SEFTIM is more and more present in Africa. After Botswana and Mozambique, this time SEFTIM experts were going to Gabon for working deep inside the forest. Climate was good neither too humid nor too hot allowing an efficient collect of data. The Lightning Protection Systems installed on the site has been studied, data collected for a further Lightning Risk Analysis and in-fine the Technical Study will allow to define the most adapted protection means.
The French law for environment (ICPE) of course doesn’t apply in Gabon but it was used as a guide for the steps to follow to define the needs. Besides, considering already recorded damage, protection means to protect operational risk will be taken into account. The need of an easy maintenance of the protection means is also an important criterion in the selection process at the time of the definition of the protection solutions.