Fire gutted a section of the 10th floor of the Job 600 Office Complex which houses Ghana’s legislatures on the 18th, July, 2017. And, according to eyewitnesses, billowing smoke was detected from one of the offices around 5:00 p.m., when most of the staff members in the building had left. The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) … Read more
Fire is said to be ‘a very good servant, but a bad master’. As long as fire is under our control, it serves a lot of useful purposes for us, but, once it goes out of control, it can create a lot of destruction. However, despite the presence of fire safety measures, the occurrence of … Read more
Executive Secretary of the Bureau of Public Safety, Nana Yaw Akwada, a non-governmental organisation, has asked the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) to intensify its public education on fire safety across the country. The call follows last weekend’s fire incident that gutted down some buildings and offices inside the Coconut Grove Regency Hotel in Accra. … Read more
The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has lauded the Graphic Communications Group Limited (GCGL) for adhering to fire safety practices to protect life and property at the company. The Deputy Chief Fire Officer (DCFO) of the GNFS, Mr William Yawson, said at the end of a fire safety audit at the GCGL last Friday that … Read more
The Ashanti Command of the Ghana National Fire Service says it will strictly enforce fire safety laws as part of its activities to avert preventable fire outbreaks in the region. Regional Fire Commander, DCFO Semekor Fiadzo, says effective March 2017, his outfit will ensure individuals and institutions violating fire safety laws are penalised. The Ashanti … Read more
The Ashanti Regional Fire Command has advised the public to adhere to basic fire safety principles to avert domestic and industrial fire outbreaks this harmattan season. The season is characterized by rise in atmospheric temperature and low atmospheric moisture content which tends to make more fuels available to burn at the passage of any flammable front. … Read more