GNFS Eastern Regional Command
Officers of the Anyinam Fire Station fully participated in the national campaign dubbed “Operation Clean Your Frontage”!
Your safety is our priority.
Keeping Ghana clean is a shared responsibility. You are responsible, I am responsible, we are all responsible.
Officers of Kpong Fire Station refused to be left out of the National operation, “Operation Clean Your Frontage”, as they took to the surrounding areas of their station to clean it up and give it a face-lift.
Your safety is our priority.
Keeping Ghana clean is a shared responsibility. You are responsible, I am responsible, we are all responsible.
It was all work and happiness at the Aburi Fire Station as officers joined in the national exercise “Operation Clean Your Frontage”.
Your safety is our priority.
Keeping Ghana clean is a shared responsibility. You are responsible, I am responsible, we are all responsible.
In compliance with the launch of "Operation Clean Your Frontage" today, the officers and men of Regional Headquarters led by its Regional Fire Officer, Assistant Chief Fire Officer I (ACFOI) Jennifer Naa Yarley Quaye embarked on a cleaning exercise along the driveway leading to the entrance of the Regional Headquarters.
All are encouraged to join in cleaning their frontage.
Your safety is our priority.
Keeping Ghana clean is a shared responsibility. You are responsible, I am responsible, we are all responsible.
19/01/2022
ROAD SAFETY EDUCATION
In line with our mandate as well as being stakeholders of the regional “Stay Alive” campaign launched by the National Road Safety Authority on the 17th of December 2021, officers of the NEW JUABENG SOUTH MUNICIPAL FIRE STATION visited bus stations and terminals to educated drivers on the need and importance of regular maintenance on their vehicles so as to avoid accidents.
Drivers were educated on the need to have fire extinguishers in their vehicles as well as best safety practises for filling their tanks especially those using liquified petroleum gas (LPG).
They were also advised not to drink and drive and not to drive when tired.
The fire officers did not relent on admonishing the drivers to obey the road safety and traffic regulations as doing so would go a long way to reducing the senseless carnage on our roads.
Passengers were not left out as they were advised to speak up and report drivers who drive recklessly.
Your safety is our priority.
Remember, road safety and accident prevention is a shared responsibility. You are responsible, I am responsible, we are all responsible.
When we all play our roles effectively, road accidents will reduce significantly.
NEW JUABENG SOUTH MUNICIPAL FIRE STATION EMERGENCY LINE: 0342292879
21/01/2022
HOUSE TO HOUSE FIRE SAFETY CAMPAIGN
Officers of the NEW JUABENG NORTH FIRE STATION (Regional Sub-Station) have not been left out of the aggressive fire safety and prevention educational campaign drive going on in the region as directed by the Regional Fire Officer, Assistant Chief Fire Officer I (ACFOI) Jennifer Naa Yarley Quaye.
Eighteen officers were deployed to the Asokore community, one of the main towns in its catchment area for fire safety education.
Using the door to door approach, the fire officers went from house to house, as many as they could, teaching residents on the causes of fire, proper handling of electrical appliances, proper handling of liquified petroleum gas (LPG), proper storage of flammable liquid and gases as well as good housekeeping in general.
Your safety is our priority.
Remember, fire safety and prevention is a shared responsibility. You are responsible, I am responsible, we are all responsible.
When we all play our roles effectively, fire outbreaks will reduce significantly.
SUB-STATION (REG. HQ) EMERGENCY LINE: 0342294051
21/01/2022
CATCH THEM YOUNG AND THEY WILL BE YOURS FOREVER
The Good Book in Proverbs 22:6 says, “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it”.
With this in mind, officers of DONKORKROM FIRE STATION took the fire safety and prevention education campaign to the young minds of the students of Holy Rosary Preparatory School in Donkorkrom.
Even the children have not been left out in our bid to educate the public in order to bring the rate of fire outbreaks down.
The Ghana National Fire Service believes that when children are taught and inculcated at a young age with best practises on fire safety and prevention, they will not only grow up to practise it, but will also go home to teach friends and family what they have been taught.
Your safety is our priority.
Remember, fire safety and prevention is a shared responsibility. You are responsible, I am responsible, we are all responsible.
When we all play our roles effectively, fire outbreaks will reduce significantly.
