Hilary Phillips
Hilary Phillips is a regular contributor to CRJ
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Civil disturbance manifests as xenophobia
In 2008 a xenophobic outbreak in South Africa left more than 60 dead and displaced thousands, reports Hilary Phillips. In March and April, South Africans protested violently against the presence of migrant workers from other parts of Africa - Written by Hilary Phillips. (Volume 10, Issue 4)
Major wildfires in South Africa
From the early hours of Sunday March 1, 2015, firefighters faced one of the worst fires ever experienced around the Cape Peninsula, reports Hilary Phillips - Written by Hilary Phillips. (Volume 10, Issue 3)
Six-storey guest house collapse
Efforts by South Africa to send an urban search and rescue team and disaster management aid to Nigeria after the collapse of a six-storey church guesthouse were frustrated, reports Hilary Phillips - Written by Hilary Phillips. (Volume 10, Issue 2)
Technology for smarter cities, safer societies
Is Johannesburg a world-class African city? Yes and no, depending on how one looks at it, writes Hilary Phillips, who peels back the layers to get a true picture of the complexities lying at the heart of the 'place of gold' - Written by Hilary Phillips. (Volume 10, Issue 1)
Major floods hit South Africa
Throughout weeks of rain, rescue personnel had their hands full responding to flood emergencies and rising numbers of dead and missing in many areas. - Written by Hilary Phillips. (Volume 9, Issue 4)
The drowning season
Drowning is the third leading cause of unintentional injury and death worldwide, with more than 500,000 deaths a year. Hilary Phillips discusses with experts about how to reduce the high, but often preventable, death toll in South Africa - Written by Hilary Phillips. (Volume 9, Issue 3)
Lightning strike injury
The frequency and complexity of lightning strike injury in Africa are under much discussion within the emergency response community and there is a need for further research and diagnosis, Chris Stein tells Hilary Phillips - Written by Hilary Phillips. (Volume 9, Issue 2)
Lightning strikes
More than 260 people a year are killed by lightning in South Africa. What can be done to assess and treat the injuries of survivors? Chris Stein discusses the issue with Hilary Phillips - Written by Hilary Phillips. (Volume 9, Issue 1)
Cross-border emergency care and the law
What are the legal ramifi cations of emergency medical treatment for patients or casualties in cross-border transit? Hilary Phillips speaks to Kurt Worrall-Clare, a South African legal counsel who specialises in this thorny area - Written by Hilary Phillips. (Volume 8, Issue 4)
Safety versus survival: Household energy injuries
"The right to safe energy is a basic human need. The constant destruction of underprivileged homes and lives is untenable – and due almost entirely to unsafe energy supply and appliances," says Patrick Kulati in an interview with hilary Phillips - Written by Hilary Phillips. (Volume 8, Issue 3)
Quo Vadis? What next for urban search and rescue?
It is time to review the optimal delivery of cross-border Urban Search and Rescue, as well as how it is presented to, understood and put into action by governments faced with major disasters, Professor Efraim Kramer of Rescue South Africa tells Hilary Phillips - Written by Hilary Phillips. (Volume 8, Issue 1)
Stadium disasters
Since 1902 approximately 1,900 spectators are known to have died and 8,800 have been injured in football stadium stampedes. To reduce this loss of life means learning from history and planning adequately for the future, according to Efraim Kramer, who talks to Hilary Phillips - Written by Hilary Phillips. (Volume 7, Issue 4)
Search for missing planes
Hilary Phillips talks to Off Road Rescue Unit Operations Officer Simon McDonnell about a multi-skilled search and rescue operation to locate and recover two light aircraft that crashed in Limpopo in mid-August - Written by Hilary Phillips. (Volume 7, Issue 3)
Paediatric emergency skills
If newly-qualified paramedics are to be confi dent when dealing with paediatric pre-hospital emergency care, they must have adequate exposure to such cases while studying. Hilary Phillips looks at how this need is being met in Johannesburg - Written by Hilary Phillips. (Volume 7, Issue 2)
International USAR assistance
