Established 1997 Fire chief Albert Brown Gaisie | Employees 18,000 Stations 140 | |
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Staffing 6,000 management and support staff; 800 communications centre staff | ||
The Ghana National Fire and Rescue Service (GNFRS) is an agency under the Ghanaian Ministry of the Interior, constituting Ghana's nationwide fire service. It was established as the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) by the GNFS Act of 1997 (Act 537) with a broad objective of prevention and management of undesired fires and other related matters.
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Functions
The National Fire and Rescue Service was set up to perform the following functions:
Change in name of the Ghana fire service
In March 2010, it was announced that the Ghana National Fire Service was to change its name to the Ghana National Fire and Rescue Service. The new mandate of the service was to operate both fire and ambulance services.
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