Drakenstein’s only Private Fire and Emergency First Aid (EFAR) response unit— protecting farms, estates, businesses and families across 1,500 km² of the Cape Winelands, 24 hours a day.
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4×4 Samil fire trucks with 9,000L capacity, Honda pumps, flatline hoses and water cannons — reaching fires where others cant. Field and structural response.
EFAR-certified responders provide life-saving stabilisation on scene, often arriving 20-40 minutes before an ambulance in rural Drakenstein.
Our own VHF repeater network and 24/7 manned control room connects over 600 properties — working even when cell networks fail.
Coordinated mountain and rural search operations in cooperation with SAPS and K9 units across the Drakenstein and Boland mountains.
Ground crew coordination for aerial waterbombing operations, protecting crops, vineyards, orchards and farm structures from wildfire.
Accredited first aid and fire fighting training. 30 volunteers trained and deployed across 5 informal settlements in Drakenstein.
DFW is a registered Non-Profit Company and Public Benefit Organisation. Your donation is tax deductible under Section 18A of the Income Tax Act.
The first private combined field and structural fire response group in the Western Cape. Protecting the Drakenstein community since 2014.
NPC Registration: 2017/344314/08
PBO Number: 930062323
Section 18A Tax Deductible Donations
De Leeuwenhof Estate, Sonstraal Road 1, Klein Drakenstein, Paarl, 7646