Fashola commissions 32 fire trucks, firemen apparels, appeals to citizens to maintain road signs for safety

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, SAN, Tuesday handed over 34 customized firefighting trucks and equipment to the State’s Fire Service with an appeal to residents to protect and maintain street signs in their localities to enable services to locate them in times of emergency as well as desist from hampering the work of the emergency responders.


The fire-fighting equipment handed over at an impressive ceremony at the Lagos State Fire Service Headquarters, Alausa, Ikeja, consist of 15 Fire Eagles, 15 Rapid Eagles, two Aerial telescopic turn-table ladder and 2 Maintenance vehicle workshops on Wheel as well as fire fighting Apparels for the personnel.

In his remarks before handing over the trucks and Firemen Apparels to the authorities of the State Fire Service, Governor Fashola said there was need for citizens to assist the professional fire-fighters to do the job for which they are trained by making way for them to reach the crisis location in time and carry out their work without hindrance.