WATCH | Western Cape firefighters demonstrate state of readiness as fire season approaches

The Western Cape festive season is notorious for its unrelenting fires and as that time of the year fast approaches, Cape Town firefighters are gearing up for another period of sustained fires. On Tuesday, several fire fighting crews in the Western Cape, including the Table Mountain fire management team, Working on Fire, Disaster Management and the US Embassy 109th airlift wing of the New York Air National Guard, gave a brief demonstration on how a typical firefighting operation is conducted at the Newlands fire base. For this story and more, visit News24: https://www.news24.com/