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Winter Fire Season in Full Swing VOLUME 6 EDITION 6 SEPTEMBER 2017 WOFIRESAVING LIVES PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT NEWS RESTORING DIGNITY Winter Fire Season in full swing The 2017 winter fire season reached a peak in September with firefighters across the country being kept busy by multiple fires that threatened lives, properties, A Working on Fire team lays blankets and eco logs to prevent soil erosion livestock and the environment. Department of Environmental Affairs active in Knysna rebuild The ability to deploy a Rapid Environmental Restoration Response (RERR) proved to be a vital intervention by the In Limpopo’s Waterberg District, sixty fire- firefighting support to the ground teams. Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) Directorate fighters provided support at Dithabaneng in An estimated 25 000 hectares of grass of Natural Resource Management Programmes (NRMP), Thabazimbi to fight the fires. A Working on Fire vegetation which included indigenous plants in addressing the rehabilitation of Knysna and the helicopter and spotter plane provided aerial were destroyed in just 72 hours in this fire. surrounding natural environment. Central to the RERR programme rolled out by the DEA (NRMP) to restore the Knysna / Plettenberg Bay burn scar, is the prevention of further land degradation through erosion control measures. Firefighters thanked for hard work The most visible examples of the equipment brought to Knysna by DEA (NRMP) to curb erosion are the fibre rolls and fibre blankets, made from a by-product of wood and dedication from invasive alien trees. Since the soil erosion project began on 24 July 45 WOF firefighters, including participants from the Knysna High Altitude Team (HAT), have laid out more than 2200 eco logs (equivalent to 13.2 km in length) and close to 100 bio-degradable blankets. Lauren Howard, Provincial Communication Officer, Western Cape Firefighters have returned home to their bases The 150 firefighters who were deployed to Mpumalanga “Our firefighters from the Western Cape are used have returned to their respective bases after providing to suppressing fires in mountainous areas. Their stay in additional firefighting support throughout the month of Mpumalanga exposed them to a different firefighting setting September. mainly because our fires here are grassland and plantation Martin Bolton, the General Manager for Working on Fire fires,” Bolton says. in Mpumalanga, says that the deployment also served as a Bolton adds, “As a programme, we are immensely proud learning experience for firefighters, especially those based of our firefighters’ dedication and hard work during this fire in the Western Cape. season, although we understand it has not been easy.” Soil erosion prevention in Knysna HERITAGE DAY #FIRESAFE HIGH ALTITUDE CELEBRATED LEARNERS TRAINING PAGE 3 PAGE 6 PAGE 8 Page 02 Working on Fire: An Expanded Public Works Programme Implemented by the Department of Environmental Affairs Editorial Profile of Shane Christian Welcome to our September Newsletter and thank you for taking the time to read our latest edition. As South Africans celebrated Heritage Day, Working WOF Executive Committee Member, on Fire participants also joined the celebrations with activities at their respective bases where National General Manager they dressed up in traditional wear and shared traditional cuisine. The month of September saw Working on Fire teams assisting Fire Protection Associations and fire authorities in suppressing numerous wildland fires across the country. These fire suppression efforts, together with the fire education activities held at schools and communities, helped limit the economic damage these fires could have caused to the environment. Read about the Schools Debate Competition which was rolled out nationally to encourage learners to engage with environmental issues for the benefit of the future. You will also read inspiring stories of how our participants are using the stipend the programme provides to improve and empower themselves through further education, starting small businesses or through the social relief it brings to their families. A warm welcome to our new firefighters who have just finished their training at the Training Academy. We wish you all the best on your new journey. Happy Reading. Ready to lead from the front, Shane Christian, National General Manager, during the June Knysna fires Shane Christian was born in East London in the takes five years. He was also part of the Rescue been an active sportsman, playing Eastern Cape on 31 December 1969 and was just Diving unit during his stay with the fire service, soccer, baseball, volleyball, hockey and MD Message: six months old when he moved with his mother, while he pursued his tertiary education in Fire swimming. a single parent, and four siblings to Kraaifontein Services Technology up to diploma level. He also Since joining Working on Fire in 2010 in Cape Town. undertook a Mechanical Engineering Diploma he feels that working with youngsters from ‘Back to Basics’ His family returned to East London when