The Ghana Fire Service (GNFS) has emphasized the need for the public to install emergency exits in their homes.
According to GNFS, locked-burglary doors make it difficult for individuals and families to escape when fire outbreaks occur.
This admonishment comes at the back of a fire incident that occurred at Asuoyeboa in the Kwadaso Municipality of the Ashanti Region a month ago.
Regarding the incident, a mother and her two Children who were asleep at the time of the incident got trapped in their room and were killed by the fire.
According to fire officers, locked-burglary doors made it difficult for the family to escape.
The public relations officer of the Ghana Fire Service in the Ashanti Region, DOIII Peter Addai, thus advised the public to install emergency exits in homes.
Reiterating this fact, PRO of the Central Regional Ghana Fire Service, DOIII Abdul Wasiu Hudu stressed that locked-burglary doors have become one major challenge during firefighting situations in recent times.
He said this poses a challenge even to the firefighters.
“Sometimes you get to the premises and even the occupants are not there, the fire is raging and you have a problem getting in to put out the fire. All these delays the time we use to rescue victims or to extinguish the fire.”
He, therefore, said a good building gives safety and security to its occupants.
He suggested saying “every building is supposed to have an emergency exit. So if you are living in a house you ask yourself in case there is an emergency and we cannot use the main exit which other alternative do I have? If you have no answer to this question then you should know that the premises whether home, office, or anywhere is not safe for you.”
In an exclusive interview with ATL FM NEWS DOIII, Abdul Wasiu Hudu stressed the need for the public to install emergency exits in homes devoid of any hindrances.
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Source: Rosemond Asmah/ATLFMNEWS
