by Leroy Lubisi | 6 Dec, 2017 | Profiles, WoFire News
More than 160 firefighters from nine Working on Fire teams in the western part of the Eastern Cape recently attended the week-long yellow card assessment held in Witelsbos. According to WOF Eastern Cape Assistant General Manager, Phumza Dyantyi, the objective of the...
by Leroy Lubisi | 6 Dec, 2017 | Profiles, WoFire News
As we are wrapping up the 2017 winter fire season, we would like to use this platform to convey our heartfelt gratitude to government departments, Fire Protection Associations (FPAs), landowners, members of the public and our heroes – the firefighters across the...
by Leroy Lubisi | 13 Sep, 2017 | Profiles, WoFire News
Mpumalanga General Manager Martin Bolton was invited by the University of Mpumalanga (UMP) to give a lecture to sugarcane farming students focusing on the control of fire. The university facilitated a sugarcane production certificate programme from 19 June to 21 July...
by Leroy Lubisi | 13 Sep, 2017 | Profiles, WoFire News
The Minister of Environmental Affairs, Dr Edna Molewa, has urged communities and landowners to remain vigilant and protect themselves and their properties from the potential devastation of wildfires. Dr. Molewa further urged people to heed the daily Fire Danger Index...
by Leroy Lubisi | 13 Sep, 2017 | Profiles, WoFire News
“The first time when I arrive at the WOF Academy, we didn’t know what to expect. It was a whole new environment to us. We had mixed feelings of happiness and being scared at the same time,” says Maite Thobela, a newly appointed firefighter at Mookgophong Base....
by Leroy Lubisi | 13 Sep, 2017 | Profiles, WoFire News
Working on Fire (WOF) participants in Limpopo had a very busy start to August as they battled raging wildfires in the Waterberg District. Waterberg is one of the areas which is prone to wildfires due to the type of vegetation. About 100 WOF firefighters were...
