{"id":13018,"date":"2023-10-06T18:31:24","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T18:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=13018"},"modified":"2023-10-06T18:31:25","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T18:31:25","slug":"guyana-launches-fire-prevention-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/guyana-launches-fire-prevention-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Guyana Launches Fire Prevention Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) has officially launched Fire Prevention Month, emphasizing a strong focus on fire prevention awareness and education. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The month-long initiative kicked off with a religious observance at the GFS Headquarters on Homestretch Avenue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the launch, Minister of Home Affairs, Hon. Robeson Benn, urged the nation to take a more proactive role in preventing fires, especially in light of the alarming increase in malicious fire-setting incidents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Benn stressed the importance of collaboration between families, schools, and religious organizations in advocating for fire prevention. He emphasized that a comprehensive effort is required to prevent the tragedies experienced throughout the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chief Fire Officer, Gregory Wickham, announced that the GFS has devised a strategic plan to prevent fires nationwide. As part of the month-long observance, the GFS will conduct outreach activities at market squares, distributing informational pamphlets and engaging with shoppers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Various activities are planned for Fire Prevention Month, including open days at fire stations, job fairs, fun fairs for children, and inspections of schools, private, and public offices. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The month is observed under the theme, &#8220;For the Future of Our Nation, Practice Fire Safety and Prevention.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) has officially launched Fire Prevention Month, emphasizing a strong focus on fire prevention awareness and education. The month-long initiative kicked off with a religious observance&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13019,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13018"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13020,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13018\/revisions\/13020"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}