by Kishugu | Feb 2, 2022 | 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 | Oct 23, 2020 | Kishugu Aviation, Working on Fire
The Air Tractor (AT) 802-F, Single Engine Aerial Tanker (SEAT) is a highly effective and sought-after aerial firefighting resource. It is specifically designed for fast and effective aerial firefighting. Around the world this fire-extinguishing aircraft labours,...
by Kishugu | Jul 25, 2017 | Working on Fire
More frequent, intense and longer burning wildfires are ravaging the most diverse regions of our planet, most of them aggravated by historically high temperatures and drier conditions. In the past few months alone.” In June, wildfires raced across the Garden Route...
by Kishugu | Jan 9, 2017 | Working on Fire
“On behalf of all the firefighters, both in the air and on the ground, I want to say how we appreciate and are encouraged by your kind messages of support,” – Mark Jackson, Huey Pilot. Working on Fire is one of over nine aligned subsidiaries within Kishugu. Archives...
by Kishugu | Nov 23, 2016 | Working on Fire
Fire is a natural ecological process that has occurred for millennia on the grasslands of Africa. One of South Africa’s leading fire ecologists, Prof Winston Trollope, explains: “The African continent is prone to lightning fires and has an ideal fire climate with dry...
