Safe paraffin appliance awareness campaign. The Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) together with two of its agencies i.e. the National Consumer Commission (NCC) and the National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications (NRCS) and the National Disaster Management Centre (NDMC) are leading a safe paraffin appliance awareness campaign. The campaign is aimed at raising awareness on the usage of safe paraffin stoves and to eliminate poor quality stoves that tend to contribute to fires that often devastate informal settlements across the country. It is also aimed at improving intergovernmental cooperation and facilitating service delivery where the provision of safe consumer goods is concerned. To date, more than 5000 safe and compliant paraffin stoves in Gauteng, Free State and Northwest provinces;