Regional Subsahara Wildland Fire Network (Afrifirenet)
A Region of the Global Wildland Fire Network

Prescribed burning - an important tool for the maintenance
 of rangelands and ecosystem diversity in many vegetation
 types of Subsahara Africa

Mozambique

• 321Fire – Fire Management Company
  http://www.321fire.co.mz/

South Africa

• Working on Fire:
  Integrated Fire Management Programme (WoF Videos)
   
• SA ICS Working Team
  Introducing ICS in South Africa

• Firewise Africa:
  http://www.firewisesa.org.za/  (WoF Videos)
   
• Working on Fire International:
  www.wof-int.com  (WoF Videos)
   
• Volunteer Wildfire Services:
  http://www.capefires.com
  
  
• FIRE HAWK electronic forest fire detection:
  http://www.firehawk.co.za 
  
  
• Kwazulu Natal Fire Protection Association:
  http://www.firestop.co.za/
  
  
• Zululand Fire Protection Services:
  http://www.zfps.co.za/
  
  
• Lowveld & Escarpment Fire Protection Associations:
  http://www.lefpa.co.za/
  
  

• Department of Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries:
  http://www.daff.gov.za/
  
  

• Department of Water and Enviromental Affairs:
  http://www.dwaf.gov.za/
  
  
• South African National Disaster Management Center:
  http://www.ndmc.gov.za/
  
  

Namibia

• Integrated Forest Fire Management (IFFM) in Namibia

• Fire as a Resource - Caprivi, Namibia

 Gambia

• Central River Division Forestry Project
  http://www.accessgambia.com/information/forestry-history.html
  http://www.mofen.gov.gm/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=75&Itemid=8
   

Scientific Background Information

• Determining the relative resistance of selected Pinus species to fire damage
  

• Integration of fire management systems in the Southern Cape region of South Africa
  

• Wildland fire-related fatalities in South Africa - A 1994 case study and looking back at the year 2001

Wildland Fire Management Handbooks

• Wildland Fire Management Handbook for Sub-Sahara Africa
  

• Veld and Forest Fire Fighting Fundamentals
  

• Fire Managers Handbook on Veld and Forest Fires