It starts with you

You don't need deep pockets. Just a big heart.

Fire safety mapping in South Africa shouldn’t depend on who has the deepest budget. FindMyHydrant is community-powered platform – built on purpose, run on passion, and kept alive by people who believe every South African deserves a safer community.

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As a a non-profit organisation, we are grateful to every business and individual who has chosen to stand behind this cause. Their support keeps FindMyHydrant free for every South African.

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Why Support FindMyHydrant?

Because your support can mean something.

Every hydrant on this map exists because someone cared enough to find it, photograph it, and submit it – and because someone else cared enough to help keep the platform running. That’s the whole model. No big budgets, no boardroom deals. Just people and businesses who believe community fire safety shouldn’t come at a cost.

Where your donation goes

Your support – whether it’s a once-off R50 or your business standing behind us with your name on the platform – keeps FindMyHydrant free for every South African. It pays for the small, unglamorous things that actually matter:

Keeping the map online
Repainting faded hydrant markers
Supporting the volunteers who verify pins in the field
Running the campaigns that hold the municipality accountable for fixing hydrants that are broken or in poor condition (not just flagging them and moving on)

This isn’t about logos on a wall. It’s about people showing up for each other, and for their community. However you choose to show up for us – your name listed as a supporter, your business standing proudly behind us, or simply a contribution because you believe communities should look after their own – it means a hydrant stays visible, and a fire crew gets there just a little faster. That matters more than any logo ever could.

Full Transparency – Always

We will never spend your money quietly.

Every donation to supporting the map is documented and published, so you always know exactly what it helped achieve. A repainted hydrant. A newly mapped area, or if we make a platform upgrade. We’ll publish a blog post showing exactly what happened, what it cost, and what changed.

Every rand tracked

Donations and spending are logged and available to view - no exceptions.

Work published openly

Every job gets a blog article: what was done, what it cost, what changed.

You see the proof

You'll always know your support made a real difference - with evidence to show it.

For those out finding hydrants.

Fire safety support in South Africa is about people.

It’s not just businesses that make this work – it’s the people out there finding and photographing hydrants, one pin at a time. To celebrate them, here’s a list of everyone who has supported this platform.

The more hydrants you submit, the higher you climb. It’s our way of saying thank you to the people doing the hard work of keeping the map growing.

Add your name and first letter of your surname to every hydrant you submit and watch your spot on the board grow.

Want your name on the leaderboard? Find and submit fire hydrants. Once verified, your name will be here.

691hydrants mapped

32contributors

MPiek CPF fire response 143 hydrants

G-ma SOS 135 hydrants

ResQOne ResQOne 90 hydrants

Shannon M SOS 71 hydrants

5 Rods007 27 hydrants

Lowveld Fire Response Lowveld Fire Response 23 hydrants

7 J.Hastings Fire and Rescue 19 hydrants

8 Chuck-Snr 16 hydrants

9 Shane ADT 11 hydrants

10 Sean Ironhide 10 hydrants

11 FF. J. Hastings Fire rescue 10 hydrants

12 Silvia 9 hydrants

13 James TRSS 9 hydrants

Kyle CERS R08 CERS 9 hydrants

15 ERIC Ironhide 7 hydrants

16 Russell ADT 7 hydrants

17 Tim SOS 6 hydrants

18 Boitumelo MAMBA 5 hydrants

19 Sammy Mamba 5 hydrants

20 Jane MAMBA 5 hydrants

21 Thabo ADT 5 hydrants

22 Kgomotso MAMBA 4 hydrants

23 Kim 4 hydrants

24 Nick_Berry 4 hydrants

25 SecureFire Rustenburg 4 hydrants

Not quite ready?

Need a little more convincing?

The map says it better than we can – take a look. Better yet, add a hydrant yourself and see it in action.

Bank	Nedbank
Account Name	FindMyHydrant NPC
Account Number	1346173001
Branch Code	198765
SWIFT Code	NEDSZAJJ
Reference	Please use your email address as reference when making your donation to supporting the map.