b. The District also had a senior fire officer employed for all fire related matters with an office in Barkley East. Volunteers and members of the local municipality were assisting with fire fighting services in their respective municipal areas. These volunteers were multi-skilled as they were trained for both disaster risk and fire fighting. Two medium fire fighting trucks had been purchased and have been deployed at the Maletswai municipal area and one in the Elundini area. There were plans to purchase two medium fire fighting trucks in the next financialyear.