{"id":3122,"date":"2013-05-05T05:25:09","date_gmt":"2013-05-05T05:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/n50-billion-property-goes-up-in-smoke\/"},"modified":"2013-05-05T05:25:09","modified_gmt":"2013-05-05T05:25:09","slug":"n50-billion-property-goes-up-in-smoke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/n50-billion-property-goes-up-in-smoke\/","title":{"rendered":"N50 billion property goes up in smoke"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Controller-General, Federal Fire Service, Mr Olusegun Okebiorun, says Nigeria looses property worth N50 billion annually to fires.<\/p>\n

Okebiorun announced this at a news conference to mark the 2013 International Fire Fighters’ Day observed every May 4.<\/p>\n

The day was instituted after a proposal sent by email across the world on Jan. 4, 1999 due to the death of five firefighters in tragic circumstances in a wildfire in Australia in Dec 2, 1998.<\/p>\n

May 4 was selected to mark the day because it used to be a traditional Firefighters’ Day in many European countries in memory of Saint Florian Patron, saint of firefighters.<\/p>\n

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The controller-general blamed the trend of losing property to fire incidents across the country on inadequate infrastructure and manpower in the service.<\/p>\n

He said if the trend was reversed, the country could channel the resources being lost to fires into other development projects.<\/p>\n

He said adequate manpower and infrastructure were necessary tools needed to attend to emergencies in the country.<\/p>\n

He urged corporate organisations and governments at all levels to improve on their emergency response systems.<\/p>\n

“I will like to call on the three tiers of government, especially state and local governments, to improve on fire stations within their jurisdictions.<\/p>\n

“There is need for fire fighters to be able to respond adequately to emergencies as first respondents,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n

Okebiorun, who said the service lost 11 fire fighters in 2012, urged state governments to insure the lives of fighters in their services.<\/p>\n

Okebiorun said the Federal Government was making efforts to put in place adequate measures to address challenges being faced by the fire service.<\/p>\n

According to him, a Fire Academy has been established to train fire fighters to the level of competence.<\/p>\n

He said a new National Fire Code would be made later in the month.<\/p>\n

The controller-general said the code would enable the service to enforce fire regulations in homes, offices and business places.<\/p>\n

Okebiorun said the service, in partnership with a private company, provided a smoke alert system in its headquarters to improve response to emergencies.<\/p>\n

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