The City of Bulawayo@CityofBulawayo
The City of Bulawayo Fire and Ambulance Services Unit has started training firefighters of Rural District Councils (RDCs) in the southern parts of the country.
Five RDCs (Tsholotsho, Kusile, Matobo, Insiza and Hwange) have seconded recruits for training.
A total of 30 recruited firefighters commenced their training on Monday with each local authority having six members.
From the 30 trainee firefighters, six of them are females.
The City of Bulawayo provides technical expertise to the rural local authorities.
In the past, the City of Bulawayo, had to travel more than 100KM to attend to some of the emergency services in the nearby local authorities.
The equipping of the rural local authorities is expected to improve the country's disaster management with the Government of Zimbabwe also having procured fire tenders for the rural local authorities.
