HEAD of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon last Thursday announced that a fire station would be constructed at Corriverton, Region 6 (East Berbice/Corentyne).

Speaking at his usual post-Cabinet press briefing at the Office of the President, in Georgetown, Luncheon said Cabinet granted its no-objection to the $23.6M contract last Tuesday.
Just recently, Chief Fire Officer Marlon Gentle disclosed that from 2009 to now, considerable resources have been invested in the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) to re-tool and modernise its fleet and equipment.
Fire-fighting vehicles and auxiliary equipment, such as hoses and rescue equipment, have been purchased and five new fire stations have been opened at the following locations: Diamond, Onverwagt, Rose Hall Town, Mahaica and Bartica.
Gentle had said that the auxiliary fire stations all have equipment ranging from all-terrain type fire fighting vehicles at Lethem, Mahdia and Kwakwani to two fire-fighting trailers being installed one each at Port Kaituma and Mabaruma.