by WOF Editorial Team | 9 Mar, 2017 | Fire Awareness
Roelie Schilt, the chairperson of the Heidelberg Fire Protection Association (FPA), says that partnering with the Working on Fire team in the area is benefitting more landowners. He says the partnership has united landowners and has helped them confront fire...
by WOF Editorial Team | 8 Mar, 2017 | Profiles
Victor Khulwana, a Type 1 Crew Leader of the Mdala Team, says one of the most important human rights is being able to have a source of income and afford to buy food. He says he starved prior to democracy, because programmes like Working on Fire did not exist to...
by WOF Editorial Team | 7 Mar, 2017 | Profiles
Former firefighters from the Carletonville Base, Mahlomola Leeto and Gladwin Style, are using skills learned during their time in the programme at their new jobs. They are employed as brushcutter and chainsaw operators by the Amaduala Company . “We did training in...
by WOF Editorial Team | 6 Mar, 2017 | Profiles
Katleho Mahlaba, a Working on Fire firefighter from the Bethlehem Base, recently walked away with a gold medal in the K1M category of the South African Junior Slalom Canoe Championships. The annual championship was held in Clarens in the Free State on the Ash River....
by WOF Editorial Team | 5 Mar, 2017 | Fire Awareness
The Free State Working on Fire Dewetsdorp Team celebrated Wetlands Month in February at Morojaneng Park. Various stakeholders, such as members of the Community Work Programme (CWP), Department of Health and Mangaung Metro Municipality, attended the event. The Working...
