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Volunteer Wildfire Services

HQ 🇿🇦 South Africa · 1 project tracked

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Cape Town's Citizen Firefighters Guarding the Fynbos

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🇿🇦 South Africa

More than 350 unpaid volunteers form South Africa's largest wildfire brigade, racing into the Western Cape's mountains to stop fires before they reach fynbos and homes.

350volunteersActive volunteer firefighters
100khoursCumulative active firefighting hours logged
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