DONKORKROM FIRE STATION EMERGENCY LINE: 0303969430
17/01/2022 -18/01/2022
Complying with directives issued by the Regional Fire Officer, Assistant Chief Fire Officer I (ACFOI) Jennifer Naa Yarley Quaye for all Municipal and District Commanders to intensify their educational campaign within their jurisdictions, Divisional Officer II (DOII) Mary Quarcoo, Municipal Fire Officer for AKRAPONG FIRE STATION led her officers to carry out fire safety education at Larteh Kubease Plaza , Ahenease market, Adawso market and various taxi ranks.
The public was advised to always spare a few minutes of their time whenever fire officers come around to give education.
Touching on the types of fire extinguishers available, how to use it and its importance, the officers advised taxi drivers as well as occupants of the markets to get fire extinguishers in their taxis and shops respectively.
Your safety is our priority.
Remember, fire safety and prevention is a shared responsibility. You are responsible, I am responsible, we are all responsible.
When we all play our roles effectively, fire outbreaks will reduce significantly.
AKROPONG FIRE STATION EMERGENCY LINE: 0507831722
20/01/2022
FIRE SAFETY AND PREVENTION EDUCATION AT OFOASE MARKET
Officers of the OFOASE FIRE STATION embarked on a public education campaign at the main market in Ofoase.
Interacting with the market women and men, they educated them on how to make their stalls and shops less prone to catching fire.
Your safety is our priority.
Remember, fire safety and prevention is a shared responsibility. You are responsible, I am responsible, we are all responsible.
When we all play our roles effectively, fire outbreaks will reduce significantly.
OFOASE FIRE STATION EMERGENCY LINE: 0303966687
20/01/2022
In line with directives issued by the Regional Fire Officer, Assistant Chief Fire Officer I (ACFOI) Jennifer Naa Yarley Quaye for all fire station to intensify their educational drive on fire safety and prevention, officers of the ACHIASE FIRE STATION visited Bosome 89.1 FM for education on bushfire prevention.
Being an area prone to high incidents of bushfire outbreaks, and considering the harmattan season we find ourselves in, the officers led by Divisional Officer III (DOIII) Pascal Tsogbe delved into the causes of bushfires and educated listeners on how to prevent them from occurring and what to do in the event that it does occur.
Your safety is our priority.
Remember, fire safety and prevention is a shared responsibility. You are responsible, I am responsible, we are all responsible.
When we all play our roles effectively, fire outbreaks will reduce significantly.
ACHIASE FIRE STATION EMERGENCY LINE: 0554161232
16/01/2022
FIRE SAFETY AND PREVENTION EDUCATION IN CHURCH
Come day or night, rain or shine, weekday or weekend, officers of the DONKORKROM FIRE STATION led by their District Fire Officer (DFO), Divisional Officer I (DOI) Eric Afari-Ackah, always poised for duty visited the congregation of the Church of Pentecost and the Presbyterian Church in Donkorkrom.
After the congregants received the gospel of the Lord from their pastor, they received the gospel of fire safety and prevention from the fire officers.
Your safety is our priority.
Remember, fire safety and prevention is a shared responsibility. You are responsible, I am responsible, we are all responsible.
When we all play their roles effectively, fire outbreaks will reduce significantly.
DONKORKROM FIRE STATION EMERGENCY LINE: 0303969430
18/01/2022
In line with the functions of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) which includes organising public fire education programmes to create and sustain awareness of the hazards of fire, and heighten the role of the individual in the prevention of fire, officers of the ASAMANKESE FIRE STATION left no stone unturned as they preached the gospel of fire safety and prevention from radio stations to saloons to pharmacies, to markets, bus stations and industries.
Your safety is our priority.
Remember, fire safety and prevention is a shared responsibility. You are responsible, I am responsible, we are all responsible.
When we all play our roles effectively, fire outbreaks will reduce significantly.
ASAMANKESE FIRE STATION EMERGENCY LINE: 0342090586
18/01/2022
EDUCATION, EDUCATION, EDUCATION
The only weapon that the Fire Service has against the occurance of fire outbreaks is “education”.
The more the public is educated on the does and don'ts of fire safety and prevention, the more enlightened they will be to prevent such fire outbreaks from occurring.
Officers of the NEW JUABENG SOUTH MUNICIPAL FIRE STATION deployed this weapon in the market place and bus stations in Koforidua as they engaged the general public on the does and don'ts of fire safety and prevention.
Members of the public were given the chance to ask questions and make contributions as they were educated by the knowledgeable officers
Your safety is our priority.
Remember, fire safety and prevention is a shared responsibility. You are responsible, I am responsible, we are all responsible.
When we all play our roles effectively, fire outbreaks will reduce significantly.
