Campaign to reduce domestic fires begins this month
A campaign to reduce the spate of domestic fires in the country is to be rolled out by the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) this month.
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Dubbed “Home Fire Safety Campaign ” the exercise will involve personnel of the service and members of the Community Fire Protection Assistants (CFPA), who will go to households to educate them on fire safety and measures they should take in the event of fire outbreak at their premises.
For a start, the campaign will be piloted in Tema and Accra in the Greater Accra Region before it will be extended to other parts of the country.
Already, the GNFS is engaged in community fire prevention education, where its members were engaged in sensitisation programmes on fire safety countrywide.
Concerns
Addressing the media in Accra, the Chief Fire Officer, Dr Albert Brown Gaisie, expressed concern over the way domestic fires were destroying lives and property
According to him, most of the fires could be prevented only if people were well informed on fire safety measures.
He said the improper handling of electrical gadgets, candles left unattended to, as well as incorrect usage of cooking stoves or burners, were some of the major causes of domestic fires which the campaign would seek to address.
Dr Gaise urged the public and the media in particular to support the service to make the campaign successful.
