Ninety-two percent (92%) of commercial vehicles operating in Fanteakwa North District in the Eastern Region do not have fire extinguishers or first aid.
The rest of the 8% had their expired but still in their vehicles.
This was established when the Fanteakwa District Office of the National Disaster Management Organization,(NADMO) together with the Ghana National Fire Service and Police sensitization and enforcement exercise on the fire extinguisher and first aid kits among commercial vehicles operating in the area.
The road safety act demands that vehicles get first aid and fire extinguishers for management of emergencies of injuries and fire outbreaks.
However, NADMO observed in Begoro that, “since we started the education this morning, out of every 70 commercial cars we stopped on the road about 65 do not have fire extinguishers in their cars, about 65 do not have first aid in their cars, and even the 5 who have it have expired their fire extinguishers and needs to be changed so we are embarking on education for some few days after which we shall clamp down on drivers who fail to comply with the directives” Rev.George Opoku Acheampong, the Fanteakwa North District NADMO director told journalists.
He said NADMO will continue to educate commercial drivers in the area on the importance of having these basic safety tools in their vehicles.
“The main core duty of NADMO is prevention so anything related to preventing humans from accident and protect human lives is what we are interested to work towards it and to achieve it. We are educating the drivers today for them to know that all these things are for their good because most of the drivers are ignorant of some of these road safety tips, things escalate easily particularly anything little spark of fire because they do not have fire extinguishers in their cars”.
He, however, warned that NADMO together with the other security agencies will clamp down on drivers who fail to comply with these road safety measures in the coming days having sensitized them.
Source: Mybrytnewsroom.com/Obed Ansah
