by WOF Editorial Team | 5 Sep, 2017 | Profiles, WoFire News
The Working on Fire programme in the Eastern Cape welcomed back 21 Crew Leaders who recently completed the Type 2 Crew Leader course. The young men and women left the province to attend the Type 2 Crew Leader course which ran from 24 May to 14 July. Ground Operations...
by WOF Editorial Team | 5 Sep, 2017 | Profiles, WoFire News
“I am living testimony that hard work, passion, dedication and perseverance are keys to a brighter future,” says Sarah Hlako, a firefighter from Blouberg Base in Limpopo. Sarah joined WOF as a firefighter at Blouberg Base in November 2016, when...
by WOF Editorial Team | 5 Sep, 2017 | Profiles, WoFire News
Since its inception last year, the Rooiberg Team has been working tirelessly to put up fire prevention measures in fire-prone areas. The team is facing its first fire season which will see the participants dispatched to the fire line for fire suppression. The...
by WOF Editorial Team | 5 Sep, 2017 | Profiles, WoFire News
Tshibanyane Mofokeng from the Bethlehem Team has achieved something that not many in his position have. Mofokeng obtained a Bachelor’s in Governance and Political Transformation degree from the University of the Free State. Tshibanyane and his twin brother are...
by WOF Editorial Team | 5 Sep, 2017 | Profiles, WoFire News
Following the recent fires which engulfed Knysna, the Western Cape Community Fire Awareness Officer (CFAO ), Rayganah Rhoda, and Fire Awareness Training Officer (FATO) Androlene Killian, conducted a FireSafe workshop in Knysna for 30 members of the Kleinkrans and...
by WOF Editorial Team | 5 Sep, 2017 | Profiles, WoFire News
Given Kobo of the Dr JS Moroka Team says the Working on Fire programme provided for him when his parents passed away. “I did not have anyone to care for me when my mother and grandparents died. I depended on them because jobs were scarce,” he...
