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Regulated Services and Registered Companies

All local service providers of compulsory service standards are required by regulation 17 of SCSR, 2023 to be registered with the Botswana Bureau of Standards, in which they will have their service conformity assessed against the relevant requirements of the compulsory standards. BOS 65-1:2003 Reconditioning of firefighting equipment – Part 1: Portable rechargeable fire extinguishers, and BOS 65-2:2003 Reconditioning of fire equipment – Part 2: Fire hose reels.

The enforcement of these standards covers administrative and technical details applicable to the effective reconditioning of portable rechargeable fire extinguishers and fire hose reels.
Companies that deals with reconditioning of firefighting equipment, portable rechargeable fire extinguishers and firefighting equipment – hose reels are required to register with BOBS.
IMPARTIALITY AND CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT
The Botswana Bureau of Standards (BOBS) understands the importance of impartiality and confidentiality in carrying out its management system certification activities. BOBS management is committed to gaining and maintaining the reputation, credibility and ultimately, confidence of its stakeholders in rendering its certification services. Additionally, BOBS strives to continuously manage foreseen potential conflicts of duty and interest and ensures objectivity of its activities under the management system certification. To achieve the above, BOBS shall identify, analyse, record and manage potential conflict of duty and interest to ensure that certification services are not provided within relationships that have been identified to pose an unacceptable threat to impartiality. An Impartiality Committee shall periodically review activities of the certification function to verify commitment to credibility and fairness. The Committee shall further assist in the development of policies relating to impartiality of providing certification activities. BOBS is committed to maintaining in strict confidence all information accessed while rendering the certification services and shall ensure that such information is not divulged to third parties without the Client’s written consent unless if required by law.
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