29 fire engines repaired in our first month – Mayor Mashaba
The new administration is proud to have 29 fire engines in the city where there were broken fire engines in almost all fire stations.
THE City of Johannesburg mayor, Herman Mashaba, was proud to announce to the media that his new administration was able to repair 29 fire engines in its first month in office.
It was no secret the city had a severe shortage of fire engines as it was often highlighted in the media that numerous fire engines were not working and, at times, trucks had to come from far away stations to help.
“There are 28 fire stations across our City, and prior to the repair of these 29 fire engines, only eight of the stations had working fire engines. This put our City’s unsung heroes, our firefighters, under enormous pressure and reduced their capacity to respond effectively to emergency calls. This also put the health and lives of our residents under serious threat,” said Mashaba.
Mashaba also applauded the leadership of MMC for Public Safety, Michael Sun, and his team for all the work they undertook to make this possible.
“We have an enormous task ahead of us as we work tirelessly to turn our City around, but we are committed to doing so. In whatever we do, we will always put our residents first and act in their best interests,” Mashaba added.
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