{"id":13133,"date":"2023-10-09T15:03:52","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T15:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=13133"},"modified":"2023-10-09T15:03:53","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T15:03:53","slug":"guyana-fire-service-educates-public-on-fire-safety-and-prevention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/guyana-fire-service-educates-public-on-fire-safety-and-prevention\/","title":{"rendered":"Guyana Fire Service Educates Public on Fire Safety and Prevention"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) welcomed members of the public to their headquarters on Homestretch Avenue, encouraging them to learn about fire safety and prevention. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This initiative was part of the GFS\u2019 Fire Awareness Month activities, aimed at raising awareness and educating visitors about tools and equipment to prevent fires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sheldon Sauns, Fire Prevention Officer at the GFS, emphasized the importance of regularly sensitizing the public about fire safety and prevention measures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Open Day Forum featured activities focused on demonstrating how to use fire extinguishers and smoke detectors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visitors received information about the significance of having these essential safety equipment in their homes and workplaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Throughout the month, the GFS has planned various activities including job fairs, fun fairs for children, and inspections of schools, private, and public offices. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fire Prevention Month is being observed under the theme \u2018For the future of our Nation, Practice Fire Safety and Prevention\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) welcomed members of the public to their headquarters on Homestretch Avenue, encouraging them to learn about fire safety and prevention. This initiative was part of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13134,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13133","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\/13133","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=13133"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13135,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13133\/revisions\/13135"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}