Kolekcionar vatrogasnog znakovlja

Vatrogasna i hitna služba osnovana je prema Naredbi kralja br. 14 iz 1975. godine pod odgovornošću portfelja tadašnjeg Ministarstva lokalne uprave. Potom je Ministarstvo premješteno u Ministarstvo stambenog i urbanog razvoja 1991. godine putem Pravne obavijesti br. 162. Biti vodeća služba vatrogasne sigurnosti i spašavanja, međunarodno akreditirana i usredotočena na izvrsnost u regiji Južnoafričke zajednice za razvoj. 

Odjelom rukovodi glavni vatrogasni časnik kojem pomaže zamjenik glavnog vatrogasnog časnika. Postoje četiri odsjeka na čelu s divizijskim časnicima, a odsjek za komunikacije na čelu s inženjerom komunikacija. Odjel se sastoji od sljedećih odjeljaka:

• Zaštita od požara
• Trening
• Operacije
• Komunikacije
• Prijevoz
• Zapovjedništvo
• Dužnosti operativnog odjela

• Glavna dužnost operacije je gašenje požara u cijeloj zemlji putem visoko ocijenjenih borbenih vještina. Odjel također spašava ljude koji su sudjelovali u prometnim nesrećama, a također oporavlja neke ljude koji su već prošli u nesrećama poput onih koji se utope i onih koji su počinili samoubojstvo vješanjem. Operativni odjel pruža izvrsnu prvu pomoć u nesrećama putem visoko obučenih časnika. Također, svijest o požaru provode kroz predavanja pojedincima i institucijama.

   Dužnosti odjela za prevenciju požara

  Uloga odjela osigurava da se po svaku cijenu spriječi pojava požara u zemlji provođenjem aktivnosti koje uključuju predavanja u školama, zajednicama i poslovnim područjima o tome kako ljudi mogu spriječiti požar i čak ga kontrolirati dok borci ne dođu u hitnim slučajevima. Odjel također osigurava sigurnost, posebno na radnim mjestima i u drugim formalnim objektima. Oni proučavaju crteže kuća u svim gradovima kako bi bili sigurni da su dobro nacrtani s obzirom na mjere zaštite od požara.

The Fire and Emergency Services Department was established in terms of the KIng's Order-in-Council No.14 of 1975 under the portfolio responsibilty of the then Ministry of Local Administration. The Ministry was then transferred to the MInistry of Housing and Urban Development in 1991 through the Legal Notice No. 162. The Fire and Emergency Services Department was established in terms of the KIng's Order-in-Council No.14 of 1975 under the portfolio responsibilty of the then Ministry of Local Administration. The Ministry was then transferred to the MInistry of Housing and Urban Development in 1991 through the Legal Notice No. 162. 

In accordance with the King's Order-in-Council (No. 14 of 1975) the objectives of the Department are to:

• Protect lives and property in case of fire and other emergencies
• Render humanitarian service in relation to fire and related emergencies to the general public.
• Enforce laws and regulations in connection with fire and safety.

• The department is headed by the Chief Fire Officer who is assisted by a Deputy Chief Fire Officer. There are four sections headed by Divisional Officers and the Communications Section is headed by the Communications Engineer. The Department is composed of the following sections:

  • Fire Prevention
  • Training
  • Operations
  • Communications
  • Transport
  • Headquarters

  Duties of operations department

  Operation’s main duty is putting out fire throughout the country through highly rated fighting skills. The department also rescue people involved in traffic accidents and also recover some individuals who have already passed on in accidents like those who drowns and those who have committedsuicide by hanging themselves. The operation department gives excellent first aid in accidents through highly trained officers. They also do fire awareness through lectures to individuals and institutions.

   Duties of Fire Prevention department

  The department’s role is making sure that fire is prevented at all cost from occurring in the country by conducting activities that include lectures schools, communities and business areas on how people can prevent fire and even control it until the fighters arrive in cases of emergencies. The department also ensure that there is safety especially in working places and other formal structures. They scrutinize drawings of houses in all the towns to make sure that it was drawn well considering fire safety measures.