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Fudzy
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Give those guys a raise! Always nice to read stories like these, thanks tibby 
Agreed these men are heroes
Recognition is given annually to members of all emergency units who go above and beyond the call of duty, by means of the DEBIS Emergency Hero of the Year Award
http://www.debishero.co.za/previous.htm
Who is eligible for the debis Emergency Hero of the Year Award?
The debis Emergency Heroes can be nominated from policing and law enforcement; fire fighting, emergency medical, hospital and ambulance services, rescue services and disaster management services. Colleagues, peers and the public can nominate their courageous Emergency Hero and the incident must have been seen by a witness. If you know an Emergency Service worker who has committed a selfless act of bravery in an attempt to save property or a life, please nominate that person now!
Recognition is given annually to members of all emergency units who go above and beyond the call of duty, by means of the DEBIS Emergency Hero of the Year Award
http://www.debishero.co.za/previous.htm
Who is eligible for the debis Emergency Hero of the Year Award?
The debis Emergency Heroes can be nominated from policing and law enforcement; fire fighting, emergency medical, hospital and ambulance services, rescue services and disaster management services. Colleagues, peers and the public can nominate their courageous Emergency Hero and the incident must have been seen by a witness. If you know an Emergency Service worker who has committed a selfless act of bravery in an attempt to save property or a life, please nominate that person now!
Runners up for 2004
Supt Stephan Fourie - SAPS
Supt Stephan Fourie is based in Pretoria.
He rescued a mother and daughter during an armed robbery, even though he had no back-up and he was unarmed. He used his private vehicle to charge to the scene, upon which two of the robbers fled and the third opened fire on Supt Fourie’s vehicle. Supt Fourie gave chase up to the point where the robbers got into a get-away car.The mother turned out to be another superintendent, then unknown to Supt Fourie, but also based at Head Office.
Greg Cox - Netcare 911
Greg is a paramedic at Netcare 911 in Durban. He was called out to a scene where he found himself in the middle of a shoot-out. When he arrived there, he was told about a police officer who was shot in the chest at very close range and who was lying approximately 100m from him. He immediately donned his bulletproof vest and made his way towards the injured officer, lifted him onto his shoulders and ran with him to the ambulance while he was still being fired at.
Nick Nevin - Netcare 911
Nick is a paramedic at Netcare 911 in Cape Town. Nick rescued a wounded woman from a hostage situation where five other people were also under threat. Unfortunately, due to the severity of the gunshot wound, the victim did not survive.
Conrad Seymour - ER 24
At the time of the incident Conrad was a paramedic at ER 24 in Kimberley. His team was called to a scene where casino workers had accidently fallen into the facility’s sewerage system and had been overcome by methane gas. Assessing the risk and time left in which to recover the men, Conrad realized that he could not wait for the fire department and after covering his mouth and nose with bandages, he entered the tunnel to retrieve the men.
Antonie Möller - Fire department
Antonie is a firefighter from Kimberley. He rescued a stab-wound victim after chasing the attackers for more than two kilometres
Here are the runners up for 2005
Johannes Trompetter, an inspector at Seafield Police Station, Port Alfred, Eastern Cape, a fellow inspector, Charl Hurn, and Sean Bauermeister, a security guard from Chubb security, Port Alfred, Eastern Cape.
The three had driven through blazing flames and thick smoke to get to the farmhouse of Andre Beauzec to rescue the trapped family, their staff and animals, from a fire that was destroying their property and threatening to destroy their lives.
Frans Stottelaar, an inspector at the Vanderkloof Police Station, Upper Karoo, Northern Cape, who dived into a flooding Orange River, where two people were drowning, and without any training or relevant equipment saved one of two victims.
Donald Olivier, a volunteer crewman at the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI), Wilderness, Western Cape, who saved a father and his 10-year-old son from drowning in the sea. Despite strong currents, he swam out to both victims and kept them afloat for 10 minutes while waiting for a rescue boat, and then had to swim back to shore.
Papinki Lebelo, a volunteer crewman at the NSRI, Cape Town, Western Cape, who saved two cousins (man and woman) caught in a rip current at Monwabisi Beach, Kayalitsha.
He applied cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR), to stabilise both victims, one of whom subsequently died of lung failure in hospital.
Jaco Viljoen and Wikus Maartens, both reservist constables from Dundee, Kwa-Zulu Natal, who successfully saved the lives of two car occupants from drowning after they had attempted to cross a flooded low river bridge and their car was swept off and hit a tree, trapping the occupants inside, with the water in the car steadily rising.
