Public Cautioned On Use Of Fires During Harmattan Season

The general public has been cautioned on the use of fires during the harmattan season
This is because a spark igniting into a huge fire, easily happens in a dry atmosphere with very little moisture.

Bishop J. K. Mensah, the Chairman of the Wenchi chapter of the Local Council of Churches in the Wenchi Municipality of the Bono Region said that people such as smokers, cooks, group hunters as well as those who use fire for farming activities had to take precautions to prevent fire outbreaks.
He made this known during the presentation of wheelchairs to physically challenged persons in Wenchi municipality by Hon. Alhaji Haruna Seidu, the Member of Parliament for Wenchi Constituency.
The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has often appealed to the public to adhere to basic fire safety measures to help reduce the occurrence of fire outbreaks during the harmattan season.

To them, the period and particularly when it becomes severe, makes the weather a fertile ground for fire outbreaks.

“Often we do not take the advice offered by the Fire Service serious and it is, therefore, not surprising that often, majority of the fire outbreaks reported annually nationwide occur during the dry season, which starts from late December and continue, sometimes, into early February the following year”, GNFS
The harmattan season is here again with its attendant bushfires and various climatic hazards associated with it, coupled with the damage done to life and property.
As a matter of fact and without exception, no season of the year comes without affecting people’s lives, but the negative effects of the harmattan season seem to outweigh its benefits derived from the other seasons.
Already the arrival of the dry season is gradually creeping and putting people and businesses at the risk of fire disasters a