Cape Town still has some undisputed heroes – the firefighters who go into overdrive each summer controlling the fires on the Cape Peninsula.
I have never encountered anyone with anything other than praise for their work, nor of anyone who doesn’t support the budget for the rockin’ Titan helicopters[1] that they bring over every summer.

Firefighters

Life in Cape Town is closely linked to the health of the mountains in the area (especially Table Mountain).
In dry winters the only thing people care about is whether the mountain is getting any rain. In summer there is nothing worse than a fire on the mountain.

We are currently experiencing a heatwave and this means that the firefighters have been busy.
The Cape Times front page today features a shot of a water drop from a helicopter over the peninsula.

Cape Times – 25 January 2007

I really should join the Cape Town Volunteer Wildfire Services – even if only to help out with the removal of alien vegetation.
The pics of from www.capefires.com. Rock on!

Fire at Night

Fire Helicopter

[1] of which the coolest is the rockin’ twin-rotored Kamov KA-32. Yeah!