All posts in: "Disaster preparations"
- Our 2013 response – and Wings’ ground coordinator, Clive Langmead!
Our 2013 response was in a new area for us. The Limpopo flooded. The river is is southern Mozambique and many people live on the…
- Safe and airworthy!
Our imported helicopter has passed all its inspections and has been declared safe and airworthy on the South African register. She is no longer 5H-XSH…
- South African import – it’s done
Today we paid the taxes for the helicopter to come out of the customs bond and be a South African import. We feel great! We…
- WLE Logistics Southern Africa is founded!
We have a company! Great! It has taken 9 months of waiting. But now we have a legal presence in South Africa. It is WLE…
- Climate Change – Managing the Risks of Extreme Events & Disasters
In 2012, the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued a special report. It looked at the impact of the changing climate on disasters. Have…
- 2011 – Increasing helicopter response capability
Wings is aiming to improve helicopter response to disasters in southern Africa. The Hope of the Nations helicopter 5H-XSH lands near Johannesburg in South Africa.…
- 2011 – Helicopter flying through Mozambique
Adrian Nance with the map supporting Wynand Malan in Jet Ranger 5H-XSH, with the helicopter flying over Mozambique on their way south on the 1700…
- Our first affiliated helicopter!
Our first affiliated helicopter is a key milestone.
- A 2000 mile reconnaissance with Sergio!
‘Time spent on reconnaissance is never wasted.’ In order to make sure Wings could help in disaster response, Adrian Nance needed to see the ground…
- Precautions – a deployment 2010
Precautions help make responses faster and better. That’s why Adrian Nance went to Mozambique in January 2010. To get ready. The climate forecasts were bad.…
