by WOF Editorial Team | 23 Mar, 2017 | Training
Thato Gabaya is a North West Working on Fire participant from Dithakong village in Kuruman, Nor thern Cape. Gabaya matriculated in 2010 but could not study further due to financial problems. “September 2011, that’s when my life changed for the better after I joined...
by WOF Editorial Team | 20 Mar, 2017 | Working on Fire
The Working on Fire programme spends about R80 million per year in the Western Cape, preventing and managing large wild fires. Working on Fire has twenty-five firefighting aircraft currently deployed in the Western Cape and 36 pilots, and about 70 vehicles that...
by WOF Editorial Team | 18 Mar, 2017 | Training
Following the recent fires in the Southern Cape, Community Fire Awareness Officer Rayganah Rhoda conducted a FireSafe workshop for 20 Community Development Workers (CDWs) at the Calitzdorp Spa in the Kannaland Local Municipality. Rhoda focused on community profiling...
by WOF Editorial Team | 12 Mar, 2017 | Training
All High Altitude Teams (HAT ) in the province recently had their first Team-building Rope Access Safety Camp at Monks Cowl. KZN HAT’s Regional Manager Henry Nene says, “The aim of the camp was to inspire teams working from bases to refresh safety standards during...
by WOF Editorial Team | 11 Mar, 2017 | Training
The KwaZulu-Natal High Altitude Team (HAT ) held its rope access training from 20 February to 3 March 2017 at Shongweni Dam in Durban. Training was conducted by the High Angle Rope Access Training Company. This training must be refreshed every two years to cover any...
