{"id":1270581,"date":"2022-12-27T19:48:25","date_gmt":"2022-12-27T19:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/27\/government-to-purchase-firefighting-helicopters-for-fire-service-bawumia-reveals\/"},"modified":"2022-12-27T19:48:25","modified_gmt":"2022-12-27T19:48:25","slug":"government-to-purchase-firefighting-helicopters-for-fire-service-bawumia-reveals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/27\/government-to-purchase-firefighting-helicopters-for-fire-service-bawumia-reveals\/","title":{"rendered":"Government To Purchase Firefighting Helicopters For Fire Service \u2013 Bawumia Reveals |"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has revealed that the government is considering purchasing firefighting and rescue helicopters to aid the work of the Ghana National Fire Service.<\/p>\n<p>Bawumia made the revelation when he commissioned two-storey dormitory blocks, two-storey classroom block and a dining hall for the Fire Academy and Training School.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGovernment is also considering the acquisition of fire fighting and rescue helicopters as a long term solution to some of the delivery challenges of Ghana National Fire Service,\u201d Dr Bawumia said<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the coming years, government intends to make the Fire Academy and Training School Africa\u2019s best by providing training facilities such as simulators which comprises of firefighting simulators and urban search and rescue simulators to help keep firefighters abreast with modern firefighting and rescue skills,\u201d Bawumia said.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Dr Bawumia commissioned two (2) two-storey dormitory blocks, two-storey classroom blocks and a dining hall for the Fire Academy and Training School.<\/p>\n<p>He also commissioned 2 hydraulic platforms and a Rapid Intervention Vehicle (RIV) for the Operational use of the Ghana National Fire Service.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Bawumia said that, the government, through the Interior Ministry and the Fire Service Council, has acquired plots of land in various parts of the Country to build additional training facilities for the ease and effective training of Serving Fire Officers as well as prospective Fire Officers.<\/p>\n<p>Bawumia additionally noted that since coming into office in 2017, the\u00a0NPP\u00a0government has permitted the \u00a0Ghana National Fire Service to recruit in excess of seven thousand (7000) personnel to augment the manpower strength of the Service.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis demonstrates Government\u2019s efforts of ensuring that, the Ghana National Fire Service has adequate personnel to expand its operations to cover all Districts of the Country,\u201d\u00a0Dr. Bawumia added.<\/p>\n<h3><strong\/><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"peace_black_text_4\">Source: theGhanaianVoice.Com<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"clear:both\">\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"peace_red_text_1\"><\/span>: <span class=\"peace_ash_text_1\">Opinions expressed here are those of the writers and do not reflect those of .  accepts no responsibility legal or otherwise for their accuracy of content. 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