Testimony before the Commission of Inquiry into the fatal prison unrest yesterday confirmed that the siren, which is sounded to indicate there is an emergency at the Camp Street prison, did not go off at the sighting of the first fire on March 3.
This is contrary to the Standard Operating Procedures of the institution, based on evidence submitted.
Roddy Denhart, Chief Prison Officer, yesterday stated that while he was alerted to the first fire in the Capital B division after an alarm was raised by officers, the first time he heard the siren sound was when a fire was seen at the Capital A Division.
When asked before by Commission Counsel Excellence Dazzell the procedure that should be followed were a fire to occur, Denhart stated that after an alarm is raised, the operations room should be notified and they should then proceed to sound the siren and make contact with the Guyana Fire Service (GFS).
