The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, today commissioned 20 Newly Procured Basic Life Support (BLS) Modern Ambulance Buses, Seven Firefighting Trucks.
The equipment commissioned, are part of the N10.4 billion infrastructure upgrade approved by the Federal Executive Council on March 3, 2021, comprising of 44 firefighting engines, 15 water tankers, 20 basic life support ambulances as well as 15 rapid intervention fire engines which are different from the conventional ones.
These particular set of firefighting engines can go into any nook and cranny to respond to distressed calls.
The procurement of these firefighting equipment became necessary in view of the fire fighting incidences ranging from markets to gas and pipelines fires recorded within the country in recent years.
