Rural Farm Response & Patrol

Farmer And Rural Safety Groups Training

The Only Course in South Africa Designed Specifically for Farmers and Rural Safety Groups
Farm attacks don’t happen in perfect conditions.

Farm Attacks Happen:

  • On gravel roads
  • In bakkies
  • At gates
  • In the veld
  • At night
  • When you’re tired, wet, or alone

From bakkie to cover in seconds.

Built for Farmers. Built for Rural Safety Groups. Built for Real Threats.

Farm attacks don’t happen when the sun is shining, the ground is level, and help is minutes away.
They happen on gravel roads, at gates, in bakkies, in the veld, in the dark, and often when you’re tired, wet, or alone.

This course gives you the skills to survive and protect your family and neighbours using the weapons, terrain, and vehicles you already have — no special gear, no fantasy tactics, no Hollywood theatrics.

Just real training for real farms.

Who This Course Is For

If you live or work on a farm, this training was built for you:

  • Farmers

  • Rural safety groups

  • Community patrol volunteers

  • Farm managers & workers

  • Anyone who wants to protect family, neighbours, and community

You don’t need tactical experience.
You don’t need to be fit.
You just need the willingness to step forward.

Defend Yourself And Your Loved Ones. Train with Fortis

Farmers, Farm watches, Security Patrols

We can help you stay alive!

Why Farmers Love This Course

Because it gives exactly what rural communities need, without noise or theatrics:

  • Practical skills

  • Simple steps you can repeat

  • Realistic scenario training

  • Team-based coordination

  • Legal knowledge

  • Confidence to act when every second counts

This is not a “fun day out.” This is training that may save a life.

Course Structure

Module 1 – Rural Marksmanship (Day)

Zeroing, accuracy, distance shooting, and weapon setup.

Module 2 – Movement, Debus & Patrol (Day)

Patrol formations, teamwork, radio procedure, debus drills, and surveillance principles.

Module 3 – Rural Fight (Day + Night)

Dynamic scenarios, bakkie-based engagements, night patrol work, and applying everything under real pressure.

What This Course Teaches You

1. Rural Marksmanship — Accurate Shooting in Real Conditions

Learn to run your handgun, carbine, or both confidently on gravel, uneven terrain, and around vehicles — the exact environments where attacks unfold.

2. Safe & Fast Debus From Your Bakkie

Whether you’re moving alone, in a convoy of two or three vehicles, or with a team on the back, you’ll learn how to:

  • Get out safely

  • Get behind cover

  • Move with purpose

  • Respond under pressure

You will not be guessing. You will know what to do.

3. Moving as a Farm Patrol Team

Clear, simple, effective:

  • Patrol formations

  • Hand signals

  • Communication

  • Radio procedure

Designed intentionally for farmers — not soldiers.

4. Night Operations

Most rural attacks happen in low light.
Daylight skills alone are not enough.

You will learn:

  • Low-light movement

  • Using a torch effectively

  • Weapon-mounted lights

  • Night-time engagements

5. Staying on the Right Side of the Law

All techniques are built on South African private defence law, giving you the clarity to act decisively without making legal mistakes.

If You Live on a Farm, This Is the Training That Fits Your Reality

Most people hope violence never finds them.
Farmers know hope is not a plan.

This course gives you skills you can use tomorrow — on your land, in your bakkie, with your team, under real pressure.

When danger comes, you will not freeze.
You will not guess.
You will move with purpose.

Your land. Your people. Your responsibility.
Get the training that matches that responsibility.

Every second counts in rural response.

Talk to FORTIS Operations Director, Matt Richards on WhatsApp or call him today and take control of your farm’s security.

082 777 7436