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The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has condemned recent attacks on its personnel, vowing to pursue strict legal action against perpetrators. In two separate incidents, firefighters were physically and verbally assaulted while carrying out their duties. GNFS, in a statement on Tuesday, September 10 explained that ADO II Abdul Aziz …

The Public Relations Officer for the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), A.D.O.1 Alex King Nartey, has expressed concerns about attacks on personnel who arrive late at fire scenes. According to him, residents manhandle officers in the line of duty and even vandalize fire tenders. This follows incidents at Konongo in …

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has asked the public to disregard recruitment notices being shared on social media. The Service says it is not recruiting, neither are they calling applicants for medical examination, appointment letters, attachment or training. The GNFS in a statement issued on Saturday, September 2, said …

Eight female students of the Wa Senior High Technical School who were traumatised after a fire gutted the girl’s dormitory block last Sunday night have been hospitalised at the Wa Municipal hospital. According to source, the fire started after 8 pm when the girls were at prep. It affected five …

A total of 44 fires were recorded nationwide on Christmas Day, 25 December 2022, the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has disclosed. Out of the total fires recorded, 19 were domestic, nine commercial, eight bush fires, five vehicular, two electrical installations fires and one crown fire involving a coconut tree. …

A personnel of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) at Nalerigu in the North East Region, s being pursued by Police in the region for allegedly defrauding five persons. Mark Akana aka ‘Apostle’ is said to have taken ¢20,000 under the pretext of facilitating their recruitment into the security services. …

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has warned the public against buying refurbished Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders from unscrupulous people. The Service wants Ghanaians to be safety conscious and wary when purchasing such cylinders.   According to him, some nefarious people have abrasively repaired spoilt cylinders and taken them …

Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has dismissed eleven (11) of its personnel for involving themselves in acts of indiscipline. These acts included “vacation of post and recruitment fraud.” The dismissed officers included two senior and nine junior officers. Fire Service sacks 11 of its personnel for recruitment fraud, others They …

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has revealed that a man and his wife were killed after a fire consumed a structure they lived in at Gyinyaase in the Asokwa Municipality of the Ashanti Region. Firefighters who rushed to the scene to battle the blaze said witnesses disclosed that the …

  The Ghana National Fire Service says a total of 5,966 fire outbreaks were recorded in Ghana between January 1 and December 21, 2020. According to the report the number of outbreaks recorded represents a 4.9 percent increase of what was witnessed in the country within the same period in …