31/08/2026
Women’s Month Spotlight: Meet Kirsty🩷
For Kirsty, being there for people in their most vulnerable moments isn’t just something she does. It’s something she has built her life around.
A Hout Bay local for 40 years, Kirsty completed her ILS medical training in 2008 and went on to volunteer with Hout Bay EMS. She has also been part of CCP’s journey from the very beginning, volunteering her medical skills to help people across our community.
Today, Kirsty is CCP’s only female volunteer medic responder.
With CCP’s support and assistance, she is able to safely reach patients who need urgent help, assess and stabilise them, and provide vital care while emergency medical services are on their way.
Her passion for helping others extends far beyond CCP. Kirsty teaches offshore survival, including Helicopter Underwater Escape Training (HUET), as well as first aid and lifesaving skills. Through this work, she empowers people with the knowledge and confidence to look after themselves and to help others when it matters most.
As she puts it:
“The more people who know CPR, and the more people who know how to save a life, the better.”
And when you ask her what drives her, the answer is beautifully simple:
“I guess my passion is just people, and helping people. Helping my community.”
This Women’s Month, we’re proud to celebrate Kirsty, a woman whose courage, compassion and willingness to step forward continue to make a very real difference in Hout Bay🌸💪
🩷And as Women’s Month comes to a close, we celebrate all women, in every role and every walk of life, and the countless ways they strengthen, support and shape the communities around them🩷