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Home |   About Us |   Contact Us |   Members |   Search |   Subscribe |   Disclaimer |   THE GUARDIAN CONSCIENCE, NURTURED BY TRUTH LAGOS, NIGERIA.     Friday, July 23 2004   news   editorial/opinion   politics & people   business   sports   metro   capital market   weekend   golf weekly   Guardian Chat Click to join the chatroom Fire, hydrants and the Federal Fire Service S IR: The epidemic fire incidents in the country and the glaring ineffectiveness of the Federal Fire Service (FFS) to combat these incidents culminating in loss of lives and property have generated a lot of concern about how this anomaly can be remedied. However, discussants and the general public have failed to identify the importance of fire hydrants (FH) as an effective fire fighting tool. It is the duty of Water Corporations to provide adequate water supply and it is from this supply the FFS sources the water it uses amongst other fire retardants. It is almost impossible for the FFS to arrive at a fire incident with sufficient water to quench a ravaging fire, they are meant to replenish their stock from these fire hydrants which ordinarily are supposed to be ubiquitous, provided by the Water Corporations. As this writer is aware, these fire hydrants are installed by these corporations when laying water supply pipes, whether they function after installation is a different issue entirely. When a fire occurs, the FFS is notified, they rush to the scene with as much supplies as they can muster, when their water stock is exhausted they are to proceed to the closest fire hydrant not more than a street away at the most, use the appropriate keys to access the installation, fill up their tanks and go back to fight the fire, that is, assuming majority of the pipes contain running water going by the number of burst pipes one encounters everyday. So it would seem the FFR is either aware of the availability of these fire hydrants or are incapable of utilising these facilities or after the installation, these fire hydrants fail to function. Therefore, the Water Corporation must provide detailed schematic drawings showing fire hydrants locations and ensure that they are functional, once this is done, a lot of avoidable losses will be prevented. Matthew Agbaire, Lagos. � 2003 - 2004 @ Guardian Newspapers Limited (All Rights Reserved).  Powered by dnetsystems.net dnet�

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