I was delighted to read in last week’s paper that our fire department has new fire trucks. (Estcourt News, July 5, page 3 – ‘Umtshezi Fire Association goes above and beyond).

READ THE STORY HERE: A helping hand from the Umtshezi Fire Protection Association

It must come as s sigh of relief to many locals, especially after the Clover fire disaster.

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We definitely do not want a repeat of that.

I hope that the new fire trucks will be properly maintained and driven so that they have a longer life and the fire fighters can execute the tasks efficiently and with correct resources.

The addition of the fire trucks will certainly quell fears that our fire fighters do not have the equipment required to fight big fires.

Now, we just need to get an answer about what all those vehicles are doing in the fire station yard.

Estcourt Resident

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