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The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has revealed that the government is considering purchasing firefighting and rescue helicopters to aid the work of the Ghana National Fire Service.

Bawumia made the revelation when he commissioned two-storey dormitory blocks, two-storey classroom block and a dining hall for the Fire Academy and Training School.

“Government is also considering the acquisition of fire fighting and rescue helicopters as a long term solution to some of the delivery challenges of Ghana National Fire Service,” Dr Bawumia said

“In the coming years, government intends to make the Fire Academy and Training School Africa’s best by providing training facilities such as simulators which comprises of firefighting simulators and urban search and rescue simulators to help keep firefighters abreast with modern firefighting and rescue skills,” Bawumia said.

Last week, Dr Bawumia commissioned two (2) two-storey dormitory blocks, two-storey classroom blocks and a dining hall for the Fire Academy and Training School.

He also commissioned 2 hydraulic platforms and a Rapid Intervention Vehicle (RIV) for the Operational use of the Ghana National Fire Service.

Dr. Bawumia said that, the government, through the Interior Ministry and the Fire Service Council, has acquired plots of land in various parts of the Country to build additional training facilities for the ease and effective training of Serving Fire Officers as well as prospective Fire Officers.

Bawumia additionally noted that since coming into office in 2017, the NPP government has permitted the  Ghana National Fire Service to recruit in excess of seven thousand (7000) personnel to augment the manpower strength of the Service.

“This demonstrates Government’s efforts of ensuring that, the Ghana National Fire Service has adequate personnel to expand its operations to cover all Districts of the Country,” Dr. Bawumia added.