
Fidelity SecureFire officially launched South Africa’s longest private fire service hydraulic platform truck, marking the debut with a record-breaking boardroom meeting 32 metres above rush-hour N1 traffic.
Wahl Bartmann, CEO of Fidelity Services Group, and John Smit, CEO of SSG Holdings, were hoisted into the air for an unfiltered conversation about leadership, risk, and the future of South Africa’s emergency services. The stunt highlighted the scale of Fidelity SecureFire’s frontline capabilities and the strength of the new partnership between Fidelity and SSG, which is reshaping the risk solution industry, Fidelity said in a statement.
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