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WOF Gauteng plans to intensify fire education
Fire education is the first weapon used to combat and mitigate deadly fires. Explaining the purpose of the pre-winter fire awareness campaign to prepare communities for the winter fire season, Community Fire Awareness Officer Lerato Mokwena says,“We will be arming...
WOF Free State switches gear on winter fire season preparations
Working on Fire in the Free State held its annual Yellow Card Training Camp (YCTC) at Moolmanshoek, near Clarens in the Free State. The two-week camp took place at two venues, Moolmanshoek and Jimmy Roos School, near Dewetsdorp. In total, 597 Working on Fire...
Toughest firefighter at Yellow Card Training Camp in Mpumalanga
Joshua Morole, a 29-year-old firefighter from the Wilgeboom Team in Mpumalanga, was declared the toughest firefighter after winning a push-up competition at the Yellow Card Training Camp (YCTC) held to prepare firefighters ahead of the upcoming winter season. Morole...
Yellow Card Training Camp prepares teams for winter fire season
More than 250 firefighters from 17 teams in the East District of the Eastern Cape attended the Yellow Card Training Camp (YCTC) at Wriggleswade Dam from 4 April to 13 April. According to the Ground Operations Manager of the province, Vuyo Poponi, the YCTC is aimed at...
Change in leadership and back to basics campaign
Working on Fire remains committed to saving lives, protecting our environment and restoring the dignity of firefighters in programme. Working on Fire the award-winning Expanded Public Work Programme, which resides under the Department of Environmental Affairs and is...
Yellow Cards ensure compliance on the fire line
Even though fire is a very valuable resource – used for cooking, creating heat, clearing land for farming and even fighting fire – it has the potential to cause great harm. It is therefore vitally important that Working on Fire’s (WOF) brave men and women, who work...