Efforts underway to address fire service challenges – Benn

Robeson Benn

`We got to be more skilled, we got to be more confident and we got to be more courageous’

Saying that the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) has to be “capable, aware, trained and engaged” in addressing its existing challenges, Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn said that efforts are underway to boost the capacity and capability of the organisation including enhanced public awareness and prevention measures.

“The fire service has a very, very important role to play. The challenges going forward are extremely significant…The fire service has to be capable, aware, trained and engaged….The normal issues in terms of fighting fires, we got to be better at it. We got to be more skilled, we got to be more confident and we got to be more courageous,” Benn said.