Supt Stephan Fourie - SAPS
Supt Stephan Fourie is based in Pretoria.
He rescued a mother and daughter during an armed robbery, even though he had no back-up and he was unarmed. He used his private vehicle to charge to the scene, upon which two of the robbers fled and the third opened fire on Supt Fourie’s vehicle. Supt Fourie gave chase up to the point where the robbers got into a get-away car.The mother turned out to be another superintendent, then unknown to Supt Fourie, but also based at Head Office.
Greg Cox - Netcare 911
Greg is a paramedic at Netcare 911 in Durban. He was called out to a scene where he found himself in the middle of a shoot-out. When he arrived there, he was told about a police officer who was shot in the chest at very close range and who was lying approximately 100m from him. He immediately donned his bulletproof vest and made his way towards the injured officer, lifted him onto his shoulders and ran with him to the ambulance while he was still being fired at.
Nick Nevin - Netcare 911
Nick is a paramedic at Netcare 911 in Cape Town. Nick rescued a wounded woman from a hostage situation where five other people were also under threat. Unfortunately, due to the severity of the gunshot wound, the victim did not survive.
Conrad Seymour - ER 24
At the time of the incident Conrad was a paramedic at ER 24 in Kimberley. His team was called to a scene where casino workers had accidently fallen into the facility’s sewerage system and had been overcome by methane gas. Assessing the risk and time left in which to recover the men, Conrad realized that he could not wait for the fire department and after covering his mouth and nose with bandages, he entered the tunnel to retrieve the men.
Antonie Möller - Fire department
Antonie is a firefighter from Kimberley. He rescued a stab-wound victim after chasing the attackers for more than two kilometres
Here are the runners up for 2005
Johannes Trompetter, an inspector at Seafield Police Station, Port Alfred, Eastern Cape, a fellow inspector, Charl Hurn, and Sean Bauermeister, a security guard from Chubb security, Port Alfred, Eastern Cape.
The three had driven through blazing flames and thick smoke to get to the farmhouse of Andre Beauzec to rescue the trapped family, their staff and animals, from a fire that was destroying their property and threatening to destroy their lives.
Frans Stottelaar, an inspector at the Vanderkloof Police Station, Upper Karoo, Northern Cape, who dived into a flooding Orange River, where two people were drowning, and without any training or relevant equipment saved one of two victims.
Donald Olivier, a volunteer crewman at the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI), Wilderness, Western Cape, who saved a father and his 10-year-old son from drowning in the sea. Despite strong currents, he swam out to both victims and kept them afloat for 10 minutes while waiting for a rescue boat, and then had to swim back to shore.
Papinki Lebelo, a volunteer crewman at the NSRI, Cape Town, Western Cape, who saved two cousins (man and woman) caught in a rip current at Monwabisi Beach, Kayalitsha.
He applied cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR), to stabilise both victims, one of whom subsequently died of lung failure in hospital.
Jaco Viljoen and Wikus Maartens, both reservist constables from Dundee, Kwa-Zulu Natal, who successfully saved the lives of two car occupants from drowning after they had attempted to cross a flooded low river bridge and their car was swept off and hit a tree, trapping the occupants inside, with the water in the car steadily rising.
mac_mac74
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at last something positive to come out of our news
ToxicBunny
Oi! Leave me out of this...
Those are awesome stories....
Those guys need all the credit that we could ever give them... as well as a HUGE raise. We need police officers and emergency workers with that kind of dedication.
Those guys need all the credit that we could ever give them... as well as a HUGE raise. We need police officers and emergency workers with that kind of dedication.
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Fudzy
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It would do the country wonders if we focussed on the positive rather than the negative in life.
ToxicBunny
Oi! Leave me out of this...
I know its partially geographic pride blah blah blah rubbish.....
But the story of Greg Cox was amazing, I DEF wouldn't have the guts to rescue someone in the middle of a shootout....
But the story of Greg Cox was amazing, I DEF wouldn't have the guts to rescue someone in the middle of a shootout....
ToxicBunny, what Greg did was incredible.
Just for interest here is the story that pipped him at the post, I think the choice between these two would have been incredibly difficult
Emergency Hero of the Year Winners - 2004
On 13th August 2004 at approximately 07:45, Detective Insp. Botes was the driver of an official vehicle during an observation operation in Pretoria. He was accompanied by two other people. Whilst patrolling the road, a Fidelity Cash Management service vehicle passed their vehicle. Insp. Botes followed at a safe distance. Suddenly a Mazda LDV and Volvo S40 appeared out of the bushes and turned into the road in front of the police vehicle. Orders were given that both vehicles should be pulled over and searched.
