by Kishugu | Mar 8, 2022 | Kishugu, Working on Fire
“Climate and environmental changes are causing a global increase in wildfires, of which some have the propensity to become large scale disasters,” says Managing Director of the Working on Fire Programme, Trevor Abrahams. He explains that researchers at the University...
by Kishugu | Feb 2, 2022 | Kishugu, Kishugu Aviation, Working on Fire
The 2021/22 summer fire season has highlighted that prioritising aerial support plays a large role in the success rate of extinguishing fires. Western Cape Local Government Minister, Anton Bredell, says 90 percent of fires were extinguished within the first hour due...
by Kishugu | Aug 10, 2021 | Kishugu, Working on Fire
The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment’s Working on Fire programme will on Tuesday evening deploy 109 firefighters and management officials to the province of Manitoba in Canada, to assist with firefighting efforts in that country. This as Canada...
by Kishugu | Aug 10, 2021 | Kishugu, Working on Fire
The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment’s Working on Fire programme will this evening, 10 August 2021, deploy 109 firefighters and management to the province of Manitoba in Canada to assist with firefighting efforts in that country. This is the...
by Kishugu | Jun 30, 2021 | Kishugu, Working on Fire
Responsibility of landowners according to The National Veld and Forest Fires Act, 1998 (Act 101 of 1998) The National Veld and Forest Fires Act, 1998 (Act 101 of 1998) provides clear guidelines on the responsibility of the landowner. Listen to the RSG Agriculture...