at technikon. marginalised communities makes being he was six years old and he completed primary In 2004 he was appointed Chief Fire associated with the programme worthwhile. Trevor Abrahams school there. At the end of 1982, the family Officer of the Amathole District Municipality. moved back to Cape Town to settle in Mitchells Several fire services in the former Transkei In May this year, Plain where he attended Portlands High that were established under his watch there following my return as School. are still running today. He held this position Our premium news Managing Director, the In February 1988 he commenced his until moving to Working on Fire as the Working on Fire (WOF) apprenticeship as a diesel mechanic at the Eastern Cape General Manager in 2010. He Executive Committee then South African Railways in City Deep, became the Western Cape General Manager products, WOFire r e a f f i r m e d o u r Johannesburg, where he qualified in 1991.T he in 2011. collective commitment downscaling of the Railways saw most staff In June this year Christian was appointed as News and WOF to the ‘Back to Basics’ retrenched in 1992. Christian started up his National General Manager. As National General campaign within the own business as a mechanic in the same year Manager he is responsible for the financial, TV, have the single programme. During the and joined the local fire service in East London operational and administrative requirements past months we have during 1993. of the programme and the management of the made significant strides towards bringing stability Starting as a junior firefighter he quickly eight Provincial General Managers. objective of being within the organisation. moved up the ranks to senior firefighter within Christian is married and has a 24-year- Most importantly though, our firefighters two years, an achievement which normally old son and a 17-year-old daughter. He has informative! and management have warmed to our ‘Back to Basics’ campaign and together we have started the journey to restore discipline and respect in I want to reassure everyone that there is no I have met and spoken to many in the They are there to keep our the programme. purge or witch-hunt under way and that all that WOF family and I am assured that we have an participants informed about what’s This discipline, respect and commitment is required is for everyone to remain committed overwhelming groundswell of goodwill and happening in WOF across the to fulfil our responsibilities, for which we are all and dedicated to doing their work and living the commitment among our personnel to do the right country. employed in the programme, equally applies to values of WOF. thing and reach even higher levels of achievement everyone, whether you are part of the management To make Working on Fire a great programme for the programme. I thank you in advance for your WOF TV News and WoFire News are or you are a firefighter. again, we will need that commitment from all. support and cooperation. dedicated to the hard work of our We cannot accommodate unwarranted cases participants and aim to focus on of indiscipline, nor will we accept anyone in their stories, not only in relation to Introduction of Editorial Team Working on Fire being treated with disrespect or their work in WOF but also how they tolerate clear cases of an abuse of power. We have Editor-in-chief: Provincial Communication Officers: have grown and developed in the already dealt with such cases with firmness and Linton Rensburg Parapara Makgahlela Programme. fairness in accordance with the WOF disciplinary National Communications Manager Matema Gwangwa policies. Nompilo Zondi Furthermore we feature many Unfortunately during the past few months, it Deputy Editor: Lauren Howard stories of participants who took became clear that not everyone was in tune with Olwethu Mpeshe Wayne Mokhethi responsibility for their own lives our ‘Back to Basics’ campaign. This applied to both Communications Coordinator Lebogang Maseko and also extended their compassion management and firefighters. Nthabiseng Mokone to others. As a result, there have been some significant WOF TV Video Journalists: Readers are welcome to send us their management changes and you will have seen that Christalene de Kella stories in their home language and we’ve had to part ways with some of our senior Rethabile Selepe we will assist with translation and managers. editing. However, we cannot manage an organisation General contacts for WOFIRE NEWS by relying solely on its disciplinary process. Tel: +27 21 418 2569 • Cell: +27 82 508 0990 • Email: [email protected] Please e mail your story to Nor can we turn a blind eye to ill-discipline and [email protected] or submit misconduct. Working on Fire is on Social Media them via your local Provincial Rather, we should remember and dedicate Working on Fire is on YouTube (Working on Fire TV News) Communication Officers, Regional ourselves to the values of our organisation: Managers, Base Managers or Crew Accountability, Teamwork, Excellence, Adaptability Working on Fire is an Expanded Public Leaders.
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