“When we started the FireWise project in Mpharane, not all members of the community understood the extent of FireWise.” Mpharane is a community with lots of wattle. Wattle is used as fire wood, wind breaks and fencing, and people do not necessarily want to cut it...

"FireWise is our pillar. We want to thank FireWise for being in our community. It started in 2014 when FireWise came to our community, Jeppes Reef. They didn’t go straight to political parties. They went to tribal authorities, because they are the ones who know those...

Manguzi is situated between the Swaziland and Mozambique borders. “FireWise came to our area in 2014. We were lucky. We had lots of fires. Due to the lack of knowledge, people start fires all the time, without a firebreak. There are long grasses that grow in our area...

“As a community, we knew nothing about the risk of fire. Poverty stricken, the crime rate was high.”   "Our community had heavy vegetation. FireWise came along and identified that Louieville was indeed a serious problem."   "FireWise helped us to come up...

68 Participants are gathering from across South Africa this week to share their experiences of the last 5 years as part of the FireWise Communities Programme in South Africa. We are excited to see how the programme has managed to change the lives of our participants....

    Firescaping specifically refers to landscaping in ways that will reduce the probability of fire catching and spreading through the firescaped area (e.g. a garden).   Here are some points to consider in your planning:  ...