{"id":45629,"date":"2024-06-21T09:37:19","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T07:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/brandweermanne-geprys-20240619-2\/"},"modified":"2024-06-21T09:37:19","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T07:37:19","slug":"brandweermanne-geprys-20240619-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/brandweermanne-geprys-20240619-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Worcester brandweermanne geprys na reddingswerk in George"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>M<\/span>et \u2019n ramp soos di\u00e9 wat hom verlede maand in George afgespeel het, is alle hulp van kardinale belang.<\/p>\n<p>Talle mense was vasgekeer toe \u2019n onvoltooide woonstelgebou daardie Maandag (6 Mei) ineengestort het. Vyf reddings\u00adwerkers van die Breedevallei is ook gevra om te help en hul kundigheid aan die situasie te verleen. <em>Standard &#038; Gazette <\/em>het met Sewes Pretorius (brandweer) oor die ondervinding gepraat. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cToe die provinsiale Rampbestuursentrum my oor die voorval kontak, het ek geweet dit was \u2019n ernstige oproep. Hulle het ons versoek om die provinsiale Tegniese Reddingskas en mannekrag te mobiliseer. My gedagtes het in beplanningsmodus oorgeskakel en ek het dadelik die proses begin om die personeel en kas gereed te kry om te vertrek.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Hy s\u00ea die Breedevallei-brandweer bestuur die Stedelike soek-en-redding-kas namens die Wes-Kaapse provinsie. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHierdie kas bevat gespesialiseerde tegniese reddingstoerusting wat gebruik word om slagoffers op te spoor en swaar reddingsgereedskap om slagoffers te bevry.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Die span is aanvanklik gevra om net vir drie dae op die toneel te help. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cDie aanvanklike versoek was om vir drie dae te bly, maar namate die omvang van die reddingsoperasie bekend geword het, het hulle ons versoek om langer te bly \u2013 tot die Vrydagoggend. Ek het uiteindelik vir tien dae \u2013 tot Woensdag 15 Mei \u2013 gebly.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Pretorius verduidelik die omvang van die toneel was baie groot, maar hy en sy span het dadelik hul werk begin doen. Hy is ook van mening dat die diens wat hulle kon verrig, \u2019n eer was. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cDie voorval was enorm. Daar is vermeld dat tientalle mense vasgekeer was. Ons het by die voorvalbevelstruktuur aangemeld en ons rolle met instruksies is aan ons gegee. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOns is aanvanklik gevra om vas te stel waar die slagoffers onder die struktuur gele\u00eb is. Dit word gedoen met gespesialiseerde seismiese toerusting. Ons spanlede was betrokke by die identifisering van die meeste van die vasgekeerdes \u2013 wat \u2019n voorreg!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nie net was die span instrumenteel in die opspoor van verskeie slagoffers nie, maar het ook ander spanne tydens die optrede gelei \u2013 iets waarop Pretorius trots is.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOns span was betrokke by die redding van verskeie slagoffers. Hulle was nie net betrokke by die hoogs gespesialiseerde identifikasiepoging nie, maar was ook spanleiers van verskeie reddings. Onthou, ons was ook deel van \u2019n groter spanpoging en het ons rol vervul in een van die grootste reddingsoperasies in die geskiedenis van Suid-Afrika en die w\u00eareld. Die manne was uitstaande en het die brigade geweldig trots gemaak. Ek het die rol van voorvalbevelvoerder vervul en was die nagskof-voorvalbevelvoerder totdat ek n\u00e1 nege dae weg is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hy erken dat dit baie traumaties was om by so \u2019n reddingsinisiatief betrokke te wees en dat die span van BVM berading sal ontvang.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOns brandbestryders is ook maar net mense, maar nie net die respondente op hierdie voorval nie. Brandbestryders is daagliks getuie van gewelddadige dood en vernietiging. Ek moet \u2019n lansie breek vir alle BVM-brandbestryders en ander oor die w\u00eareld heen, wat die uiterste werksomgewings moet hanteer \u2013 veral om deur hul eie naby-dood-situasies te werk en dood en vernietiging te aanskou, veral waar kinders betrokke is. [Ek haal my] hoed af vir die BVM-brandweermanne \u2013 die merkwaardigste manne en vroue met wie ek die voorreg het om mee saam te werk. Hulle sal vir berading gaan.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Hoewel hierdie \u2019n massiewe tragedie was, voel Pretorius bevoorreg dat hy deel aan die reddings kon h\u00ea.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHierdie voorval was \u2019n tragedie wat nie maklik in woorde omskryf kan word nie. Om by die reddingsoperasies by so \u2019n voorval betrokke te wees, is slegs \u2019n paar brandbestryders se voorreg. \u2019n Operasie soos hierdie is \u2019n groot spanpoging; niemand kan dit alleen doen nie. Trouens, die brandweer is \u2019n groot spanpoging. Vir my persoonlik was dit die hoogtepunt van my loopbaan. Wat \u2019n eer om op hierdie manier te kon dien.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hy het die hoogste lof vir die res van die span wat saam met hom in George gaan help het. \u201cHierdie manne is geharde, veteraan-brandbestryders. Hulle sal die hoogste prys vir die mensdom betaal, sonder om \u2019n woord te vra oor wie die slagoffer is of wat sy godsdiens, ras, of enigiets is.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Die ander dapperes wat Pretorius prys, is Adeeb Ismail, Ian Otto, Warren (Flippie) Phillips en Charlton (Charlie) Schroeder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Met \u2019n ramp soos di\u00e9 wat hom verlede maand in George afgespeel het, is alle hulp van kardinale 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