BENEFITS OF JOINING:

~ Fire protection advice, rules, and requirements

~ List of minimum requirements

~ Issuing of burning permits

~ Basic firefighting training at discounted rates for farm workers

~ Awareness, public relations, articles, and media coverage

~ Awareness campaigns at ward level for your region

~ Presumption of innocence in legal cases until proven otherwise

~ Legal advice regarding fires and related responsibilities

~ Assistance from Working on Fire ground firefighting teams (caller to pay variable costs)

~ Ground resource dispatch assistance

~ LEFPA ward maps

~ Fire danger weather forecasts via email (if requested)

~ Morning email with daily and 7-day advance forecasts

~ Use of LEFPA crews (excluding variable costs such as fuel and ration packs)