Install fire extinguishers at places of worship - GNFS .

Fire Extinguishers.

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has implored the public to install fire extinguishers at places of worship such as the mosques and churches to ensure rapid response to any potential fire outbreaks.

The Deputy Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the GNFS, Prince Billy Anaglate, who made the call said, installation of fire extinguishers and early fire detective systems in places of worship, was necessary to ensure safety in case of fire outbreaks.

He pointed out that religious facilities were public places and needed to be protected at all times.

Outreach

Mr Anaglate was speaking at some mosques at Nima in Accra last Friday, where he addressed two separate Muslim congregations in the suburb.

The congregants at the Sariki Kardo and the Research Institute mosques were sensitised to fire safety measures and how to prevent its occurrence in the community, as part of an outreach programme.

He observed that the absence of fire safety tools in homes and facilities, could be attributed to ignorance for which reason he said the GNFS had embarked on the sensitisation campaign.

Caution
In the wake of the intermittent power outages in the country, an officer from the Safety Department of the GNFS, Charles Kingsley Amoh, cautioned the public about the use of candles, generators and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).

The General Secretary of the Research Institute Mosque, Abubakar Garba Osuman, commended officials of the GNFS for the programme and pledged to abide by the advice on safety measures.

Source: Daily Graphic

Coup Plotters in Fire Service Exposed

It has emerged that some officers of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), who are not enthused about the management of the service under the Chief Fire Officer (CFO), Dr Albert Brown Gaisie, have commenced moves to thwart the efforts of the CFO. After holding secret meetings to gang up against the CFO and the current management of the service, the officers have written anonymous letters to the presidency, the seat of government to spew lied about the leadership of the Fire Service. The Daily Heritage has gathered that some of the faceless individuals behind the anonymous letters were the brains behind the issuance of fake fire certificates to individuals and companies to illegally amass wealth. The officials formed a cartel to rob the State on the blind side of the management of the service and are complaining now because the loopholes have been blocked under the current leadership of the service headed by Dr. Gaisie. The paper further gathered that the anonymous letters are targeted at Dr. Gaisie to shut him up so that they can have their way, but source close to the CFO say “he is not perturbed about the anonymous letters. We know the people behind this, but we are focused on the job. “In any case, nobody will listen to their lies, they are just bent on destroying the service for their selfish gains,” one of the officers told the paper in an interview. Among the achievements of Dr. Gaisie since he assumed office barely a year ago are the restoration of morale in the service after resolving protracted legal issues regarding promotions and promotion of over 1,500 officers who had been struggling to be duly promoted for over 14 years.  Other achievements are the transformation of the Accra Regional office at Korle-Bu, the Makola office, the Training School at James Town and the opening of more offices in the Greater Accra Region to combat fires in the region, among many others.

Source: Daily Heritage

Adopt effective ways to control reckless handling of naked fire

A fire officer, Adolf Yaw Mensah, said chiefs, assembly members and the unit committees, should adopt effective measures to control reckless handling of naked fire in their various communities, particularly during the harmattan.

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He made the call at a joint meeting held with 13 fire volunteer groups and other stakeholders including selected chiefs in the Mampong Municipality.

Divisional Officer One (DO1) Mensah, who is a member of the task force set up by the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) to investigate and find ways to tackle the annual bushfires, said all must be assisted to do the right things to avoid starting these fires.

The task force is touring all parts of the country and had already visited the Volta region.
He advised farmers to make sure that they engaged trained fire volunteers in their land preparation ahead of crop planting.

He expressed concern about the activities of the Fulani herdsmen, blaming them of some of the wildfires and urged the assemblies to act decisively to deal with erring herdsmen.

The Ashanti Regional Fire Officer, Mr. Semekor Fiadzo, underlined the need to reactivate dormant fire volunteer groups in the communities and encouraged farmers to offer themselves to be trained as volunteers to protect their own investments.

Source:GNA

A house without an elder is an empty house and also it lacks tradition and a referee.

You dont appreciate what you have unless you loose it...... we should keep on fruastrating our officers forgetting that we need their knowledge and counselling. Our sister services are getting opportunities because their ex. officers are now in politics or some holding some vital key positions of the state but come to our service and our story is a different one. We are very good of helping them to die untimely, some times i weep for the officer who enlisted me into the service in 2008 at Ho. How knowledgable this officer is but look at what they are doing to him? What breaks my heart is after killing them, then that same people are the ones who write nice speeches and read at their funerals. We need an attitudinal change or else we will continue to be at where we are till thy kingdom comes. .......A house without an elder is an empty house and also it lacks tradition and a referee.

Where are we Heading to as a Country?

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has really spoken my mind and not only me but a lot of Ghanaians too. It is just sad that Ghana is preparing to celebrate 58th anniversary after independence and we cant even provide power to run the activities of the nation. Business upon businesses are collapsing, employers are laying off their employees and people are becoming unemployed. Our priority as a country is to buy power from our neighbouring countries to enable us watch the Black Star play at the AFCON and also fly party sympathizers to tournaments at the expense of the state. I'm beginning to ask myself whether this education thing is a curse to our generation or not because our so called leaders ( Doctors, Professors and others). This highly educated personalities are only good and known for crafting nice stories to tell their citizens. They try very hard to do away with morals, home sense and common sense.Sometimes i wish i am not part of this our current generation because it's truly a shame.

Fire Service intervention prevents gas explosion

 
 The timely intervention of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) prevented a gas tanker from exploding at Akotsi Junction, near Budumburum in the Central Region last Thursday.

The gas tanker, which contained 13,880 litres of gas, was heading to Assin Fosu in the Central Region when the driver realised that the tanker was leaking.

The driver was said to have immediately called the fire service whose swift response prevented the gas from exploding.

The incident

Confirming the incident to the Daily Graphic, the Public Relations Officer of the GNFS, Mr Billy Anaglate, said firemen from the Budumburum Fire Station arrived at the scene within seven minutes of receiving the call around 2:54 p.m. last Thursday.

He said within seven hours firemen reduced the temperature of the gas which was on the verge of exploding, with foam chemical.

According to Mr Anaglate, the tanker, with registration number, GN9005-11, had loaded from Tema and was heading to Assin Fosu to offload when the driver noticed the leakage and parked to call the fire service.

The incident, Mr Anaglate said, was caused by a fault in a component of the tanker.

He said the remaining gas was salvaged and loaded into another tanker.

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