NEW JUABENG SOUTH MUNICIPAL FIRE STATION EMERGENCY LINE: 0342292879
17/01/2022
CONGRATULATIONS INTAKE 20
Officers of Intake 20 in the Eastern Region reported for duty after graduating to the Senior Officer Corp on the 6th of January 2022.
The officers were met by the Regional Fire Officer, Assistant Chief Fire Officer I (ACFOI) Jennifer Naa Yarley Quaye who congratulated them and advised them.
Congratulations Intake 20! May you succeed in all your endeavours.
14/01/2022
From betting shops to hardware shops to the kitchen of restaurants to fuel and gas stations, officers of the KADE FIRE STATION embarked on an intensified fire safety and prevention campaign.
This is in a bid to combat the high rate of fire outbreaks associated with the harmattan season that we find ourselves in.
Officers of the station left no stone unturned as they took the gospel of fire safety and prevention to all categories of businesses and companies as well as to the homes of the public.
Your safety is our priority.
Remember, fire safety and prevention is a shared responsibility. You are responsible, I am responsible,we are all responsible.
KADE FIRE STATION EMERGENCY LINE: 0245036323/ 0505511288
14/01/2022
ANTI-BUSHFIRE EDUCATION AT AYEMESU
Officers of the KPONG FIRE STATION took up their mandate and responsibility of educating the public and went to Ayemesu, a community whose inhabitants are predominantly farmers to educate them on bushfire prevention.
This is in line with the regional launch of the Annual Anti-Bushfire Campaign on the 17th of December 2021 under the theme; Bushfires, a menace to Planting for Food and jobs, Consolidating Food systems in Ghana.
Your safety is our priority.
Remember, fire safety and prevention is a shared responsibility. You are responsible, I am responsible,we are all responsible.
KPONG FIRE STATION EMERGENCY LINE: 0342091611
14/01/2022
As the harmattan/dry season we are in is known for an increase in fire outbreaks, the ADUAMOA FIRE STATION led by its District Fire Officer DOII Ebenezer Sackitey has intensified the fire safety and prevention educational campaign within its jurisdiction.
Taking the gospel of fire safety and prevention to Modak Hotel and Apaah Farms, DOII Sackitey led his officers to educate staff and occupants of the establishments on the does and don'ts for fire prevention.
Fire certificates were inspected, fire safety inspections carried out and education given.
Your safety is our priority.
Remember, fire safety and prevention is a shared responsibility. You are responsible, I am responsible,we are all responsible.
ADUAMOA FIRE STATION EMERGENCY LINE: 0303939280
13/01/2022
In line with the advice and education given at regional launch of the 2021 Annual Anti-Bushfire campaign on the 17th of December 2021 under the theme; Bushfires, a menace to Planting for Food and jobs, Consolidating Food systems in Ghana, officers of the ASESEWA FIRE STATION supervised the creation of a fire belt at Asare Odometa plantation at Odometa a suburb of Asesewa.
A “Fire Belt” is a strip of land created around a farm or plantation with a width of up to about three metres or more cleared of combustible material by various means to enable controlled burning as well as to stop the fire from crossing over to another farm or plantation.
The harmattan blowing in the country right now can result in an increased rate of bushfires if care is not taken. Farmers are therefore advised to create fire belts around their farms and plantations as this is the only solution to protecting their farms from getting destroyed.
Your safety is our priority.
Remember, fire safety and prevention is a shared responsibility. You are responsible, I am responsible,we are all responsible.
ASESEWA FIRE STATION EMERGENCY LINE: 0202370610
10/01/2022
Personnel of the Nsawam fire station took to the main market to educate the occupants on fire safety and prevention.
Smartly dressed and eloquently speaking, they delivered the Gospel of fire prevention.
Aside from mounting a public address system to educate the market women and men, they entered individual shops to interact one on one with the occupants whilst conducting safety inspections and offering advice on how to make their shop and stalls less prone to catching fire.
Your safety is our priority.
Remember, fire safety and prevention is a shared responsibility. You are responsible, I am responsible,we are all responsible.
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WHO TO CALL IN THE EVENT OF A ROAD TRAFFIC COLLISION (VEHICULAR ACCIDENT)
It has been the case that sometimes when road traffic collisions occur, the information about the incident is passed on to the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) by the Ghana Police Service (GPS) as a result of bystanders calling the police to inform them of the accident. Bystanders tend to place the emergency calls to the police believing that it's the responsibility of the police to rescue trapped victims from road accidents.
