MKHONDO FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION
It all started when a group of foresters got together in the 1980’s and decided that they needed each other’s help when fighting forest fires, and so the Forest Fire Association was formed. The boundaries were set from the Inqwempisi River in the North to the Pongola River in the South.
The present Association, (MFPA), was officially formulated and registered in 2004 with the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and has gone from strength to strength thanks to the support of local corporates and its private members.
The MFPA has always had firefighting aircraft in the form of spotters, bombers and helicopters but has since moved away from the helicopters. We have a state of the art resource dispatch center with dispatchers which have a combined 35 years’ experience at the base.
Since 2015 the MFPA has had electronic fire detection system and has moved away from the old “lookout” towers. Our current service provider, Fire Hawk, has taken the detection system to the highest level of service and reliability.
The MFPA has a Working on Fire team at its disposal so as to assist its members in fire break preparation as well as fire suppression. The team also conduct fire awareness programs at local schools and have worked in conjunction with the Mkhondo Fire Brigade Service in providing this community service.
New Reporting and Incident Management System
We are very proud and excited to announce that once again we are growing and expanding and we recently started to use a new Reporting and Incident Management Software. This will be used to record all incidents that we attend and much much more.
I have added the link to the company wo has invented this software please visit there website for all the info about them and what they offer. This is really state of the art software and amazing and really a must have for reporting and incident management.
- GENERIC RULES AND MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR LANDOWNERS in MPUMALANGA 2023 AMENDED SPECIFICALLY FOR THE MKHONDO FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION AND ITS WARDSPlease take note that a copy has been uploaded into the Library for every member to download if required.
- Eskom outages for firebreaksGoeiedag! Neem solank kennis van die beplande Eskom outages vir voorbrande: 12 Junie tot 15 Junie 3 Julie tot 7 Julie. Sal nader aan die tyd weer die tye deurgee. Dankie Good Day ! Please take note that Eskom has planned outages for the make of firebreaks on : 12 to 15 June 03 to 07 July Dates and time will again be posted closer to dates Thank you
- Brush Burning NoticeNotice ‼ Brush burning will be extended to 15 June. Please burn as much as you can to reduce the fuel loads, weather permitted!!! Thank you Management
- Transmission Outage PlanPlease see under the link attached the Transmission Outage Plan Camden Normandie No1 400 KV Line is scheduled to be off from 12-06-2023 to 15-06-2023 from 08h00 – 16h00 for controlled burning under the line MPFA Library You will find the document if you click on the link above MFPA Management
- WOF Team – MFPAWOF Team -MFPA. We urge our members to use the WOF team. Members can utilize team for: Fire suppression, mop up and standby Fuel load reduction Fire break preparation Prescribed and control burning Road maintenance Patrolling and fence maintenance Check snares Erosion control Environmental clean ups Fire awareness Invasive species control The team may be transported by your own vehicle, free of charge, provided it has railings(900mm above surface) or if seated 350mm above surface. Equipment should be transported separately. Should you want to use the fire trucks, fees will be R750 call our fee and also R/km will be charged. Please contact Anja for bookings!!