Chobe district bush fire risk management plan

Abstract

During the 2008 fire season in Botswana large tracks of land were indiscriminately burnt. After this event the Botswana Government looked to outside assistance to help them prevent, mitigate, and suppress Bush Fires in Botswana. The New South Wales Rural Fire Service (NSW- RFS), from Australia was chosen from many submissions to assist Botswana by describing, and demonstrating all that Australia knew about suppressing wildfires. Australia and Botswana have similar climates and issues regarding bush fire. In addition, Australia depends on a volunteer culture and workforce which their Batswana counterparts were keen to employ.