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FEMA saves 3,715 lives, salvages N1.2bn goods from market inferno in 2021

By Joyce Remi- Babaywju

The Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Agency, (FEMA) today said between January to December 2021 it saves at least 3,715 lives through various rescue operations while an estimated salvaged goods and properties worth over 1.264 billion naira were salvaged from market fire outbreaks.

FEMA Director General, Abbas Idriss, who disclosed this yesterday while briefing new various rescue operations noted that t disasters which occurred in FCT in 2021 majorly included flooding, market fires and building collapse.

Idriss disclosed that in 2021, 2,025 lives were saved from flooding, with the highest figure of 802, coming from the Trademore Estate flood incident in Lugbe, while 5 lives were lost to flooding in the area.

According to him, FEMA rescued 1444 persons from various fire rescue operations in the Ebeano Super Market fire, where 74 persons were rescued, the Kugbo furniture market with 102 lives saved and 300 lives from the Gwarimpa old tipper garage fire.

The Agency recovered 26 vehicles during the rescue operations while,183 houses were submerged during the period under review, he said.

He revealed that the Agency recorded an increase in the use of its112 toll-free emergency number, as it received 173 distress calls in 2021, as against 153 in 2020.

“Between January and December 2021, FEMA responded to 173 distress calls. These calls covered response to flood disasters, fire incidents, collapsed buildings, drowning, gas explosion among others.”

“A total number of 3715 lives were saved in various rescue operations within the period under review;
57 persons were however fatally injured during these disasters.”

“Other rescue operations attended to in 2021 included incidents of collapsed buildings, where we were able to rescue 17 persons; we however lost 2 lives.”

“Drowning incidents claimed one life while we rescued 7 persons from various rivers. We recorded 2 incidents of gas explosion, thankfully no lives were lost. We also lost 7 lives to Military Air crash.”

“The Agency salvaged an estimated goods and properties worth over 1.264 billion naira from market fire outbreaks last year.”

“We believe in proactive measures to mitigate disasters; hence we undertook hazard mapping of the FCT, vulnerability assessment as well as deployment of technology in our operations. These greatly enhanced our performance in 2021,” the FEMA boss disclosed.

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