Statement by the City Manager of Johannesburg on the building fire in the CBD of Johannesburg
As we are all aware, the morning the City of Johannesburg’s Emergency Management Services (EMS) responded to a fire alert at the Usindiso Building, located at No. 80 Alberts Street in Marshalltown; Johannesburg.
Sadly, our firefighters received their first alert at 01:19 and the first responders were on the scene at 01:29. From EMS, the City’s fire department rapidly deployed the following equipment:
1. Two Fire Engines
2. OneIndustrialPumper
3. OneHeavyRescueVehicle
4. OneAirTruck
5. Two Level Two Incident Command Units
6. OneBronto
7. OneLadderTruck
8. Forty-Three Firefighters and Fourteen Officers
This is in line with the South African National Standards on Community Fire Safety requirements for a building of this nature, which is a five storey building that is defined as High Rise Building.
The Gauteng Provincial Health Emergency Management Services also attended…
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