The NSRI is preparing for a hotter, drier summer, with increased drowning risks, water shortages and extreme weather among its key concerns.
El Niño will intensify before peaking in December and could become one of the strongest events recorded since 1950, UN warns.
The fire department is adding about 300 staff and extra water tankers for a drier than usual summer, after logging 139 incidents in sub-council 12.
Western Cape Premier Alan Winde has outlined the province’s El Niño summer readiness plan.
As a record El Niño looms, Premier Winde outlines Western Cape readiness for an eight-month fire season and mounting water security risks