Oyo State Fire Services Agency (OYFSA) has urged the state residents to adhere to the Fire safety rules, which is the set of practices intended to reduce the destruction caused by fire.
The fire service released the list of the precautions through a public service announcement made available to pressmen in Ibadan on Friday evening.
It states that the huge challenge posed by the dry season is the numerous fire incidents associated with it, therefore urging residents to be cautioned.
The safety tips listed by Oyo State Fire Services reduced chances of fire during the dry season include:
– Avoid indiscriminate Bush or refuse to burn.
– Do not smoke or drop cigarette ends in bed and prohibited areas like Petrol stations, Gas Stations, Market centers, and bush areas.
– Avoid refueling running engines like generators and vehicles.
– Switch off all your electrical appliances and unplug them when not in use.
– Always maintain good Housekeeping.
– Discourage overloading of electrical points in your house and offices.
– The use of mobile phones in the kitchen, Filling Stations, Gas Stations, etc… should be eradicated.
– Matches and highly flammable liquids should be kept out of children’s reach.
– Avoid careless discarding of cigarettes in our environment or naked fire (ember).
– Flammable liquids like Petrol and diesel should not be stored or kept in buildings.
– Have all electrical work done by a qualified electrician and endeavor to use the correct size of cable.
– Gas cylinders should be installed outside the building and never use domestic Gas if you can not smell it.
– Do not shake Gas Cylinder to avoid a gas explosion.
The Oyo state government fire agency
thereafter giving out 08054353501 – 08067439223 as an Emergency line to call in case of a fire incident.
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