A single act of not thinking cost 7 DAYS of fire!
The cost in money was R445,200.00
The cost could have been much higher!... THINK!

Helicopter hours flown : +/- 28 hours Cost R380,000
Man hours 360 (Teams) Cost R25,200
Firemen/Women: 280 man hours Cost 30,000
Other costs: Vehicles etc R10,000

Highest number of Firefighters deployed: 57 (Monday)
25 - 30 firefighters deployed everyday on foot and in helicopter

Water Used:
Dropped: Oryx 42 sorties = 84,000 litres
Allouette 111 sorties = 66, 000 litres
Water use by fire engines = 32,000 litres

No lives were lost but there were some near serious incidents!
From Monday night onwards teams were deployed in the mountain 24/7
surviving on little sleep and 12 hour ration packs!

Area burnt 300 hectares - Cost of fire-fighting per hectare approx R1,500