‘Taraba has only 2 functional firefighting trucks’

The Taraba State Fire Service on Wednesday called on the state government to refurbish old and damaged firefighting trucks in the state. The Commander of the service, Mr Samson Dungus, made the call during a working visit by the Federal Fire Service Controller General, Liman Ibrahim, to the state. Mr Dungus said, “The state currently […]

The Taraba State Fire Service on Wednesday called on the state government to refurbish old and damaged firefighting trucks in the state.

The Commander of the service, Mr Samson Dungus, made the call during a working visit by the Federal Fire Service Controller General, Liman Ibrahim, to the state.

Mr Dungus said, “The state currently has only two working firefighting trucks; one at the government house and the other at the state fire service headquarters.”

He further requested for the recruitment of young firefighters as he stated that most of the personnel at the state level were at the verge of retirement.

Mr Sale Mijinyawa, Director of Taraba State Fire Service, said the state command had a staff strength of 27 firefighters which was not enough to cater for the whole state.

The fire controller general who later embarked on an on-the-spot assessment of the federal and state fire services in the state, promised to deploy one modern firefighting truck which would be commissioned on Tuesday.

He said, “Gov Darius Ishaku and the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, will be present to commission the state-of-the-art firefighting truck.” (NAN)a