Save the Date: AGM 2026
📅 Monday, 25 May 2026
📍 Overberg District Municipality Council Chambers, Bredasdorp
⏰ 10:00
The AGM will be followed by light refreshments. More details to follow soon.
Support Overberg firefighting year-round – donations made this winter help equip and support firefighters during fire season.
WELCOME TO THE HOME OF THE
GREATER OVERBERG FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION
registered as the Fire Protection Association of the Overberg
The goFPA helps land users to practice Integrated Fire Management on their land. Through the goFPA, landowners in the Overberg, at the tip of Africa, can now work strategically with partners to better prevent veldfires and react quicker and more effectively to suppress veldfire.
The goFPA operates across the Overberg area in the Western Cape of South Africa, currently covering more than 660,000 hectares (about 60% of the district).
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The Greater Overberg Fire Protection Association (goFPA) helps land users predict, prevent, manage and extinguish veldfires. Veldfires move through landscapes – destroying property, livelihoods, biodiversity and sometimes even lives.
Veldfires in the Overberg
We constantly update our Facebook page – so check our feed here or follow us on Facebook for the latest information related to fires and other goFPA news and events.
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#WINTER PLANNING
IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS
#FIREJARGON 101
#BURNPERMITS
FIRE-FIGHTING SERVICES
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FIRE INSURANCE:
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
2024/25
ANNUAL REPORT
WHAT WE DO
The Greater Overberg Fire Protection Association actively works to prevent and control veldfires during fire season over the hot summer months. A lot of our work takes place before the fire season even starts. We help land users in the Overberg to meet their legal requirements. We provide training to land users and their teams and we facilitate fire management planning, like helping with firebreak planning and the signing of agreements between neighbours. All of this forms part of our Integrated Fire Management assistance.
BECOME A goFPA MEMBER
Land users sign up to the goFPA voluntarily. Signing up is easy.
Members pay an annual fee determined by the size of the property which is used to enhance legal compliance and integrated fire management activities.
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN OUR WORLD
Get our latest news here
goFPA Vacancy: Extension Support Officer
Based in the Overberg district, Bredasdorp.
Wat is ’n “Fire Management Unit”?
’n FMU van die Groter Overberg Brandbeskermingsvereniging (goFPA). Dit bestaan uit ’n
What is a Fire Management Unit (FMU)?
What is a Fire Management Unit (FMU)? A Fire Management Unit of the Greater Overberg Fire Protection
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
DONATE
Donations are made through the secure PayFast system.
SNAPSCAN
reduction | readiness | response | recovery
IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS FOR MEMBERS
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