{"id":300833,"date":"2021-02-04T16:10:23","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T14:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=300833"},"modified":"2021-02-04T16:10:25","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T14:10:25","slug":"ongwediva-records-an-increase-in-fire-incidents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=300833","title":{"rendered":"Ongwediva records an increase in fire incidents"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Maria David<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>THE Ongwediva town council has recorded more than 200 fire incidents between 2019 and 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As a result, the municipality has decided to upgrade the town\u2019s fire station for the third time in order to respond to such incidents in a timely and effective fashion.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Town council spokesperson, Jackson Muma said that the third phase of the construction started on 27 November and is expected to be completed by end of March.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Muma said the new building will consist of sleeping quarters for emergency personnel and a security guardhouse, with the aim of responding to fire incidents on a 24hour basis.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ongwediva records an increase in fire incidents\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/osGPtnsWY5Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCurrently firefighters are picked up from their homes resulting in a delay in emergency responses. With the construction of sleeping quarters, time will improve from 15 minutes to at least 3 minutes,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Muma pointed out that the project was awarded to Building Contractor cc and will be constructed at the cost of N$ 1.5 million with the funding received from the central government.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The first phase of the station was constructed during the financial year of 2015\/16, while the second phase was completed during the 2016\/17 financial year.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A total of 254 fire incidents attended by firefighters from January to December last year compared to only 58 fire incidents reported in 2019. 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