
Ponsse forwarders conversion to fire fighting units
Purpose-built forwarders are designed to operate effectively in difficult terrain, so why aren’t they used to suppress fires in wildfire…
Read MorePurpose-built forwarders are designed to operate effectively in difficult terrain, so why aren’t they used to suppress fires in wildfire…
Read MoreAnother reason to retain forest floor litter Forest floor litter is widely regarded as a fire hazard and is often…
Read MoreUnlike most engine compartment fires in traditional mobile yellow machines (which start due to mechanical failure of a hose or…
Read MoreWorking on Fire (WoF) and the Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries (DEFF) have launched a support programme to improve…
Read MoreBy Jaap Steenkamp, CEO of the SA Forestry Contractors Association The fire season for the 2020 summer rainfall area is…
Read More7 June 2020 commemorates the 2017 Knysna wildfire disaster. In many ways, the risk of a repeat thereof in the…
Read MoreIn the last ten years, 153 576 hectares of plantation forest have been damaged by fire. This figure would have…
Read MoreDrastic action is required to prevent future destructive wildlfires in the southern Cape, writes Neels de Ronde in his recently…
Read MoreFire protection associations (FPAs) in KZN are evolving beyond their traditional role of wildfire monitoring and incident management to tackle…
Read MoreWatch in awe as the US Forest Service executes a massive prescribed burn in Utah’s Fishlake National Forest. The fire…
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