The public must note that in the event of a road traffic collision, the first point of call must be the Fire Service.
By law, it is GNFS that is mandated to be the first emergency responder when road accidents occur.
GHANA NATIONAL FIRE SERVICE ACT, 1997, ACT 537 Section 4, subsection (b) (j) states that the Service is to “offer rescue and evacuation services to those trapped by fire or in any other emergency situation”. As earlier said, this mandates the Fire Service to be the first point of call in the event of a road accident.
That is why it is the emergency Service that has the requisite tools, training and technical know-how on how to extricate accident victims “safely” from vehicles involved in collisions.
Calling the Fire Service directly saves a lot of precious time which is very significant because when it comes to saving lives involved in road traffic collisions, every second counts.
Kindly take note of the following emergency numbers to call in the unfortunate event of a road accident.
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KNOW YOUR EMERGENCY LINES
In the unfortunate event of an emergency such as a fire outbreak or a road traffic collision in the Eastern Region, do you know the emergency line to call?
Knowing the emergency lines will save precious lives and property as it will be readily available to call for the necessary action to be taken.
Knowing the emergency lines will save precious “TIME” as some people tend to call radio stations or other Security Service's emergency lines to report the incident before it is then relayed to the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS).
This is a waste of precious time as when it comes to firefighting or road traffic collision extrication, every second counts.
A word of caution. Making prank calls to emergency lines is a prosecutable offence. Not only is it illegal and a nuisance, it also wastes precious time as those who may genuinely need to call may not get through because a prank call is being made. Let us desist from making such calls.
Let's remember, fire safety and prevention is a shared responsibility. You are responsible, I am responsible, we are all responsible.
04/01/2022
In line with the Annual Anti-Bush Fire Campaign launched during the latter part of 2021 under the theme; Bush Fire, a menace to Planting for Food and Jobs, Consolidating Food System in Ghana, the Nsawam Fire Station led by its Municipal Fire Officer Divisional Officer I (DOI) Ransford Seth Adjei hit the ground running on the first working day of the year.
Marching through the principal streets of Nsawam, Service Personnel created awareness and sensitised the public on fire safety and prevention.
Let's remember, fire safety and prevention is a shared responsibility. You are responsible, I am responsible, we are all responsible.
Have a Merry fire free Christmas.
The Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols held at the Regional Headquarters was a smash!
Personnel had a good time thanking God for life and the birth of Jesus Christ. The occasion was followed with merry making as personnel and invited guests were treated to a buffet amidst some good music from the Eastern Flames Band.
The occasion was graced by Bishop, Dr.S. Sarpong Kwakwa of Reigning Power Ministries.
In attendance was the Salvation Army Band, the GNFS Eastern Regional Choir, Eastern Flames Band and Service Personnel.
(22/12/2021)
A big thank you and congratulations to the Regional Fire Officer Assistant Chief Fire Officer I (ACFOI) Jennifer Naa Yale Quaye for organising a successful programme.
2021 Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols Happening live at the GNFS Eastern Regional Headquarters
The GNFS Eastern Regional Choir has over the past few weeks been having choir practice in preparation for the festival of Nine Lessons and Carols.
Day Two of the Annual Anti-Bush Fire Campaign Launch
(17/12/2021)
The Regional Command held its annual Anti-Bush Fire Campaign Launch at the fore court of the Oyoko Chief's Palace.
Gracing the occasion was the Regional Minister's representative, Hon. Comfort Asante, Municipal Chief executive for New Juabeng North, the Chairman for the occasion the Kontihene of New Juaben Traditional Area, Baffour Nyantakyi Tutu Boateng, Asokore Hene Nana Antwi Panyin II, The Regional Chief Imam Alhaji Abdulai Andani, Very reverned Dr. Oboe Dadzie, representatives of NADMO, service personnel and the general public.
Day One of the Annual Anti-Bush Fire Campaign Launch.
(16/12/2021)
The Eastern Regional Command of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) embarked on a float through the principle streets of Koforidua through to the Chief's Palace at Oyoko to sensitise the public on the launch of the campaign as well as educating them in the process.
Come and join the Eastern Regional Command of the Ghana National Fire Service as we celebrate the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols at the Regional Headquarters.
Let's celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
The launching event Eastern Regional Command @ Koforidua
The Eastern Regional Command invites the general public to attend the annual launch of the Anti-Bush Fire Campaign at the Chief's place at Oyoko on Friday, 17th December 2021.
Come and let's join hands and fight this menace. Fire safety is a shared responsibility.
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