– moving to establish a Guyana Fire and Ambulance Service – Rohee

YESTERDAY as the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) received two ambulances valued at $16M, Minister of Home Affairs, Mr Clement Rohee, said: “This is the re-discovering of the service once provided by the station in the 1950s.”

Some of the first responders have already been trained and they will be training another batch in the near future – Fire Chief Gentle

Minister Rohee also explained that the GFS will proceed in the direction of establishing a Guyana Fire and Ambulance Service and the handing over of the two ambulances is a manifestation that “we are moving in that

direction.”
The GFS received two fully equipped ambulances from the Ministry of Home Affairs and referring to the uses for the ambulances, Chief Fire Officer, Mr Marlon Gentle, said: “Primarily we are working to have them outfitted and become operational within a month. We will then be using them to assist when we arrive on a scene at a road accident or house fires where persons are injured and we will be assisting the public also in the event of an emergency.” He also said that some of the first responders have already been trained and they will be training another batch in the near future. There is also continuous training for trained persons.
The Minister of Home Affairs also indicated that monies were budgeted for two more ambulances for the GFS this year.

(By Rebecca Ganesh-Ally)