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Edwin Ekow Blankson, chief fire officer of the National Fire Service of Ghana (GNFS), called on the general public to refrain from using their hotlines for pranks.
The Service complains of the increasing number of joke calls by citizens.
According to statistics, the National Fire Service of Ghana (GNFS) received more than 297,000 calls of jokes between December 24th of last year and January 2nd of this year.
Of the approximately 300,000 calls received during this period, only three were from people in real distress.
This became a challenge for them and warned the joke callers to give up the act.
Meanwhile, Mr. Edwin Ekow Blankson badured all staff members of the government's commitment to ensure that their firefighting needs are met to enable them to perform their duties.
"I wish to encourage you to remain united as a unit prepared to fight each other and perform your duties resolutely and resolutely, as a professional firefighter, in accordance with our motto" Serve with compbadion, "he said.
He continued, "Do not compromise your professionalism, whatever the challenges, but always seek to ensure world-clbad firefighting and rescue for our nation."
International Firefighters Day is celebrated on May 4th.
In a message to firefighters across the country on International Firefighters Day on Saturday, he called on the public to support their efforts to reduce fires by adhering to fire safety messages.
It was created following the e-mailing of a proposal on January 4, 1999 around the world, following the deaths of five firefighters in tragic circumstances in a bushfire in Australia. .
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