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Apply for a Burn Permit

Before you apply, take note of the following

  • Please only apply once your burn sites are ready for inspection.
  • Please note it takes up to two weeks for an inspection to be done by a Firefighter from the Garden Route DM.
  • Should no inspection have been arranged within this time-frame, please contact the GRDM Chief Fire Officer, Deon Stoffels on 081 709 5193 or email deon@gardenroute.gov.za
  • If the application is NOT from a WFPA member, you will be required to either pay R900,20.

Click "submit" at the bottom of the Application Form

    • Printing is not required unless for your own records.
    • Your submission has only gone through when the “Thank you” page appears.
    • If you are still having trouble, check that all compulsory fields are completed – or contact GRDM Fire and Rescue Services directly for help.

  2. The GRDM Fire and Rescue Services will schedule a inspection date

    • Please make sure you are available to show them all sites
    • Please make sure you receive your signed permit from the officer

  3. Your permit will be issued to you for

    • Burning only to be conducted under the conditions stated on the permit
    • For the controlled burn as discussed with the Cape Winelands Fire Services
Click here to Apply for a Burn Permit