Chief Fire Officer Julius A. Kuunour presenting a cheque to one of the beneficiaries

Firefighters paid workman compensation

Esther Lamiokor Mills Oct - 10 - 2022 , 16:50

A group of twenty-one firefighters from the Northern, Bono East and Ashanti Regional Commands of the Ghana National Fire Service on Monday called on the Chief Fire Officer after receiving their workman compensation.

The 21 officers who received cheques containing various sums of money sustained various degrees of injury in their line of duty within the year.

Announcing the payments in post on Facebook on Monday (October 10, 2022), the GNFS said the officer who sustained the highest degree of injury received an amount of GH¢127,963.40 while the officer who sustained the lowest degree of injury received GH¢28,611.28 respectively.

The Chief Fire Officer, Julius Kuunour assured all officers of the GNFS, especially the operational firefighters of the readiness of his Management and the Fire Service Council to quickly come to the aid of all officers who get involved in accidents in the discharge of their duty.