The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has said the protection of lives and property has been one of the key policies of President Muhammadu Buhari in the past eight years.
Aregbesola said the outgoing administration of President has also revamped the Federal Fire Service from a moribund institution to a first-class disaster and emergency management agency. “As a result of this, the federal government provided 106 modern firefighting trucks to the FFS. Two years ago, the federal government also provided infrastructure upgrade comprising of 44 firefighting engines, 15 water tankers, 15 rapid intervention fire engines and 20 basic life support ambulances.
According to him, some of these officers are now the master trainers that are training other officers on modern firefighting, disaster and emergency management etc. “The FFS has also been recalibrated spread-wise to enhance administrative and operational performances by creating13 zonal headquarters after it had ensured that it had presence in all the 36 States of the federation including the FCT.”
The minister was also at the Federal Fire Training School, Sheda, Abuja, where he unveiled the multi-billion-naira House, describing it as the, “soul and heart” of the National Fire Academy.
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