Local rescue team needs your vote
Vote for team Brave and help this local rescue team win the prestigious Centrum® Guardian Project.
· Mark Easton (Operations Manager, Rescue Technician, ILS), Mathew Gibbon (Rescue Technician, Advanced Supervisor, First Aid Level 3), Nic Geere (Abseil Supervisor, Rescue Technician, Advanced Supervisor, First Aid Level 3), Nicholas Holmes (Rescue Technician, First Aid Level 3), Pieter Koekemoer, Daniel McLaughlin and Nigel Tonkin (Rescue
TEAM Brave which consists of a team of firefighters from the Gillitts, Hammarsdale and Pinetown fire stations and Rescuetech volunteers need your vote to help them win the 2013 Centrum® Guardian Project.
Team Brave has been selected as one of the eight finalists in the 2013 Centrum® Guardian Project for their heroic actions in rescuing a fellow colleague who was trapped in a dangerous forest fire on Wednesday, 4 July 2012.
Team Brave’s story will be one of the stories profiled on SABC3 in a 7-week documentary drama series called Centrum® Guardians 2013, hosted by Ruda Landman. The show comprises dramatic re-creations of the stories that the finalists have been nominated for, including safety tips for the public on how to avoid accidents or assist in emergency situations.
Team Brave feature in episode 2 on SABC3 on Sunday, 11 August 2013 at 4.30pm (repeat on Wednesday, 14 August at 3.15pm). Their full story can be viewed online at www.centrumguardian.com.
To vote for this team, SMS “BRAVE” to 34020 or vote online via the Facebook page (www.facebook.com/centrumguardian ), mobisite (www.centrumguardian.mobi), website (www.centrumguardian.com/story_brave.php) or Twitter (www.twitter.com/centrumguardian). Proceeds from SMS votes will be donated to Rescuetech and the Pinetown, Gillitts and Hammersdale fire stations. SMS’s are charged at R1,50 (free SMS’s don’t apply). Voting is open from 1 July to 11 September 2013.
For further information contact Nicholas Holmes (Communications Officer: RescueTech KZN) on 082 456 2721.