Insp. Botes switched the SAPS blue light on, activated the siren and passed the bakkie in order to stop it. As he was passing the vehicle, he saw the passenger throwing something that resembled a grenade through the window. He immediately stopped the vehicle and all three occupants jumped out. The Mazda bakkie made a U-turn and drove back in the direction of the team. The occupants of the bakkie started shooting at the police officials on the scene. They returned fire and a full scale gun battle ensued.
Insp. Botes got into his car and followed the speeding bakkie until it lost control and crashed into the veld on the left side of the road. The grass caught fire and the bakkie was engulfed in flames. Insp. Botes saw some of the suspects jump from the bakkie. He shouted warnings to other police officials that the suspects behind the bakkie were armed. Two of the suspects opened fire and were shot. In spite of knowing that there was a possibility of the suspects shooting at him or grenades exploding, Detective Insp. Botes responded to the screams of the men trapped in the bakkie.
He ran through the flames and the crossfire, grabbed two of the suspects by the clothes and pulled them to safety. He then heard another man screaming and returned to the bakkie amid the crossfire. He grabbed the man and attempted to pull him out of the flames. Unfortunately the man's foot got caught and Detective Insp. Botes was forced to run to safety before the heat overwhelmed him. Calling on his colleague for assistance, he returned to the flames by which time the suspect's clothes had started to burn. Detective Insp. Botes and his colleague got hold of the man and dragged him to safety, covering him with a jacket and throwing sand onto the man's burning clothes.
After the fire died and the area was secured, two bodies, two pistols, three revolvers and an R5 rifle were recovered. Unfortunately two of the suspects saved by Botes died of gunshot wounds, the other sustained multiple burn wounds and was arrested.
Just for interest here is the story that pipped him at the post, I think the choice between these two would have been incredibly difficult
Emergency Hero of the Year Winners - 2004
On 13th August 2004 at approximately 07:45, Detective Insp. Botes was the driver of an official vehicle during an observation operation in Pretoria. He was accompanied by two other people. Whilst patrolling the road, a Fidelity Cash Management service vehicle passed their vehicle. Insp. Botes followed at a safe distance. Suddenly a Mazda LDV and Volvo S40 appeared out of the bushes and turned into the road in front of the police vehicle. Orders were given that both vehicles should be pulled over and searched.
Insp. Botes switched the SAPS blue light on, activated the siren and passed the bakkie in order to stop it. As he was passing the vehicle, he saw the passenger throwing something that resembled a grenade through the window. He immediately stopped the vehicle and all three occupants jumped out. The Mazda bakkie made a U-turn and drove back in the direction of the team. The occupants of the bakkie started shooting at the police officials on the scene. They returned fire and a full scale gun battle ensued.
Insp. Botes got into his car and followed the speeding bakkie until it lost control and crashed into the veld on the left side of the road. The grass caught fire and the bakkie was engulfed in flames. Insp. Botes saw some of the suspects jump from the bakkie. He shouted warnings to other police officials that the suspects behind the bakkie were armed. Two of the suspects opened fire and were shot. In spite of knowing that there was a possibility of the suspects shooting at him or grenades exploding, Detective Insp. Botes responded to the screams of the men trapped in the bakkie.
He ran through the flames and the crossfire, grabbed two of the suspects by the clothes and pulled them to safety. He then heard another man screaming and returned to the bakkie amid the crossfire. He grabbed the man and attempted to pull him out of the flames. Unfortunately the man's foot got caught and Detective Insp. Botes was forced to run to safety before the heat overwhelmed him. Calling on his colleague for assistance, he returned to the flames by which time the suspect's clothes had started to burn. Detective Insp. Botes and his colleague got hold of the man and dragged him to safety, covering him with a jacket and throwing sand onto the man's burning clothes.
After the fire died and the area was secured, two bodies, two pistols, three revolvers and an R5 rifle were recovered. Unfortunately two of the suspects saved by Botes died of gunshot wounds, the other sustained multiple burn wounds and was arrested.
ToxicBunny
Oi! Leave me out of this...
Ok wow.... again... something I definately wouldn't have been able to do....
I would probably have left the guys to burn in the car probably... I know thats not a nice thing to say/do but yeah....
I would probably have left the guys to burn in the car probably... I know thats not a nice thing to say/do but yeah....