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
Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has served a notice to the Ghanaian populace, particularly estate developers, that “it is currently incapable of dealing with fires in high-rise buildings.” The GNFS’s warning follows the recent fire that gutted Grenfell Tower in the United Kingdom (UK) where even with all their sophisticated fire equipment, over 20 lives were lost … Read more
The Ghana National Fire Service is currently incapable of dealing with fires in high-rise buildings. The modern equipment of the service cannot fight fires beyond five floors of any building. This means any building beyond five floors cannot be saved should it be on fire. This is frightening, considering the current increase in high-rise buildings in … Read more
Staff members of Today newspaper, Eezy FM, Spyder Lee Entertainment and Digicut – all entities of Groupe Nduom (GN) at Avenor, Accra, yesterday underwent a fire training exercise as part of a routine programme being organised by GN for its workers across the country. The training exercise which lasted for over two hours consisted of theory and practical … Read more
But for the timely intervention of fire personnel, most facilities at the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) would have been razed by fire on Friday evening. Some stores of the media corporation at Kanda were engulfed by fire, prompting an emergency response to avert a disaster. At least three fire tenders were deployed to help salvage … Read more
The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) yesterday joined their counterparts around the world to mark World Fire Fighters Day. It is a day set aside to recognize the role of fighters in saving lives and preventing fires and to pay tributes to those who lost their lives in the line of duty. In Ghana the … Read more
The Ghana National Fire Service is warning the public against the activities of individuals posing as personnel of the national service rendering unauthorized services for money. Officials observe these supposed fire service persons extort money from unexpected clients and issue fake fire certificates to them. Ashanti Regional Fire Commander, Semekor Fiadzo says “some people are … Read more
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), has developed two fire detection devices in a bid to enhance the nation’s pursuit to bringing down the incidence of fire outbreaks. They include ‘PySpy’, open-space intelligent fire detection and alert system, the world’s first of such technology to be invented, and ‘Laser Smoke Detector’, an … Read more
Angered by the ‘abysmal’ firefighting prowess exhibited by the fire personnel on the ground during last Saturday’s inferno that raised down two edifices in the premises of the Coconut Grove Hotel in Accra, top commanders of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) are asking government to immediately relieve the Chief Fire Officer, Brown Gaisie, off … Read more
Groupe Nduom has said the Public Relations Officer of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), Prince Billy Anaglate, is “peddling lies” which turn to impugn the integrity of the business conglomerate as far as Saturday’s fire that swept through one of its subsidiaries, Coconut Grove Regency Hotel in Accra, is concerned. “For example, he told … Read more
Billy Anaglate is the PRO for the Ghana National fire service WE have been very measured in our comments on last Saturday’s fire that swept through a section of Coconut Grove Regency Hotel in Accra. As a responsible entity, Groupe Nduom believes that rather than putting the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) under the sword, … 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) says it protected the Coconut Grove Regency Hotel after fire gutted some commercial properties within the facility on Saturday. The GNFS says it was not sluggish in the handling the fire as it has said in the media. GNFS PRO, Prince Billy Anaglatey told Joy News Monday the strategies … Read more
The Public Relations Officer of the Ghana National Fire Service, D. O1 Prince Billy Anaglatey says the lack of an helicopter is hampering their effort to combat fire effectively. Due to the high-rise buildings and emerging technology people use in building these days, the need for helicopter fire fighter cannot be over-emphasised, he asserted. He … Read more
It is the wish of the service to achieve fire safety through public education The Greater Accra Regional branch of the Ghana National Fire Service led by its commander, DCFO Ebenezer Simpson has launched the 2017 Fire Safety Week. The programme is aimed at going the extra mile in engaging the schools, homes and other … Read more
A nationwide programme has been outlined by the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) to curb the increasing number of domestic fire outbreaks, especially in vulnerable communities. Per the programme, personnel of the service will be deployed to the homes of people to educate and inform them about basic fire safety measures. According to the Public … Read more
The NPA, EPA and Fire Service must tighten their oversight of these oil and gas stations in terms of adherence to HSE guidelines so that avoidable accidents never happen or the probability of their occurrences is reduced to the barest minimum. It is said that fire is a good servant, but a bad master. There … Read more
play videoThe residents are alleged to have beat up the officer for late response to fight fire in the area. Residents at Buduburam in the Central region reportedly beat up personnel of the Ghana National Fire service in the area for responding late to their call. According to them, personnel at the fire service office … 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