RESCUE ARMS NETWORK-RANET 

REPORT ON ANTI-BUSH FIRE VOLUNTEERS AS FIRST LINE DEFENSE AGAINST BUSH FIRE AND AS PEER EDUCATORS

INTRODUCTION

This report contains all the activities carried out at Nkawie the District Capital of the Atwima Nwabiagya District, Participants were drawn from 3 Communities to participate in the training programme. These communities were Nkawie, Toase and Afari.

The training was a fresh training for 20 participants trained as Community Fire Volunteers as first line defense against bush fire and as Peer Educator.

The ministry of Mines, Lands and forestry has just recommended RANET to the Wildfire Management Project.

1.     To promote Bush Fire volunteerism as first line Defense against Bush Fire.

2.     To generate and sustain Bushfire Prevention Peer Educators.

3.     To create and sustain awareness on the need to prevent Bushfires to Promote aforestation.

4.     To educate the public on the provisions of PNDC Law 229 (Bushfire Control and prevention Law.

1.     Town Committee members

2.     Farmers

3.     Assembly member

4.     Youth

5.     Students

6.     Church leaders.

7.     Women

On the last day of the training there was a closing ceremony organized for participants.

DELEGATES PRESENT

1.     Representatives from wildfire management project

2.     The district Chief Executive

3.     Representative from Regional Head Quarters of the Ghana National Fire Service

4.     Representative from The District Head Quarters of the Ghana National Fire Service

5.     The Media

The above representatives gave their consent to the project and promised to support the project to help to sustain it in the District.

The District Chief Executive further said that this project should be extended to the other Communities for those places are prone to fires.

Participants gladly promised their commitment to do the work as they have been trained.

COMMITMENTS

About 95% trained peer educators did commit themselves to the education and have shown interest to continue the programme any time.

Staff of RANET also carried the work to their maximum capability in the Training project.

Beneficiaries gladly received the Education and gladly pledged to spread the information to their neighbors.

The District Chief Executive gladly welcomed the project into the district and pledged his commitment to support the project. He released the conference Hall for the programme at the District Assembly.

Wildfire Management Project (Forestry Commission) has also shown commitments in the project of RANET in the Antibush-fire programme. They have so far been our major partners in this project into the various communities. Funds for sponsorship has all been taken care of by this office.

RANET even though do not have enough  funds but has been able to carry on numerous antibush-fire   educations and has also been able to motivate its beneficiaries to keep the mantle to stop bush fires and spread the information about the project.

RESCUE ARMS NETWORK-RANET is grateful to its partners in the Antibush-fire project (MINISTRY OF LANDS, FORESTRY AND MINES, The Management and the Project Coordinator of the Wildfire Management of Forestry Commission Kumasi.

We are much grateful to The District Chief Executive gladly welcomed the project into the district and pledged his commitment to support the project. And all those in the Wildfire Management project.

1.     I.D Cards/T-shirt should be provided in our next training.

2.     Enough Funds will be needed to cater for Information, education and communication materials during the outreach and training period.

1.     Fire Fighting materials will be needed to  supplied to the volunteers. E.g. Wallington boots, cutlasses, headbands and hand grooves

2.     More communities to benefit from the training e.g. the fire prone areas

3.     More trainees are needed for this programme

4.     Stakeholders should be well informed about the trainings and every project at the District.