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Fire Service threatens arrest of artisans at Tema roundabout
Tema, Jan. 14, Ghanadot/GNA- Mr Paul
Enyonam Tamakloe, Tema Regional Fire Officer has threatened
to arrest artisans undertaking the installation of gas
cylinders in vehicles at the Tema General Hospital
roundabout.
Mr Tamakloe said the artisans have defied a quit order by
the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) to vacate the area
because they have ignored fire regulations governing their
activities, which poses a threat to lives and properties.
He told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in Tema over the weekend
that the activities of the artisans operating near a welding
shop could lead to a major fire outbreak in the Municipality
as they fill the cylinders with Liquefied Petroleum Gas
(LPG) after the installation.
He said companies, hotels; restaurants, fuel stations and
other workshops were required to obtain a fire certificate
in compliance with the Fire Precaution (Premises)
Regulations, 2003, Legislative Instrument (LI) 1724.
"The LI requires premises such as public residential
accommodations, factories, shops, offices, banks, cafes,
hospitals, orphanages, remand homes, community homes, mental
health clinics and others, to obtain fire certificates to
ensure accepted fire safety measures", he said.
Mr Tamakloe warned that his outfit would not hesitate to
cause the arrest and prosecution of any body who defies the
LI and operate without a fire certificate.
He said last year, the GNFS closed down a number of
companies, which were operating without a fire certificate
through out the nation.
"I am therefore cautioning all companies operating without a
fire certificate to regularize their operations before we
start closing down the premises of offenders", Mr Tamakloe
stressed.
GNA
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