THORNHILL LIFE
AEL Emergency Information
Anyone living or working within a 7 km distance of the Modderfontein
Industrial Complex would be well advised to take note of an informa-
tive advertisement placed in local media by the Modderfontein Com-
munity Awareness and Emergency Response (CAER) Committee.
The advertisement has been updated with the aid of AEL Mining
Services and advises people what to do in the unlikely event of a gas
escape causing a major emergency at the Complex. It has been placed
in five Caxton publications: the Bedfordview & Edenvale News, the
Kempton Express, the North East Tribune, the Alex News and the Tem-
bisan.
A major emergency is indicated
by an undulating siren which will
sound continuously from the com-
plex for the first 10 minutes of the
emergency.
This is the same alarm that is
tested every Friday at exactly
12:00.
On hearing the siren, people are
urged to move indoors and ensure that everyone nearby, and animals
too, are moved indoors. All windows and doors should be closed, and
ventilator fans and air conditioners switched off. The complex has an
arrangement with radio station Highveld 97.4 to broadcast informa-
tion relating to the emergency, it is therefore important to listen in for
up to the moment information as you may not hear the all-clear contin-
uous siren with doors and windows closed.
People are also notified that local emergency services may be called
in to assist with the emergency and, if so, their instructions should be
followed.
Residents are urged to inform their domestic workers, gardeners and
staff of the above procedures.
The next emergency drill for the Modderfontein Industrial Complex
will take place on the 19th of November 2018.
Robbie Vermont and Keith Martins, CAER Representatives