by Kishugu | Jul 20, 2023 | Kishugu, Working on Fire
In response to a request from the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC), the Department of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment’s Working on Fire Programme deployed a third team of firefighters and managers to Canada. The devastating wildfires, which...
by Kishugu | Jul 10, 2023 | Kishugu, Working on Fire
After a 34-day mission combating wildfires in Alberta, Canada, the Mzanzi 1 Hotshots team of the Working on Fire (WOF) Programme has returned home to South Africa. The contingent, consisting of 200 firefighters and 14 management personnel, arrived at the Kruger...
by Kishugu | Jun 15, 2023 | Kishugu, Working on Fire
The Department of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment’s Working on Fire Programme’s second contingent of firefighters and managers – the Mzanzi 2 Hotshots – left for Canada today. The 200 firefighters and 13 managers left for Edmonton, Canada, on a chartered...
by Kishugu | Jun 3, 2023 | Kishugu, Working on Fire
A team of 200 firefighters and 15 managers from the Department of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment’s Working on Fire Programme left South Africa today on a fire suppression mission to the province of Alberta, Canada. #MZANZI1 departed from the Kruger...
by Kishugu | May 17, 2023 | Kishugu, Kishugu Aviation
Held bi-annually each year, pre-season training camps are essential for firefighting pilots to prepare for the Winter and Summer fire seasons. Pilots attended the training camp held at Stellenbosch Flying Club from 4-6 May 2023 to introduce new pilots to the Kishugu...
