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COSMO CITY – Fire safety for the community

Gogos are given Jozi fire safety kits at Cosmo City Firestation.
In a concerted effort to reduce fire fatalities, the Johannesburg Emergency Management Services visited Cosmo City to educate the community about fire safety.

Through the Public Information, Education and Relations Department responsible for public education, 50 elderly women from the community were identified.

This group of gogos form part of the Cosmo City’s Community Emergency Response Team.

They were given Jozi fire safety kits and have already been trained on basic firefighting and first aid with the aim of empowering them to deal with some of the emergencies before the Comso City firemen arrive on the scene.

This is part of the emergency services’ initiative of building resilient communities and communities that are capable of dealing with any emergency that might occur in their areas. Since the beginning of June, Emergency Management Services has handed over safety kits in various informal settlements in Johannesburg.

Fires are mostly caused by the following:

Candles that are not placed in proper candle safety jars to prevent them from falling
Using open fires for cooking in a confined space with highly flammable materials such as imbaula (braziers), which also cause from inhaling the toxic smoke
 Illegal electricity connections
n The most recent causes which are difficult for the City to deal with are the fires started in love triangles where couples fight and deliberately set the entire settlement on fire.