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Fire Management

10 Teams readiness NCC
6 Fire Management strategy NCC resized
1 Aerial cover and trucks NCC
2 Aerial Cover NCC
5 Aerial Response team NCC
3 Fire Breaks NCC
7 Fynbos Needs fire NCC
4 Fire Trucks NCC
8 Home Preparation NCC
9 Stackburning NCC
11 Training NCC

Cape Town’s high fire season runs from November to May, when dry, windy summer conditions create an ideal environment for wildfires. Table Mountain National Park (TMNP) maintains a dedicated team of professional firefighters and volunteers who remain on standby throughout the year.

Wildfire management in the TMNP is complex. As custodians of biodiversity, Park Management must acknowledge that fire is a natural and essential process within the fynbos ecosystem, while also ensuring the protection of lives, livelihoods, and property along the urban edge.

To balance these priorities, a range of management interventions are implemented in collaboration with various agencies responsible for wildfire management across the region.

View/Download the Fire Management Plan

Report a Fire

When reporting a fire or smoke on the mountain please try and take a photo as well as send a location pin to the controller you have phoned. This will allow emergency services to plan the best and shortest route to the fire as well as inform the first responders what sort of fire they are dealing with and what resources to dispatch as priority.