Three firefighter vehicles were stoned in less than 24 hours over the past weekend.
In a statement, the City said that firefighters from
Gugulethu’s vehicle was stoned on Saturday, resulting the windscreen and side
passenger window being damaged in Manenberg.
The second incident occurred just after 23:00 on Saturday when
pedestrians stoned a fire vehicle from Wynberg close to the Gugulethu Fire
station. Again, the windscreen and side passenger window were damaged.
On Sunday, just before 1am, community members stoned
firefighters as they responded to a fire, where informal structures were alight
in Isikhova Street, in Mfuleni.
Mayco member for safety and security, JP Smith, said it appears
firefighters are again being targeted by the very people they are trained and
deployed to assist.
‘’After a period of relative calm, it now appears that our
firefighters are once more the target of senseless and dangerous attacks, often
from the very people they are trained and deployed to help. One can’t be sure
what the motivation is, but I want to reiterate to the public that attacking
our emergency services staff is not the answer. In fact, all that will happen
is that staff will be forced to wait for an enforcement escort before
responding, which will slow down reaction times and put lives and property at
unnecessary risk.’’
Done By: Mitchum George
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