Where there’s smoke, there are Working on Fire heroes
Since September 2003, Working on Fire employs 5000 youth The government has previously credited the initiative with creating thousands of employment opportunities while helping protect biodiversity, commercial forestry, agriculture and rural communities from fires that cause billions of rands in economic losses each year.
For over two decades, Working on Fire (WOF), the government’s expanded public works programme (EPWP) initiative to battle devastating wildfires, has been at the forefront of using specially trained firefighters and aircraft to protect lives, property, forests and critical ecosystems.5000 firefighters stationed across South Africa protect lives, property, forests, biodiversity, and commercial, forestry and agriculture from billion-rand losses yearly.
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