Inferno: FCT Fire Service loses over N1billion, saves N3.96billion worth property in three years

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The Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Fire Service, on Friday, disclosed that it had lost about N1.75billion to a fire incident, while N3.96billion worth of property was saved in the last three years.

Assistant Controller-General (ACG), FCT Fire Service, Mr Opetunsin Julius, who made this disclosure during his pull out parade at the headquarters in Abuja, said available statistics from 2017 till 2020 indicated that the service attended and responded to about 1, 844 fires and received 136 rescue calls.

Notable fire outbreak on critical infrastructure, according to him, include Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), Auditor-General’s Office, ECOWAS Secretariat, Department of State Services (DSS) headquarters, as well as Kugbo furniture market among others.

He explained that with the timely intervention of the service and other stakeholders, the situation was brought under control.

Outgoing ACG added: “The FCT Service Department needs additional fire stations to adequately cover the city centre and Area Councils, aggressive awareness on fire prevention and sensitization programs, sustain the school safety initiative programs and procurement of modern firefighting equipment.”

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