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ESTATE NEWS

CONTROLLED FIRE IN THE RESERVE

fter receiving our annual
Veld Management Report on
A31 March, the expert involved
recommended that in order to sustain
good-quality veld, we had to burn stable
sites 3 and 4 in the reserve (please see
attached map).

This marked the first time the game
reserve was being burnt. Given that
this carried the risk of liability with
regard to injury, loss of life and damage
to property, we decided to appoint an
expert in fire-break burning to assist with
the planning, as well as with training our
staff, to ensure that we were prepared.

The fire-break burn took place on
12 September. A total of 13 HOA staff
members, comprising various role
players, reported for duty at 6am that burn area so as to reduce the risk of loss of Additional fire checks were conducted
Monday morning. life and damage to property. throughout the day by HOA staff and by
security in the evening. No flare-ups were
A veld sweep was conducted to ensure The controlled burn started at 7:20am reported.
that all wildlife were removed from the and was fully concluded by 10am, with no
burn area. Fire control and prevention reported loss of animal life or damage to Well done to the Operations team. We look
was then undertaken around the control property. forward to the next controlled burn.

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