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How to stay alive when caged in by wildfire

How to stay alive when caged in by wildfire

by WOF Editorial Team | 11 Aug, 2020 | Profiles, Uncategorized, WoFire News

During wildfires, firefighters as well as civilians (either helping to calm the blaze or caught in the situation), can get so preoccupied with a specific fire line, that they may easily be surrounded and engulfed. Many people have burnt or succumb to injuries related...

Working on Fire contributes to 2019 Wildfire Conference

Working on Fire contributes to 2019 Wildfire Conference

by WOF Editorial Team | 30 Dec, 2019 | Training, WOF Headlines, WoF International Deployments

Working on Fire strengthens relations at Wildland Fire 2019 conference in Canada The Managing Director of Working on Fire, Trevor Abrahams, recently partook in the 2019 Wildland Fire Canada Conference, held in Ottawa, Ontario where wildfire professionals from all over...

Help us bring joy to thousands of firefighters’ kids this 2019 festive season.

Help us bring joy to thousands of firefighters’ kids this 2019 festive season.

by WOF Editorial Team | 15 Oct, 2019 | Aviation News, Community campaigns, Fire Awareness, Fire Stories, Focus Article, WOF Kids

Help us bring joy to thousands of firefighters’ kids this 2019 festive season. Inspired by the legacy of Nelson Mandela, Working on Fire launched the WOF Kids Care-Package Initiative last year – 2018.

Working on Fire team returns after a successful deployment to Canada

Working on Fire team returns after a successful deployment to Canada

by WOF Editorial Team | 2 Sep, 2019 | WOF Headlines, Working on Fire

The Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries, Ms Barbara Creecy, welcomed back the Working on Fire team who had been deployed to assist with the wildfires Canada. A group of 40 Working on Fire (WOF) firefighters and five senior managers arrived at OR Tambo...

Working on Fire celebrates Mandela Day with nearly 200 projects

Working on Fire celebrates Mandela Day with nearly 200 projects

by WOF Editorial Team | 1 Aug, 2019 | Community campaigns

“Making a Difference” is one Working on Fire’s core values and forms an integral part of who Working on Fire is and what we do daily. Hence, we eagerly join the global community annually on Madiba’s birthday, 18 July, to honour his legacy, by donating 67 minutes to...

Working on Fire Celebrates 2019 International Firefighters’ Day

Working on Fire Celebrates 2019 International Firefighters’ Day

by WOF Editorial Team | 6 May, 2019 | WOF Headlines, Working on Fire

Being a firefighter is often a thankless job. Firefighters, whether they fight on the ground or from the sky, risk their lives to protect life, limb and property. On this International Firefighters’ Day, 04 May 2019, Working on Fire recognised the selfless acts of...

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17 years of Successful Partnerships

The Working on Fire (WOF) programme, funded by the Department of Environment, Forestry, and Fisheries, will be reaching a milestone of having been in existence for 17 years during the month of September.

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