Put off all electrical targets before leaving home to avoid fire disaster-GNFS cautions 

The Operations Officer in Charge of Ghana National Fire Service in the Berekum East Municipality of the Bono Region, ADO 2 Afosa Collins has advised Ghanaians to ensure all their electrical gadgets are put off before they leave their houses to work.

His advice comes at the back of the harmattan urging that, the general public be extra careful in the season.

He said,” everyone must be involved in taking precautions as far as fire safety is concerned in this dry season”.
He cautioned that “ electrical appliances have been the major cause of fire disasters in most homes. So I advise that electrical gadgets must always be put off whenever one is leaving his or her home”.

Quite apart from the cause of households fires, the Berekum East Fire Operations Officer cautioned farmers to always be on alert and prepare their fire belts to prevent their farms from fire disaster.
ADO 2 Afosa Collins again appealed to the general public to also lend helping hands to the Ghana National Service in every locality to enable them to work with ease. 
According to him,  the reason for his appeal is that most fire stations have been neglected by the community members and called on everyone to assist their activities. 
The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has often appealed to the public to adhere to basic fire safety measures to help reduce the occurrence of fire outbreaks during the harmattan season.

To them, the period and particularly when it becomes severe makes the weather a fertile ground for fire outbreaks.

“Often we do not take the advice offered by the Fire Service serious and it is, therefore, not surprising that often, majority of the fire outbreaks reported annually nationwide occur during the dry season, which starts from late December and continue, sometimes, into early February the following year”, GNFS
The harmattan season is here again with its attendant bushfires and various climatic hazards associated with it, coupled with the damage done to life and property.
As a matter of fact and without exception, no season of the year comes without affecting people’s lives, but the negative effects of the harmattan season seem to outweigh its benefits derived from the other seasons.
Already the arrival of the dry season is gradually creeping and putting people and businesses at the risk of fire disasters across the country.