The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has defended its decision to livestream on Facebook, its response to the fatal accident in East Legon, on Saturday, October 12, 2024.
The video, which showed firefighters extracting victims from the smoking wreckage, sparked controversies.
The accident claimed two lives, but the GNFS explained that its use of social media was to highlight the nature of their work in emergencies.
Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show, the head of Public Relations of the fire service DO (II) Desmond Arkah, stated that the footage aimed to demonstrate the realities of their work.
“We have decided as a service to, more often than not, showcase some of these challenges that we go through just to keep them safe. We do not create fires in the first place, but when they call us and we appear, they turn to abuse us, vandalise our vehicles and even assault our men for whatever reason best known to them.
“But we understand that we are an evolving institution and therefore it is not always that we may get it right. Therefore, when you show some of these things, we would want the public to see the dangers that are associated with the jobs we are assigned to. Therefore, it is not always about the negatives but also we should be able to give credit where credit is due.
“But why not, if we do the wrong things why can’t we do the better things the next time round and also ensure that we get the right information out there so that the public who normally accuse us and seemingly have lost confidence in us, we would be able to regain their confidence in us,” he stated.
Meanwhile, the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) confirmed that six individuals were involved in the tragic accident on Saturday, October 12, 2024, which resulted in two vehicles being engulfed in flames, leaving two victims burnt beyond recognition.
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