Story: Mary Ankrah
PERSONNEL of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) in 12 district stations in Accra have embarked on a three-day fire fighting and rescue exercise to sharpen their skills.
Code named: “FIREX 2012,” the exercise afforded the GNFS personnel the opportunity to operate newly acquired and complex fire equipment.
The district stations which participated in the exercise were the Accra City, Industrial Area, Dansoman, Weija, Legon, Castle and Trade Fair site.
The rest were Madina, Ledzokuku Krowor, Korle-Bu, Adentan and Amasaman.
Competitors took part in breathing apparatus donning and start up, and rescue by ladder climbing from the first floor of a storey building at the first phase.
In the quarter finals, they drew water from a pool to fight fire and at the semi-finals, the fire stations which qualified were Accra City, Castle, Dansoman, Amasaman and Madina, were tasked to fight oil (petrol and diesel) fire with foam concentrates.
At the end, the three winners who performed most creditably in the exercise received trophies, cash and certificates. The Amasaman fire station emerged the overall winner, Accra City was adjudged the first runner up and Dansoman emerged the second runner up.
All the 12 competing fire stations also received certificates of participation.
In an address, the Accra Regional Commander of the GNFS, Mr Kwame Kwarteng, in a speech read on his behalf by the Assistant Chief Fire Officer, Mr Patrick Donkor, said that the mission of the GNFS was to provide an efficient fire and rescue service to meet the statutory requirements in Act 537 of the constitution and public expectations.
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