleiding wat kom om \u2019n volwaardige brandweerman te wees.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die gegradueerdes kom van reg oor die provinsie en uit verskillende vlakke van die samelewing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hierdie uiteenlopende groep was \u2019n voorbeeld van die eenheid en samewerking wat die brandbestrydingsgemeenskap definieer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDie Kaapse Wynland-distrik is geweldig trots op julle. Ons is vol vertroue dat julle met eer, integriteit en \u2019n onwrikbare verbintenis tot die veiligheid van ons mense sal dien. Wanneer julle jul uniform aantrek en jul plek in ons brandbestrydingsgeledere inneem, moet julle weet dat julle \u2019n verpersoonliking van moed, onbaatsugtigheid en dienslewering is,\u201d het die KWDM se burgemeester, Elna von Schlicht, tydens haar toespraak aan die gegradueerdes ges\u00ea. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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