Ghana National Fire and Rescue Service

Ghana National Fire and Rescue Service
Agency overview
Established 1997[1]
Employees 18,000
Staffing 6,000 management and support staff; 800 communications centre staff
Fire chief Albert Brown Gaisie
Facilities and equipment
Stations 140

The Ghana National Fire and Rescue Service (GNFRS) is an agency under the Ghanaian Ministry of the Interior, constituting Ghana's nationwide fire service. It was established as the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) by the GNFS Act of 1997 (Act 537) with a broad objective of prevention and management of undesired fires and other related matters.[1]

Functions

The National Fire and Rescue Service was set up to perform the following functions:[1]

  1. Organise public fire education programmes to:
  2. Create and sustain awareness of the hazards of fire; and
  3. Heighten the role of the individual in the prevention of fires
  4. Provide technical advice for building plans in respect of machinery and structural layouts to facilitate escape from fire, rescue operations and fire management;
  5. Inspect and offer technical advice on fire extinguishers;
  6. Co-ordinate and advise on the training of personnel in fire fighting departments institutions in the country;
  7. Offer rescue and evacuation services to those trapped by fire or in other emergency situations and
  8. Train and organize fire volunteer squads at community level;
  9. Undertake any other function incidental to the objective of the Service.

Change in name of the Ghana fire service

In March 2010, it was announced that the Ghana National Fire Service was to change its name to the Ghana National Fire and Rescue Service. The new mandate of the service was to operate both fire and ambulance services.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Ghana National Fire Service". Government of Ghana. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
  2. ↑ "Ghana National Fire Service to change mandate". Ghana Business News. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
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