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Team ready for its first fire season
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...
Storekeeper earns a bachelor’s degree
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...
Restoring Knysna through fire awareness
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...
Participant says WOF became a parent to him
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...
Naledi Team celebrates six years of service
Early this month the crew members of the North West Naledi Team celebrated six years of providing excellent services to neighbouring communities. Early this month the crew members of the North West Naledi Team celebrated six years of providing excellent services to...
Injured Knysna fire hero becomes a father
Gaecious Maleke became a father on 6 July. A Working on Fire (WOF) firefighter from the Bloemfontein Team, Maleke was injured in the line of duty when a burning tree log rolled over him during the fires in Knysna in the Western Cape. He sustained soft tissue damage to...