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Preventing and fighting veld fires

Tell us more about the Free State Umbrella Fire Protection Association.

The Free State Umbrella Fire Protection Association (FSUFPA) represents various fire protection associations (FPAs), the provincial disaster management centre and regionally represented landowner organisations that wish to become organised for the purpose of [implementing] the National Veld and Forest Fire Act (NVFFA) of 1998.

FSUFPA was formed in 2012 in terms of Section 4(9) of the NVFFA with the aim of supporting the sustainable implementation of integrated wildfire management practices on a local, regional and provincial level.

FSUFPA is the primary operational structure that provides support to its members and the

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