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- 8. Recommended actions for various ratings
INDICATIVE COLOUR BLUE GREEN YELLOW ORANGE RED DANGER RATING Insignificant Low Moderate High High-Extreme FIRE PREVETION AND PREPAREDNESS MEASURES No precaution is needed Fires including prescribed burns may be lit, used
the open air on the condition that persons making fires take reasonable precautions against the fires spreading No fires may allowed in the open air except those that are authorized by the Fire Protection Officer exists,
elsewhere, the Chief Fire Officer of the local fire service,
fires in designated fireplaces. No fires may be allowed under any circumstances in the open air. No fires may be allowed under any circumstances in the open air and Fire Protection Associations and municipal Disaster Management Centres must invoke contingency fire emergency and disaster management plans including extraordinary readiness and response plans. All operations likely to ignite fires halted. Householders placed on alert. APPLICATION OF THE ACT Above precautionary measure to be prescribed and made applicable nationally on days rated moderate. Section 10(1)(b) applies: no person may light, use or maintain a fire in the open air. Section 10(1) (b) applies: no person may light, use or maintain a fire in the open air. RELATIONSHIP WITH DISASTER MANAGEMENT The threat
disastrous wildfires exists at municipal level under these conditions. Municipal Disaster Management Centres must invoke contingency plans and inform National and Provincial Disaster Management Centre. (Section 49 of the Disaster Management Act). The threat of disastrous wildfires at provincial level exists under these conditions. Municipal Disaster Management Centres must invoke contingency plans and inform National and Provincial Disaster Management Centres. (Section 49
the Disaster Management Act). P.O. Box 3711 Tzaneen 0850
Emergency: 076 844 1646 Administration: 076 550 2260 076 549 5466 E:mail: pro@letabafire.co.za admin@letabafire.co.za DWAF Registration: 1117/01 VAT: 4870241736 Bank Details: ABSA Tzaneen Savings : 911 786 9007 Web: http://www.letabafire.co.za Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/letabafire Twitter: @letabafire Fire Protection Officer: Vincent van der Westhuizen (FPO registration: 1117) Chairperson / Treasurer: Trevor Phillips chair@letabafire.co.za Vice-chairperson: Tony Long Veld and Forest Fire Extension Officer/ Dispatcher /Airbase Manager : Fanie Venter fanie@letabafire.co.za /dispatch@letabafire.co.za Public Relations Officer/Administrator: Maritza Swanepoel pro@letabafire.co.za /admin@letabafire.co.za Base Manager (WOF Team): Thabiso Shipalane base@letabafire.co.za Page 1 of 1 (11 July 2013)
Updated: 21 January 2014
Beater 1 per Firefighter Grassfires Conway (Tzaneen) 015 307 2207 Geofire 082 850 8828 Rake Hoe 1 per Firefighter Plantation Fires Conway (Tzaneen) 015 307 2207 Geofire 082 850 8828 Firelighter Minimum 1 per team
Controlled Burns Backburns Conway (Tzaneen) 015 307 2207 Geofire 082 850 8828 Knapsack Sprayer 2 Per team of 12 Conway (Tzaneen) 015 307 2207 Geofire 082 850 8828 Bakkie Sakkie Piston Pump (Low Volume, High Pressure) Grasslands Eucalyptus Geofire 082 850 8828 NTK (Tzaneen) 015 307 4405 Centrifugal Pump (High Volume, Lower Pressure) Pine Fires Geofire 082 850 8828 NTK (Tzaneen) 015 307 4405 100% Cotton Overall Suggested: Bright Colour or Reflective Tape North Safety (Polokwane) 015 292 3494 Unisafe Africa (Tzaneen) 015 307 6085 Fireman’s Jacket Fireman’s Helmet Fireman’s gloves Suggested All fires Lymae (Pretoria) 012 345 5885 Hard Hat North Safety (Polokwane) 015 292 3494 Unisafe Africa (Tzaneen) 015 307 6085
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