#FireSeason 25/26
SUPPORT the #firefighters battling the Overberg Fires
What you need to know this fire season 2025/26:
Landowners in the Overberg have access to operational vehicles and Working on Fire teams during the fire season. Aerial resources will also be based in the Overberg between December and April. They are used in rapid initial attack.
Remember: A responsible person must be present on or nearby your farm throughout the festive season. Ensure your neighbour also knows of your movements. And if a fire starts, contact the fire department immediately.
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GREATER OVERBERG FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION
registered Fire Protection Association of the Overberg
The goFPA helps land users to practice Integrated Fire Management on their land. Through the goFPA, landowners in the Overberg, at the tip of Africa, can now work strategically with partners to better prevent veldfires and react quicker and more effectively to suppress veldfire.
The goFPA operates across the Overberg area in the Western Cape of South Africa, currently covering more than 660,000 hectares (about 60% of the district).
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The Greater Overberg Fire Protection Association (goFPA) helps land users predict, prevent, manage and extinguish veldfires. Veldfires move through landscapes – destroying property, livelihoods, biodiversity and sometimes even lives.
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Latest veldfires in the Overberg
If any fires flare up in the Overberg, we’ll find out about it soon, and let you know. We constantly update our Facebook page – so check our feed here for the latest fire info. You can let us know if you spot any veldfires – phone us, or message us on social media and we’ll pick up on it.
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- Caledon 54%
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- Gansbaai 32%
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- Grabouw 45%
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- Kleinmond 40%
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- Swellendam 55%
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www.facebook.com/share/p/1DdEKf8Xtd/?mibextid=wwXIfrAn Urgent Window of Opportunity
Right now, thousands of invasive seedlings are emerging from the recently burned landscape. If we do not act quickly, these small seedlings will soon become mature plants.
But why is it so crucial to act now? Just as fire plays a vital role in the life cycle of fynbos, it also has a profound effect on invasive plant vegetation. After a fire, dense stands of invasive plants are cleared, allowing our teams easy access to areas that were previously impossible to reach. Many invasive plant seeds can lie buried in the soil for years. When a fire passes through an area, it stimulates these seeds to germinate, and within weeks, millions of seedlings begin to grow.
While this may seem like a wave of new problems, it is actually a rare opportunity for intervention. At this stage, the seedlings are small enough to be removed by hand. Hand pulling is the fastest, most cost-effective and most efficient control for invasive plant species.
Acting early protects biodiversity.
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WHAT WE DO
The Greater Overberg Fire Protection Association actively works to prevent and control veldfires during fire season over the hot summer months. A lot of our work takes place before the fire season even starts. We help land users in the Overberg to meet their legal requirements. We provide training to land users and their teams and we facilitate fire management planning, like helping with firebreak planning and the signing of agreements between neighbours. All of this forms part of our Integrated Fire Management assistance.
BECOME A goFPA MEMBER
Land users sign up to the goFPA voluntarily. Signing up is easy.
Members pay an annual fee determined by the size of the property which is used to enhance legal compliance and integrated fire management activities.
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN OUR WORLD
Get our latest news here
goFPA Vacancy: Extension Support Officer
Based in the Overberg district, Bredasdorp.
Firebreaks that worked: Preparation pays off in Stanford
The veldfire in and around Stanford, which burned for 10 days, became a
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SUPPORT #FIREFIGHTERS BATTLING
THE OVERBERG FIRES.
All funds raised will SUPPORT fire-fighters battling the overwhelming Overberg fires. ALL monies raised will be: – used for making the fire lines more bearable, including; – cellphone airtime to talk to their families at home; – foodstuff like ice to keep their drinks cold, that warm meal to supplement their ration packs, and any other essentials. goFPA is a registered PBO.
GIVE
You can get involved by providing goods to energise our fire-fighters. Here’s a list of non-perishable items you can drop off – that help sustain our fire-fighters working hard to protect our homes and nature
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Donations are made through the secure PayFast system.
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