Saviour Anderson Coffie
RAT HUNTERS have been
cautioned against starting fire indiscriminately to eject rodents from their
holes and habitats as the Harmattan season approaches.
A similar warning has been extended to palm
wine tappers, charcoal burners, bee hunters and other people who employ fire in
their trade.
Saviour Anderson Coffie, Second-in-Command at
the Ghana National Fire Service, Offinso, who gave the warning, urged farmers
to desist from clearing lands with fire.
According to him, fire could easily get out of
hand due to the dry nature of the weather. He, therefore, warned the public,
especially hunters and farmers, to be extra careful with fire.
“The dry season can easily start instant fires,
which have the potential of causing disaster so I am urging people to be extra
careful when dealing with fire. This warning is mainly directed at hunters,
especially rat hunters and farmers, who clear their farmlands with fire,” the
Fire Service official cautioned.
Addressing the people of Dabaa in the Atwima
Nwabiagya North District during a durbar recently, Mr. Coffie announced that
his outfit was in the process of recruiting a fire volunteer squad.
He stated that the squad would be given
training on modern and professional ways of dealing with fire outbreaks at
Dabaa and nearby communities.
He further noted that the number of Fire
Service personnel at Dabaa and neighbouring communities was not enough.
It was as a result of this that his outfit had come out with a policy of recruiting and training people to be part of the Fire Volunteer Squad to complement the work of the Fire Service.
FROM I.F. Joe Awuah Jnr., Kumasi
