WOF News
High risk areas to be monitored
The KwaZulu-Natal Utrecht team responded to a call of a fire at Emlwane Farm on 16 July. The team fought the fire for almost four hours before it was finally suppressed. According to the team’s Base Communication Representative, Zamani Nkosi, the fire was the second...
Beating the odds
“I took a risk when I went to the recruitment process, despite being an epileptic sufferer, and I passed all the fitness tests and got the job. I initially didn’t disclose that I was epileptic because I was scared I might be excluded from the recruitment,” says...
KZN Teams go all out to prevent fires
A number of teams from the province have been putting in fire prevention measures at communities they have identified as high fire risk areas. The aim is to ensure these areas experience fewer or no fires at all during this fire season. The Utrecht, Ingogo, Kokstad...
MD Message July 2016
We are currently in the midst of the winter fire season and have seen quite a reduction in fires compared to the same period in previous years. A number of factors have contributed to the significant drop in fires thus far this season. We have seen much better...
Wolmaransstad Team celebrates World Environmental Day with Schools
Working on Fire Wolmaransstad Team in the North West and Tholoana Consulting together with various stakeholders celebrated World Environmental Day at Maranatha Church in Wolmaransstad to raise awareness on environmental issues and its protection. The main objective of...
North West Fire Awareness Campaign launch
The North West Central teams, Provincial Staff, Potch FPA, North West University FPA, Potch Fire Services, ER24 and Police Mounted Academy paraded through the streets of Potchefstroom as they launched the 2016 Fire Awareness Campaign. The Fire Awareness Campaign...
MD Message
We are currently at the start of our 2016 Winter Fire Season and the predictions are that it will be a difficult season which has been exacerbated by late summer rains as well as expectant high and dry temperatures and heavy winds throughout the winter. I want to...
Heilbron Team promotes healthy living in a health awareness event
Bontle Molefe a former firefighter and beauty queen at the Roodeplaat Team has recently exited Working on Fire to volunteer at the Maponya Ambulance Services in Hammanskraal to gain working experience in the medical emergency services field. ‘‘I was driven by passion...
Eastern Cape teams encourages youth to take up sports
Young people should always come together in fighting crime and doing activities that will motivate unemployed youth.These are the words of Siyabonga Jeyi, a firefighter from Joubertina base during the Youth Day commemoration hosted by the WOF Department of...
Elliot base firefighter promoted to Human Resource Assistant
Hard work pays, said Khuthazo Mhletywa a former firefighter from Elliot base after he was appointed to be the new Human Resource Assistant. “I matriculated in 2007 and after that I enrolled with Ikhala FET College where I did my Human Resource Course, however it was...
Firefighter dreams of being a video editor
Vuyolwethu Sikete is a dedicated young man who would like to develop his skill in video editing. Sikete says that since he was in school he always had a dream to be the Video Editor. The 23 year old man passed his matric in 2013 and joined Working on Fire (WOF) in...
Former firefighter employed at Eastern Cape Parks and Tourism Agency
After passing her matric in 2012 Namhla Oyisi found it difficult to further her studies due to financial problems. However, Namhla’s life changed for the better when she was recruited by Working on Fire as a firefighter at the Katberg base in 2013. “I was so excited...
