MP donates fire extinguishers to Takoradi Market
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Takoradi , Dr Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah, has donated 40 fire extinguishers to the Takoradi Market Circle.
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The move is aimed at empowering the traders and the market’s security officials to provide a first aid response when there is a fire outbreak.
Speaking at the presentation ceremony, Dr Darko-Mensah said it was important that Market Circle traders protected themselves and property, following incidents of fire outbreaks at several markets in the country.
He said though six fire hydrants in the market had been rehabilitated as part of the measures to position the market to fight any fire outbreak, fire extinguishers were also needed since the water supply for the hydrants was not consistent.
Dr Darko-Mensah urged the officials of the market to enforce fire safety measures in the market in order to avert any fire outbreak.
The MP pledged to work closely with the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) stationed at the market to ensure that the market was always protected and prepared to fight any form of fire outbreak.
Expressing her gratitude for the donation, the Division Officer of the Tarkoradi Fire District, DO III Comfort Quarmyne, lauded the kind gesture of the MP.
She said the fire service personnel stationed at the market would continue to educate the traders and the market’s security men on how to use the fire extinguishers since they would be responsible for fighting the fire before the fire service personnel arrived at the scene.
DO III Quarmyne said the fire service would always be on standby to fight fire at the market in order to prevent the recurrence of a
fire outbreak which gutted stalls in the market and led to the loss of items worth thousands of cedis in 2007.