{"id":20953,"date":"2024-07-02T13:21:45","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T13:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=20953"},"modified":"2024-07-02T13:21:48","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T13:21:48","slug":"training-volunteer-firefighters-across-regions-five-and-six","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/training-volunteer-firefighters-across-regions-five-and-six\/","title":{"rendered":"Training Volunteer Firefighters Across Regions Five and Six"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">By Royan Abrams<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Staff from several Neighborhood Democratic Councils (NDCs) and Town Councils across Regions Five and Six are undergoing training to become volunteer firefighters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This initiative aims to train at least four employees from each local authority area to serve within their respective communities, enhancing firefighting capacity at the local level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Upon completion of the training, participants will be stationed at their respective NDCs and municipalities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They will be expected to respond to fires and take necessary actions until the Guyana Fire Service arrives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regional Executive Officer Navindra Persaud highlighted the importance of this initiative, noting the significant losses of homes and lives due to inadequate fire prevention measures in the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government initiated this program and tasked the Guyana Fire Service to focus more on fire prevention. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The more people we train, the better it will be for the community, the village, and the entire country.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Divisional Fire Officer Channon Crawford stated that this training program will be implemented nationwide. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He emphasized that local government agencies, being major stakeholders, can play a critical role in minimizing the adverse effects of fires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The training sessions will be conducted in five phases, with two sessions in Region Five and three in Region Six. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The curriculum will focus on fire protection, fire prevention, and firefighting techniques, equipping the participants with the knowledge and skills needed to effectively handle fire emergencies in their communities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Royan Abrams Staff from several Neighborhood Democratic Councils (NDCs) and Town Councils across Regions Five and Six are undergoing training to become volunteer firefighters. This initiative aims to train&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":20954,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20953","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=20953"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20953\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20955,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20953\/revisions\/20955"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}