Technical Rescue Ops Commander Hugh Price-Hughes describes to Hilary Phillips how Rescue South Africa assisted after the quake, while Emily Hough talks to Lieutenant Rodney S Vaughan of Fairfax County USAR, and reports on New Zealand’s first international deployment - Written by Emily Hough and Hilary Phillips. (Volume 7, Issue 1)
Contentious toll system
On February 4, the South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) announced that its proposed highway toll system would begin in June. Hilary Phillips checks on how this could affect emergency services delivery - Written by Hilary Phillips. (Volume 7, Issue 1)
Drilling for rescue
That the rescue of 33 Chilean miners in September 2010 was successful was down to an unusual assortment of skills and experience brought to bear on what appeared to be a slender hope. Hilary Phillips talks to some of those who were involved - Written by Hilary Phillips. (Volume 6, Issue 4)
Congo recovery mission
Hilary Phillips talks to Hugh Price-Hughes of Rescue South Africa about the extreme difficulties encountered when handling recovery operations after a corporate air crash in central Africa’s dense, mountainous forest - Written by Hilary Phillips. (Volume 6, Issue 3)
Global risk management
James Tully and Charl van Loggerenberg introduce Hilary Phillips to the remote site medical services they help supply in sub-Saharan Africa - Written by Hilary Phillips. (Volume 6, Issue 3)
All eyes on South Africa
Less than 70 days to go and the world’s attention is focused on South Africa’s hosting of the FIFA World Cup, the fi rst ever to be held on the African continent; Hilary Phillips looks at safety and security issues - Written by Hilary Phillips. (Volume 6, Issue 2)
South Africa's cross border disaster response
Ian Scher, the CEO of Rescue South Africa, tells Hilary Phillips about the challenges met by this heavy rescue unit and how it is called upon for cross-border operations and training - Written by Hilary Phillips. (Volume 5, Issue 2)
Disaster management
An in-depth risk assessment of Gauteng, South Africa, was undertaken before a site for the recently commissioned Midrand Disaster Management Centre was chosen. Hilary Phillips checks current progress with the director, Colin Deiner - Written by Hilary Phillips. (Volume 5, Issue 1)
Manning the Gautrain tunnel
Hilary Phillips finds out how a rescue operation would be handled in the event of a serious underground incident during construction of a 15 kilometre train tunnel in South Africa - Written by Hilary Phillips. (Volume 4, Issue 4)
Underground SAR
Hilary Phillips talks to Christo de Klerk of the Mines Rescue Services – probably South Africa’s best-known volunteer SAR unit - Written by Hilary Phillips. (Volume 4, Issue 3)
Specialist mobility in mountain rescue
In this introduction to another of South Africa's remarkable volunteer rescue services, Hilary Phillips speaks to Rob Thomas of the Gauteng Mountain Rescue Team about its regular activities, volunteers and training - Written by Hilary Phillips. (Volume 4, Issue 2)
South Africa's volunteer rescue operations
Hilary Phillips reports on the South African volunteer search and rescue groups that specialise in using off-road vehicles and dog teams. These bodies work closely to utilise complementary skills - Written by Hilary Phillips. (Volume 4, Issue 1)
Sea rescue in South Africa
Ian Wienburg, CEO of the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) in South Africa, has never lived more than 200 metres from the sea and even his recreational interests involve boats and water, he tells Hilary Phillips in this profi le of the Institute, its work and its staff - Written by Hilary Phillips. (Volume 3, Issue 3)
Tracking emergency data for EMS trainees
Faced with drowning in paper, Chris Stein, a lecturer in Emergency Medical Care rolled up his sleeves and designed a low-cost tracking and quality control system that could be applied across all the emergency services, reports Hilary Phillips - Written by Hilary Phillips. (Volume 2, Issue 4)
Urgent issues faced in South Africa
In an interview with Hilary Philips, Tinus Pretorius, Chief of Sol Plaatje Emergency Services, comments on the constraints under which South Africa's emergency services are operating - Written by Hilary Phillips. (Volume 2, Issue 3)
Extreme weather - South Africa
Hilary Philips looks at how South Africa meets the challenges of unpredictable temperatures and sometimes extreme weather conditions - Written by Hilary Phillips. (Volume 2, Issue 2)