Taking Fire Fighting To Ordinary Batswana

Maitumelo Mafoko PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Maitumelo Mafoko PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

As Botswana is prone to veldt fires, an entrepreneur, Fire Engineering Degree holder Maitumelo Mafhoko, saw it as an opportunity and started Mabapi Fire Services Training Institute.

The institute, which was opened two years ago, offers short-term courses and certificate in fire safety management, special fires, fireman ship level 1 to 3, veldt fire management, fire in construction, aviation fire and risk management.

In an interview with Monitor Business Mafhoko said after working in the industry for almost eight years, he decided to start his own training institution to sensetise the public about fire risk management.

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