Support Overberg firefighting year-round – donations made this winter help equip and support firefighters during fire season.
CONTRACT SERVICES
The goFPA team has compiled a list of qualified contractors and other experts to help landowners with essential fire management services.
So we have teams to help make firebreaks, reduce fuel loads and clear invasive alien vegetation.
If you need support with a controlled burn, training, fire investigations and firefighting standby at festivals and events
Contractor: Integrated Wildfire Management
Integrated Wildfire Management offer comprehensive wildfire support services to formal firefighting agencies, wildfire organisations, and private landowners. These services include:
- facilitating veld fire training courses ranging from basic to advanced with a focus on safety on the fire line
- assistance with planning and implementing prescribed and stack burning
- conducting risk assessments for properties
- drafting practical and implementable fire management plans for properties
- investigating veld fire origins and causes
- providing firefighting assistance and equipment
If you need integrated fire management support – including additional training, and rehabilitation after a fire
Contractor: Vulcan Wildfire Management
Services offered by Vulcan:
Identification & Analysis of Risk:
Creating fire adaptive communities through property risk assessment and analysis of steps to mitigate any hazards or potential threat.
Risk Reduction:
Fire management plans. Property mitigation measures; prescribed burning, stack burning, fuel reduction, fire breaks.
Training & Development Programs:
Wildfire awareness and education initiatives, youth and volunteer development programs, specialised wildfire training, training in Wildfire Suppression Techniques, Fireline Safety and Incident Command System.
Strategic Planning Assistance:
Pre-emptive wildfire operational plans, intelligence gathering.
CONTACT VULCAN WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT
Patrick Ryan
Phone: + 27 (0) 82 938 0090
Email: info@vulcanwildfire.co.za
If you need environmental-, biodiversity- and training support
Contractor: NCC Environmental Services
Services offered by NCC Environmental Services include:
- Environmental management: Audit and advisory services, providing value added assurance and risk mitigation solutions.
- Biodiversity Conservation: Support to biodiversity conservation managers and conservation minded private landowners. Their operational services are strongly focused on building capacity. They also provide strategic and planning advice, project development, project management, facilitation, research and spatial mapping services across a range of projects.
- Training: With a team of experienced practitioners, NCC Environmental Services delivers customised occupationally directed training and development solutions that support the capacity of organisations to deliver their environmental mandate.
CONTACT NCC ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
Tel: +27 21 702 2884
Fax: +27 86 555 0693
Email: info@ncc-group.co.za
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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