Latest WOF News
Working on Fire hosts its fifth annual Azishe Games
Annually, as the winter fire season draws to a close, Working on Fire gets ready for its famous Azishe Games. This highly anticipated inter-provincial, company sports event has become a highlight on the WOF calendar and many participants start preparing for the...
MD Message October 2018
It was with great sadness that we learned of the loss of Nico Heyns, one of our most experienced firefighting pilots, during firefighting operations in the Southern Cape on 23 October 2018. We in Working on Fire and Kishugu joined Nico’s family, friends and colleagues...
Working on Fire mourns the passing of the Minister of Environmental Affairs, Dr. Edna Molewa
It is with great sadness that we received the news of the passing of our Minister of Environmental Affairs, Edna Molewa. The Working on Fire programme, together with the other “working for” programmes reside in the Departmental of Environmental Affairs and had an...
MD Message August 2018
I would like to extend warm greetings to all our firefighters and staff across the provinces and especially to all the women in Working on Fire who celebrated Women’s Month in August. The national theme for Women’s Month this year was ‘100 Years of Albertina Sisulu,...
Put smiles on kids’ faces with the WOF Kids Care-Package initiative
Inspired by the legacy of Nelson Mandela, Working on Fire has launched the WOF Kids Care-Package with the aim to collect and distribute 2,000 gift packages to qualifying children of WOF firefighters and High-Altitude Team rope technicians this coming December 2018....
Working on Fire does over 100 Acts of Goodwill for Mandela Day
Madiba’s legacy calls on all of us, daily, to make the world a better place. Our belated hero and former president, Tata Nelson Mandela, was passionate about Making a Difference - one of Working on Fire’s core values. Annually on 18 July - our hero’s birthday - we...