NIGERIA AIRFORCE HAILS LAGOS FIRE SERVICE

The Commander 055 Nigeria Air force, Rasak Olanrewaju on Monday commended the Lagos State Fire service for its professionalism and effectiveness in incident management and disaster control in the State. Olanrewaju made this known during his courtesy visit to the Directorate of Fire Service at Alausa.

According to him, the visit was in recognition of the similarities between the two organizations in the areas of safety and security of citizenry as well as the risk involved in the discharge of these legal duties. ‘Recognizing the similarities in our calling and risk involved, it behooves on us to continue to foster closer relationships and synergy towards improving our operational capabilities” he said. 

The Commander further expressed the Nigeria Air Force gratitude to the Fire Service for their timely intervention in curbing the recent fire outbreak at their Victoria Island facility and expressed the readiness of the Nigeria Air Force to partner with the Fire Service in the prevention and management of fire outbreaks as well as safety of lives and property.  Olanrewaju confirmed that he was highly impressed with the modern equipment on ground and swift effective response of the officers to disaster calls.

In his earlier remark, the Acting Director Lagos Fire Service Rasaki Musibau reaffirmed the need for harmonious working relationship between the Fire service and all other security formations as this would improve productivity and prevent loss of lives and property. He lamented the frequent attacks on firefighters by the street urchins and the nonchallant attitude of motorists to give right of way to fire engine on safety mission.

Musibau further explained that the state Fire Service was created in 1972 to complement the efforts of the Federal Fire Service and bearing in mind the status of Lagos State as the commercial hub center of West Africa and also expressed concern on the number of fire outbreak recorded daily despite the efforts of government on fire prevention advocacy campaign. According to him, the state Fire Service is empowered to fight both natural and man-made disasters and urged Lagosians to familiarize themselves with the toll- free emergency numbers so as to avert untimely loss of lives. The two organization later exchanged gift to commemorate the visit.