14 Fire Cases In New Juaben In 2016

Fourteen fire outbreaks have been recorded so far in the New Juaben municipality of the Eastern Region, since January this year.

According to statistics, 11 bushfires have been recorded as well as three domestic fires causing damage to the local Presbyterian Church at Bonya, a suburb of Koforidua.

Speaking to Ghana News Agency, in an interview the Municipal Fire Officer, Deputy Fire Officer (DFO) Gyasi Boateng, cautioned the public against activities that could cause fire outbreak.

DFO Boateng indicated that because of the harmattan all combustible materials are dry and advised the public to be careful with fire-related materials and electrical gadgets.

He urged the citizenry to quench used fires and put off all electrical gadgets when not in use, adding that a small fire outbreak could become big leading to the destruction of properties.

DFO Boateng said investigation was ongoing to ascertain the cause of the fire outbreaks.

GNA

Task Force Set Up To Respond To Fire Outbreaks In Volta Region

The Volta regional command of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) have intensify fire safety education among the public in order to avert any outbreak in the region.

In this regards, officers of the service are visiting homes, schools, markets places and other public institutions to sensitize members of the public on fire safety regulations and as well conduct risk assessment on some of these public structures.

The Volta regional chief fire officer, Daniella Mawusi Sarpong disclosed to journalists at the end of a community sensitization programme, that the command has also set up a special task force tasked to keep a 24 hour surveillance on key installations such as markets and other public buildings.

The task force, she noted has also been replicated in all 20 operational districts of the service across the region.

Though some regions have recorded major fire outbreaks in homes and public places such as markets and schools this month, outbreaks in the Volta region are mostly bush fires, most of which the personnel of the service have responded to swiftly.

Not withstanding , the regional commander said anti-bush fire campaigns and volunteers have been launched in all the district to complement the efforts of the fire officers in curbing fire outbreaks during this period.

Assistant chief fire officer, Danilla Sarpong further called on the general public to on high alert against fire outbreaks to ensure their safety.



Source: www.modernghana.com

GNFS: High-rise buildings ban appeal misconstrued

Dr. Albert Brown-Gaisie, GNFS

 Spokesperson for the Ghana National Fire Service Prince  Billy Anaglatey has said calls by the Chief Fire Officer Dr. Albert Brown-Gaisie for a legislation to ban the construction of high-rise buildings in the country has been misconstrued.

The Chief Fire Officer Tuesday told parliament to consider promulgating laws to ban buildings that transcended six floors since the service does not have the equipment to fight fires beyond that level. He said while firefighters in other countries have tools to fight fires at 45th floors of buildings, the highest the GNFS can go is the 6th floor.

The call has, however, triggered intense public debate with some Ghanaians describing it as backward and retrogressive.

But speaking to Nii Arday Clegg on the Morning Starr Wednesday, Mr. Anaglatey said his boss has been misrepresented by the Media.

“ I honestly think the reportage has been done out of context. What the Chief Officer said was that some of those buildings fail to ensure that certain facilities are fixed in the design to make firefighting easier. They continue to flout firefighting measures and that is what the fire officer was talking about,” he stated.

     

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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.