NEMA Seeks Preventive Measures Against Fire Outbreaks

National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), has called for preventive measures to tackle the incessant fire outbreaks across the country.

In a statement personally signed by the director-general of NEMA, Mustapha Ahmed, he noted with concern, the recurrent fire incidents in the past few days, which have affected some communities and markets and said: “In December last year, I had the cause to alert the public on the dangers of fire disasters during the dry season.

“As with the onset of the dry season, the present onset of the rain season is also characterized by typical windstorms that easily propagate combustible matter in the form of dry vegetation and agricultural wastes constitute a strong driver to fire outbreaks.

“The best firefighting technique is prevention. The best way to prevent a fire is to create awareness and develop a culture of safety and resilience among authorities, communities and individual members of the public.”