More South African wildland firefighters dispatched to Canada
The third group of Working Fire firefighters (Mzanzi3) returned to South Africa on Wednesday.
SEDIBENG.- A fourth group of South African firefighters from the Department of Forestry, Fisheries, and the
Environments’ Working on Fire Programme is set to fly out to the Province of British Columbia,
Canada tomorrow night, Friday 25 August.
Linton Rensburg, from the Working on Fire – Kishugu Joint Venture said that this is happening as Canada is experiencing its worst wildfire season in their history with evacuations happening in British Columbia and the Northwest Territories last weekend.
“The Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC) requested a fourth team of WOF Firefighters (200 firefighters and 15 management team) to be deployed to the Province of British Columbia (B.C.)”
He added that these firefighters started assembling at the Kishugu Training Academy this week as they start their preparations to be deployed to Canada.
At the same time, the third group of Working Fire firefighters (Mzanzi3) who had been deployed to the Provinces of Alberta and the Northwest Territories, returned home to South Africa on Wednesday, 23 August.
