1. SOUTHERN AFRICA FIREFIGHTERS & YOUTH DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION (SAFYDA)
Presented by: Unathi Tete
August 2018
Fire Services Eastern Cape
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2. Who is SAFYDA
SAFYDA is a non profit organisation committed to the excellence of firefighters (first responders) and the youth, SAFYDA will provide on-going education, training and therapeutic support through strategic partnerships.

3. Why was SAFYDA Create SAFYDA was created by fire-fighters to create opportunities that support, build and grow the youth & Firefighters through mentoring, training, leadership development, that helps the youth & firefighters to network on multiple levels personal, professional and in business and creating youth & firefighters in communities that exemplify excellence.

4. SAFYDA
Mission
To create opportunities that support, build and grows the youth to be first responders through mentoring, education, training, development programs, networking and recognizing excellence.
Vision
To be an organization that promotes and enhances community risk safety and create opportunities for first responder and the youth by fostering networks on a local and international platform to ensure that African First Responders are provided with the latest psychological, therapeutic support, technology, training techniques and state of the art equipment that will enhance fire-fighter safety.

5. Heritage Preservation
SAFYDA PILLARS
SAFYDA Est
Community Safety
&
Risk Education
History
&
Heritage Preservation
Therapeutic Services
&
Bursaries
Youth Development
&
Training
SAFYDA THE HOME OF FIREFIGHTERS PAST - PRESENT - FUTURE

6. Community Safety & Risk Education
Safety Village
Educational Programs
Survive Alive House
Injury Prevention Learning Centre
Small Animal Petting Farm (Zoo)
Fire & Emergency Museum
Therapeutic Centre for First Responders
First Responder Training Academy
Bicycle and Helmet Safety
Pedestrian Safety
Water Safety
Fire Safety & Prevention
Injury Prevention
Dangerous Person Awareness
Internet Safety
Poison Prevention

7. History & Heritage Preservation
Museum
Focus of activities will be:
Science
Arts
Emergency Services Culture
History

8. Therapeutic Services & Bursaries
Hydration & Soup truck
Rest areas
Psychological support
Bursary program for fallen hero's kids
First responders recognition awards

9. Youth Development & Training
Cadet Program
Explorer program
years
Basic fire Safety & Prevention
First Aid
Leadership Camps
Community Emergency Response Teams (C.E.R.T)
Dragon Boats
Survival skills
Hoses
Ladders
Ropes & knots
18 – 28
Fire fighter I
Hazmat Awareness
Fire Fighter II
Fire & Life Safety Educator I
Fire Brigade Services Act
History of the Fire Services

10. Cadet Program Summary
The definition of youth is: The period between childhood and adult age that displays qualities of vigour, freshness and immaturity etc. that is associated with being young.
The Fire Cadet Program is a youth development program that was created by firefighters for children of firefighters in 2004 and this program was started to afford kids the opportunity to see what Emergency Care is about and to open a doorway for them to be developed in the Emergency Care discipline.
The program started out with about 20 kids and over a few years grew into a fully-fledged youth development program within the City of Johannesburg Emergency Management Services that has 220 youth registered to the annual program.

11. What is in it for your organisation
Incentive programs for your communities (Smoke alarms)
Well capacitated and professional firefighting force
Cost implication reduction due to minimized damage and loss of life and property
Meaningful social community investment program
Youth empowerment and job creation
Brand Marketing
Public safety & community risk education

12. Support of Fire Departments
Our recent survey with Fire Departments countrywide has resulted in the realisation of lack of support from an equipment and technical point of view
SAFYDA endeavours to support the Fire Departments with their needs by going out to seek partners (commercial and civil society) to deliver the service to the community
It is not a given that we will succeed with every commercial request to the private sector. However we have capacity to request and present a sustainable business case to support the Fire Services needs.
This support is provided on a case by case basis depended on the needs for the specific Fire Department or region

13. “Tomorrow’s leaders are built Today”

14. Thank you