FIRE, FLOOD AND ICE: SEARCH AND RESCUE MISSIONS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN AIR FORCE

dc.creator	Lindelwa Simphiwe Mnyandu
dc.date	2012-02-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T20:09:47Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T20:09:47Z
dc.identifier	10.5787/29-0-195
dc.identifier	2224-0020
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/17f71869df3749dc83965c554695b4de
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/9294
dc.identifier.uri	https://doaj.org/article/17f71869df3749dc83965c554695b4de
dc.description	<p>Between the end of 1999 and the early months of the year 2000, the south western parts of South Africa (SA) were subjected to raging infernos that saw a lot of commercial wine farms as well as tourist spots almost irreparably ravaged. With volunteers and rescue personnel still gasping for fresh breath another disaster, in the form of torrential rains, struck the impoverished country of Mozambique and the north western parts of SA. The attendant floods did not only cripple agriculture but also drowned people and livestock alike. With them, also came the first "treebirth" in this new millennium (if not in the history of mankind). In both catastrophes, the men and women of the South African Air Force (SAAF), as well as thousands of other volunteers, worked tirelessly and unselfishly in efforts to save endangered lives and property and to bring a sense of normality in otherwise tragic circumstances.</p>
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy)
dc.relation	http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/195
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2224-0020
dc.source	Scientia Militaria : South African Journal of Military Studies, Vol 29, Iss 0 (2012)
dc.subject	ISBN 0 620 2290 1 2
dc.subject	SEARCH AND RESCUE MISSIONS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN AIR FORCE
dc.subject	south western parts of South Africa
dc.subject	infernos
dc.subject	Mozambique and the north western parts of SA
dc.subject	FIRE
dc.subject	FLOOD
dc.subject	ICE
dc.subject	volunteers and rescue personnel
dc.subject	South African Air Force (SAAF)
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.title	FIRE, FLOOD AND ICE: SEARCH AND RESCUE MISSIONS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN AIR FORCE
dc.type	Article