This membership category provides for basic FPA services to landowners. Membership is voluntary to private landowners as a fixed rate per annum and includes the following:
- Access to ground support services
- Active incident command centre
- Weather predictions & info
- Burning permit issuing
- Fire Awareness
- Training
- Ground support dispatch & co-ordination
- General management & administration services
- Fire report documentation
UFPA members subscribing to this category will have access to aerial resources on a 1st call, 2nd call or 3rd call basis during the fire season from 1 June to 31 October. These categories have different standby fee and flying rates which is revised and updated annually.
- Aerial resource standby services
- Access to aerial firefighting services
- Aerial reconnaissance and inspection flights
- Live aerial fire video streaming
- Aerial operation post-mortem reports
Our strategically placed cameras services mostly forestry members but have become popular amongst agriculture and conservation members lately. UFPA shares a detection centre with the Umkhondo FPA situated in Piet Retief and is operational 24 hours a day 365 days a year. Smoke/fires are detected and reported to subscribing members by radio or telephone after the fire verification. The mobile application has become an integral part of our integrated fire management system and has proven to be extremely beneficial with instant fire notifications with visual fire and navigation to functions. Call the UFPA manager for more information and trial period.
- 24/7 365 days per year fire detection service
- Centralised detection centre
- 24/7 fire detection relay centre
- Detected fire images
- Access to mobile phone detection application
products and services to our members:
- Fire Protection Advice
- Fire Risk Analysis
- Advice on the National Veld & Forest Fire Act (NVFFA)
- Ensure compliance to – and enforce the NVFFA
- Communicate the National Fire Danger Rating to members
- Communicate the Weather Forecast to members
- Set Minimum Standards for Fire Protection
- Early warning through an electronic fire camera detection system
- Ground and aerial fire suppression services to members during fires
- Dispatch and co-ordination of resources during fires
- Reporting on fire statistics