{"id":361628,"date":"2017-10-13T14:48:54","date_gmt":"2017-10-13T14:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=361628"},"modified":"2017-10-13T14:48:54","modified_gmt":"2017-10-13T14:48:54","slug":"supervising-fuel-stations-a-waste-of-firemens-time-wereko-brobby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/10\/supervising-fuel-stations-a-waste-of-firemens-time-wereko-brobby\/","title":{"rendered":"Supervising fuel stations a waste of Firemen&#8217;s time &#8211; Wereko-Brobby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Policy analyst, Dr. Charles Wereko-Brobby, has criticized a plan by the Ghana National Fire Service to deploy personnel to fuel stations to supervise the delivery of fuel.<\/p>\n<p>In his view, this only amounts to \u201cwasting a fire man\u2019s time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;9D4CNMCtZavUZTkvQRMcITeaWoTZ8f25&#8243;]Speaking on <strong>Eyewitness News<\/strong>, Mr. Wereko-Brobby said,\u201d I don\u2019t really see that we need to go and deploy fire service people because they\u2019ve already got so many challenges. Instead, we need to ensure that every station that discharges gas, has the right equipment, knows the right procedure, knows what to do. It\u2019s not about actually wasting a fire man\u2019s time to go and stand at the station. That will not solve the problem\u2026 the onus is upon the OMCs members who operate these stations to ensure that things which are likely to create danger are not anywhere near your station.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His comments follow the fire service\u2019 intention to include as part of its regulations, the<span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/10\/13\/fire-service-to-supervise-gas-offloading-processes\/\"> mandatory supervision of LPG delivery<\/a><\/strong><\/span> to stations by a fire personnel. This practice is to ensure that safety procedures are adhered to avoid mishaps.<\/p>\n<p>This policy intention comes on the back of the gas explosion that occurred at Atomic junction in Accra, last Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Seven persons died, and some 132 others were injured in the unfortunate incident, raising to eight, the number of gas explosions at delivery points Ghana has witnessed in the last four years.<\/p>\n<p>Last Saturday\u2019s gas explosion reignited conversations on where fuel stations in the country should be sited.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Wereko-Brobby, who is the Chief Executive of the Ghana Institute for Public Policy Options (GIPPO), further asserted that in addition to poor maintenance culture, too much is spent on unnecessary talk instead of critically tackling matters to the core.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe thing we don\u2019t do well is sustaining safety operation of preventive measures. We get into these situations and you realize that everybody is talking plenty. What we need to do is to ensure that the rules and regulations that govern all these things are not only set in law, but systematically and regularly sustained and always monitored to ensure that everyone is doing the right thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere should be strict enforcement right from the word go of all the rules and regulations that govern filling stations and gas plants; starting with making sure that anybody who hasn\u2019t got a license to operate a gas station should be closed down\u2026. No excuses should be given. I really don\u2019t think we\u2019re dealing with rocket science here,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Marie-Franz Fordjoe\/citifmonline\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Policy analyst, Dr. Charles Wereko-Brobby, has criticized a plan by the Ghana National Fire Service to deploy personnel to fuel stations to supervise the delivery of fuel. 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