Worried by the dilapidation of fire fighting equipment especially vehicles which has limited their services, Bauchi state government has equipped the State Fire Service with firefighting vehicles to enable it respond to distress calls.
The presentation of the keys of the vehicles was done by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Barrister Ibrahim Kashim, who directed that the vehicles must be put to effective management for better service delivery.
The SSG also said that the donation of the fire fighting vehicles was part of the determination of the Sen Bala Mohammed-led administration to provide the fire service with modern equipments to discharge its responsibilities efficiently.
According to him, “we are grateful to His Excellency, Governor Bala Mohammed for purchasing these vehicles to Fire Service to improve operations, we are all aware that fire service in our state is facing challenges in related to lack of modern equipment and the vehicles we are donating today is part of efforts to address the challenges.”
Kashim used the medium to reassure the people of the state that the state government is doing everything possible to provide modern fire fighting vehicles in each of the local government area of the state to alleviate their sufferings during fire disasters.
While responding, the Bauchi State Director of Fire Service, Engineer Bala Garba, expressed gratitude to the governor for the vehicles, assuring that they will be utilized effectively by responding to fire disasters immediately.