FEMA promises ‘five-minute’ emergency response time
Abbas Idriss, the director-general of the FCT Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), has reassured residents of the agency’s commitment to protecting lives and property.
Mr Idriss gave the assurance at the end of a road walk organised to commemorate the 10-year anniversary of the agency in Abuja. He urged FEMA staff to maintain its five-minute or less response time in emergencies in the FCT.
The director-general said the walk was also to create awareness of disaster prevention and mitigation in the FCT. He said that the walk was organised to create an opportunity for the staff to keep fit to enable them to carry out their duties optimally.
”All hands would be on deck with other stakeholders to mitigate against the impact of floods. We have established a very good structure. We have taken flood emergency activities to various communities. We have also established stakeholders and development partners for FEMA,” Mr Idriss explained. “We are well-grounded to attend to emergency situations in the FCT.”
He added, “This exercise is a regular activity in FEMA because our staff are always on the field, and we want to ensure that they are physically fit to handle emergency situations in the FCT.”
(NAN)
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