{"id":5867,"date":"2022-08-12T10:47:21","date_gmt":"2022-08-12T08:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visithogsback.co.za\/site\/?post_type=mec-events&#038;p=5867"},"modified":"2022-08-21T17:29:44","modified_gmt":"2022-08-21T15:29:44","slug":"probus-gathering","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/visithogsback.co.za\/site\/events\/probus-gathering\/","title":{"rendered":"Probus Gathering"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Speaker: Farha Ally (FPA Manager)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Although it&#8217;s difficult to believe that on such a cold wet day that this month\u2019s guest speaker will be talking about fire. Allow me to me explain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Around 1999 a north wind was blowing and a wildfire from the north steadily got closer to Hogsback. Before it was brought under control two homes (some say three) were set on fire and completely lost.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have since had fires that have caused losses in village homes but not due to out-of-control wildfires even though some fires approached the outskirts of the village during subsequent years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our guest speaker this month is Farah Ally well known to many of us, notably for the total professionalism that she displays during the execution of her responsibilities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For those who have heard previous addresses by GSFPA members (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gsfpa.co.za\/index.php\/1-greater-stutterheim-fire-protection-association\">Greater Stutterheim Fire Protection Association<\/a>), please be assured this address will be different concentrating primarily on the role of the GSFPA and the resources, volunteer and otherwise, that are activated during a fire depending on prevailing conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Vincent Blackbeard, Club President)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaker: Farha Ally (FPA Manager) &#8220;Although it&#8217;s difficult to believe that on such a cold wet day that this month\u2019s guest speaker will be talking about fire. Allow me to &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":5362,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[89,110],"mec_category":[202],"class_list":["post-5867","mec-events","type-mec-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-events","tag-food","mec_category-clubs-and-organisations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/visithogsback.co.za\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events\/5867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/visithogsback.co.za\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/visithogsback.co.za\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mec-events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visithogsback.co.za\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visithogsback.co.za\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5867"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visithogsback.co.za\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/visithogsback.co.za\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visithogsback.co.za\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5867"},{"taxonomy":"mec_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visithogsback.co.za\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec_category?post=5867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}