Firefighter Loses Entire Family and New Trailer House to Fire While He Was Tackling Wildfires
A fire-fighter tragically lost his entire family in a house fire while he was out tackling wildfires near the US-Canada border. Raul Garcia-Santos of Benton City, Washington, was tackling the wildfires close to the Canadian border when his own house eventually gut by fire and witness a massive destruction. The fire took the lives of …
Tanker explosion, Over 50 Shops gutted by Fire in Niger
Report reaching us confirmed that five houses and over fifty (50) shops were gutted by fire in an explosion that rock Lambata town in Gawu Babangida Local Government Area of Niger State on Sunday night 6th September 2020 when a tanker loaded with 36,000 litres of PMS collided with a trailer. As at the time …
FCT Fire Service saves 19 lives, property worth N.82b in six months.
The Federal Capital Territory Fire Service says between January and June 2020, it has responded and attended to 303 fire calls, out of which eight (8) were rescue calls. During the period, the service was able to save 19 lives as well as property worth 1.82 billion naira. The public relations officer of the service …
Fire claims 74 lives in Kano within six months
About 74 persons have died in fire incidences in Kano State within a period of six months (January to June 2020). The Public Relations Officer, Kano State Fire Service, Saidu Muhammed disclosed this in a statement containing the mid-year fire and rescue operation statistics of the state made available to newsmen. Muhammed said a total …
Smoke Detector market Global Trends, Segmentation and Opportunities Forecast To 2026 | Business Insights
Fire Fighters Press Release. The global smoke detector market size is projected to reach USD 3,380.8 million by 2026, exhibiting a CAGR of 7.5% during the forecast period. Rising number of fire accident cases across the globe will be a major growth-driving factor for this market, observes Fortune Business Insights™ in its recent report, titled …
Cocoa cola truck crashed into college of Health, Zuba, Niger state.
Report has confirmed that, at the wee hours of Saturday 29th August 2020, a coca-cola truck with reg: no: KUJ -90 XU carrying empty crate of bottles tried to manouver an oncoming vehicle along the kaduna/Zuba express way thereby losing control and ramped into a 2 storey building of ASSI COLLEGE OF HEALTH, Zuba, leaving …
Experts lament losses to fire incidents in Nigeria
Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) experts on a virtual meeting held on Saturday 29th August 2020 have rued the losses incurred in HSE-related incidents and called on the Federal Government to maximise the potential the industry offers to boost the country’s economy. The experts made this known during a panel discussion with its theme ‘Operational …
Ooni’s palace gutted by fire.
fire guts a section of the administrative building of the palace of the Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Ogunwusi, in Ile-Ife, Osun State. Fire Fighters Magazine gathered. The fire incident was reported to have occurred on 19/8/2020 at about 1:15 p.m. There was no major damage from the fire and no one was injured, as at …
Building Fire Safety Resilience through Risk Reduction
Embracing a fire safety culture is an important element in building resilience. However, it’s imperative that a nation and indeed its citizens fully embrace the culture of balancing fire protection and practical fire mitigation efficiencies towards achieving risk reduction. The procedural guidelines as stipulated in the National Fire Safety Code is timely but taking precautions …
Guinness warehouse in Lagos gutted by fire
If there is anything to by, a warehouse of the Guinness brewery Nigeria Limited situated along the WEMPCO Road, Ogba, in Ikeja has been gutted by fire, Fire Fighters Magazine gathered. Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, explained to reporters at the scene of the incident in Ikeja that emergency responders, including the …
