One Thousand Two Hundred and Ninety-Six (1,296) Recruits of Ghana National Fire Service have passed out successfully after undergoing a twelve-week intensive training at the National Fire Academy and Training School (FATS) at James Town in Accra having possessed the requisite qualifications and passed the pre-recruitment medical examination and selection process.
Recruit Course 54 is comprised of 678 Males and 618 Females from various regions across the country. The Recruits reported at FATS on Sunday, January 22, 2023, to commence their training in the basic firefighting programme.
The Recruit training programme was aimed at exposing the Recruits to the rudiments of firefighting through a “hands-on” approach to developing Recruits’ operational competence across subjects such as familiarization of equipment, hoses and fittings, hydrant and hose standard practices, chemistry/physics of combustion, pumps and primers, among others.
Source: GNFS
