Fire Service sensitise Kebbi residents on flammables
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Sensitisation
Birnin Kebbi, Nov. 9, 2016 (NAN) The Kebbi State Fire Service Department has commenced sensitisation against mishandling of fire and other flammable materials to curtail fire outbreak.
Alhaji Bello Zagga, the state Director of Fire Service, made disclosed in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Birnin Kebbi on Wednesday.
He said the campaign would be conducted across the 21 local government areas of the state, adding we will stage film and drama shows in rural markets.
He explained that the shows would focus on preventive measures against fire outbreaks especially during harmattan season, stressing we have since dispatched our staff to various villages and markets for practical demonstration of safety measures and how to respond to instances of outbreak of fire.
Zagga added that the department has engaged in aggressive media jingles on same subject matter, stressing we do record an average of 300 fire outbreak annually and it was occasioned by mishandling of flammable materials and use of substandard electrical wire.
While commending the state government for providing logistics for the exercise, he said the exercise would last for one month.
The director assured that “our fire fighting equipments are of high standard’’.
He appealed to the state government to permit the department to recruit additional staff for wider and effective coverage.
Zagga also told NAN that the fire service department has recorded 265 incidences of fire outbreak between 2015 and November 2016. (NAN)
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Edited by Muhammad Suleiman Tola