Inferno: NAF, Fire Service To Begin Aerial Firefighting
24 February 2022
Published by https://leadership.ng
NIGERIA – The leaderships of the Federal Fire Service (FFS) and the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) have agreed to forge their tactical expertise in suppressing and stemming the tide of incessant fire outbreaks in the country.
The partnership was sealed when the acting Controller General of the Federal Fire Service, Dr. Karebo Pere Samson, led a delegation of senior firefighters on a courtesy visit to the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Isiaka Oladayo Amao, at the headquarters of the Nigerian Air Force in Abuja on Thursday.
It is no longer news that Nigeria is now vulnerable to the impacts of fire incidents and has almost become the centre of attraction to fire outbreaks of different magnitude.
The Wednesday, February 23 Ministry of Finance minor fire outbreak in Abuja is just the latest of many that has affected government offices across country.
In May 2020, a part of the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) building in Abuja was gutted by fire.
A month before that incident, a building housing the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF) was also gutted by fire.
Others were the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) headquarters in Maitama, Abuja, the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the popular Dugbe Market in Ibadan, Oyo State, Asokoro District Hospital, Abuja and public stores and markets.
