Gaborone City Council Fire Station

Gaborone City Council Fire Station is a fire station in Gaborone, Botswana, run by Gaborone City Council, the local authority for the capital. Fire brigades in Botswana are governed by the Fire Service Act (Cap. 40:04), passed in 1994. Under the Act, the Fire Service is made up of the fire brigades needed "for the prevention and control of fires in Botswana", coordinated by a Fire Service Director. The council concerned must provide a suitable site for a fire station, housing for personnel, and the vehicles and equipment its fire brigade needs to operate. Gaborone City Council is the governing body of the city. It is made up of 30 councillors representing the city's wards, and its responsibilities include sewerage, street lighting, public health clinics, public schools and fire services; water and electricity are supplied by parastatals. Botswana's numbering plan, published by the Botswana Communications Regulatory Authority (BOCRA), assigns 998 to fire, 997 to ambulance, 999 to police and 112 to all emergencies. Gaborone was founded in 1964 and became the seat of the Bechuanaland Protectorate's administration in 1965, a year before independence. Planned on garden-city principles for about 20,000 people, it had 246,325 residents at the 2022 census, about a tenth of Botswana's population. It lies within 15 kilometres of the South African border and is the headquarters of the Southern African Development Community (SADC). In a fire emergency, dial 998. The station has not published a direct line or street address; the council's switchboard, as given in the government's local authorities directory, is +267 365 7400, with a toll-free line on 0800 600 061.

9WVM+FV7, Gaborone, Botswana
Gaborone

24°36′23″S 25°56′5″E