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Fire Service Donor Conference to be
Held in Accra soon
Kuntanse, (Ash), June 23, Ghanadot/GNA - A Ghana National
Fire Service (GNFS) donor conference will soon be held in
Accra to source for funds.
The conference will also serve as a forum to enable
participants brainstorm to find ways to ensure that GNFS
offers quality service to the public.
Nana Frimpong Anokye Ababio, Chairman of the GNFS Council,
said this when he met fire officers in the Ashanti Region
during a working visit.
The chairman, who is also the Paramount Chief of Agona
Traditional Area in the Ashanti Region, said the outcome of
the conference will be used as a blueprint to fashion out a
strategic plan to solve the perennial problems facing the
service.
He appealed to the staff of the service to co-operate with
the Council and Management to change the image of the GNFS.
Nana Ababio reiterated the call to developers and the
general public to make safety a priority when building to
help prevent fatalities in the event of fire or any other
form of disaster.
The Chief Fire Officer, Mr. Felix Kwame Ferkah, said
everything possible was being done to improve their service
conditions as well as the procurement of logistics and
uniforms. He said frantic efforts would be made to organise
in-serve training for the personnel and appealed to them to
register with the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).
Mr. Obeng Dankwa Dwamena, Assistant Fire Officer who is in
charge of the Ashanti Region, said there has been a drop in
the number of fire outbreaks in the region during the first
five months of the year.
Some 420 fires were recorded as compared to 445 fires for
the same period in 2007.
He said despite the success, they will not relent in their
effort at intensifying their public educational campaign in
schools, market places, churches, industries and other
places in order to minimise the effects of fire outbreaks.
GNA
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