GNFS: High-rise buildings ban appeal misconstrued

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BLACKBARNES 9 years ago

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k, no problem, a 9 years ago

Look at this,. Black man, ,s way of sollving problems

Look at this,. Black man, ,s way of sollving problems
They Say They Say 9 years ago

Yeah don't mind these lazy "fire fighters", mtchewww.

Yeah don't mind these lazy "fire fighters", mtchewww.
Apraku 9 years ago

Did this Gaisie guy buy his PHD ? He must tell the legislators to equip the GNFS to international standards because Ghana is developing, or they must enforce the installation of smoke detectors in such buildings, or certains ...
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Did this Gaisie guy buy his PHD ? He must tell the legislators to equip the GNFS to international standards because Ghana is developing, or they must enforce the installation of smoke detectors in such buildings, or certains international standards must be enforced before raising up such buildings, but to tell the legislators to stop people building high - rise is absolutely nonsense.
insight to the bone 9 years ago

Any govt or system that refuses to acknowledge or respect the fact that Ghana belongs to the Akans is by the hand of God doomed to fail. This is evident from the bond of !
1844 and agreements of 1871 are they are the basis a ...
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Any govt or system that refuses to acknowledge or respect the fact that Ghana belongs to the Akans is by the hand of God doomed to fail. This is evident from the bond of !
1844 and agreements of 1871 are they are the basis and our Magna carta. NDC has a foreign oppression govt in which the stakeholders or true intelligentsia of the Akans do not participate or are excluded but rather insulted , humiliated and wantonly abused. Like all oppressive govts when they see their days are number switch from their pro islamic affinities and all of a sudden remember the America are allies of brothers like we witnessed with Qaddafi, Saddam Hussein and the eastern European criminal regimes of Ceausescu in Romania. Today we have a govt in which the cardinal inner cabinet ministers such as interior , defense , finance are all non Akans . This ndc promotes the exultation of minorities and preys on the divide and rule tactics that lead only to the death of our economy. Its very interesting the posture of this ndc mafia, they know they have lost but still clutch to straws of false hope. The world confirms this bloated register , unheard of wanton looting , corruption and hegemony/tribalism of pepeni/ayigbe but they instead of resigning collectively choose to annoy us with more propaganda lies. They waste their money buying millions of bullets and arms but fail to realse even with 500 atomic bombs they will lose as war is about the awareness of the people and state of mind of the defending majority. We salute the chiefs , politicians , bishops who are not afraid to stand up for justice and respect to the market women who reject gifts of treachery. We have won , and the stakeholders of our friendly nations know the truth so we will not waste our time with fake diplomats or those who dont known what time it is. We show thanks to the British and Germans for confirming the bloated register and other atrocities of corruption we witness .
OLD SOLDIER 9 years ago

AUTHOR:-HON. DOE ADJAHO....
“The terrorists are not very far from us; 27 people died at a Hotel in Burkina Faso. It has happened in Mali, Nigeria and Burkina Faso. We need to pray for this country. If there is any time we ...
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AUTHOR:-HON. DOE ADJAHO....
“The terrorists are not very far from us; 27 people died at a Hotel in Burkina Faso. It has happened in Mali, Nigeria and Burkina Faso. We need to pray for this country. If there is any time we have to draw closer to God, this is the time.”
tontrobi 9 years ago

I think the Fire Service should consider the following comment and present their views more soberly on the subject matter. There are a thousand reasons which I am sure they should know and which they should share with the pub ...
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I think the Fire Service should consider the following comment and present their views more soberly on the subject matter. There are a thousand reasons which I am sure they should know and which they should share with the public and to educate us as to why we are not yet ready as a people or a country to encourage high-rise buildings. They include the following;

To begin with, high-rise buildings should not be taken as an exclusive sign of development. High-rise buildings may at a distance, dazzle the ordinary persons mind but they are actually very complicated and difficult structures to build - and even worse-still, to manage.

In many cases around the world where high-rise buildings exist in abundance, it is usually due to the horizontal lack of space and the dire economic necessity to rather develop vertical structures to accommodate more people in limited spatial environments. High-rise buildings are therefore first and foremost, necessities rather than cultural status symbols or objects of beauty. I must however admit that some countries consider their high-rise buildings - some like the current tallest building in the world, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, reaching over 160 floors, as symbols of power and prestige.

High-rise buildings may be safe in relatively developed societies where the complementary infra-structure can be proven to be comprehensively reliable and assured. In Ghana on the other hand, the existence of structures above four floors is not only dangerous, but also depicts how ridiculously foolish we still continue to be as a people.

The justifiable and commendable concerns coming from the Fire Service about their inability to deal with possible fires in high-rise buildings, should in fact be the least of the worries that are related to the phenomenon of high-rise buildings in an underdeveloped but an impetuous society who by all intents and purposes is just trying to ‘keep up with the Joneses’.

Even in Europe where many high-rise buildings were put up a few decades ago for the convenience of their growing urban populations, many of these have had to be pulled down and in their place, buildings which were not too high up in the sky have been built. I suspect that the reasons had something to do with the extremely high cost of servicing and managing high-rise buildings. In Ghana where culturally, we have the unenviable reputation of not being able to maintain even single-storey buildings, I dread what would become of the high-rise buildings which are springing up around the city of Accra in a few years. It is difficult for us to even service and maintain the lifts at the very important Korle Bu hospital where we and our families, friends and fellow-citizens are at our most vulnerable. As a result, our sisters, mothers and wives are often carried piggy-back from floor-to-floor at the point of delivery of our babies. In circumspect, dread to think of how they are going to manage the lifts at mere working places that are 20 floors and more.

In the first place, high-rise buildings can mostly be found in our badly managed capital city of Accra where even common water and electricity are rare commodities in this 21st century. Then again, for anybody who is enlightened enough and who cares to know, Accra sits on a dangerous, and unpredictable earth-quake zone which can rumble at any time - even as we read this comment. This means that, even if in the unlikely circumstances, a developer bothers to acquire a building permit from the corrupt city authorities before they commence putting up such a high-rise project, it is my humble opinion that no building above two-floors can, within such murky circumstances, be considered as safe enough for human habitation in Accra.

Luckily, Ghana is still blessed with abundant land space where we can still continue to develop horizontally and beautifully without the need to tread where we are not yet ready to dare.

Let us put the horror of earth-quakes, building permits and the doubtful technical integrity of multi-floor buildings aside for a moment. I still cannot in all honesty, imagine the consternation and apprehension of the great probability in Ghana, of finding yourself without electric power in the 6th, 10th, 20th, 30th floor and above, in a high-rise office building during the day – never mind late in the day at night when you want to finish off some urgent work. What about the frequent lack of water from the mains? Will one have to carry several ‘Kufuor gallons’ up and down the staircase from the 10th, 20th, 30th floor just to flush toilets and clean the floors? I have had to endure climbing up to the 6th floor of some public institutions in some instance when the lights were off because the lifts – which always break-down anyway, were not working. Having to climb up to the 10th, 20th, 30th floors under such circumstances, would be completely out of the question.

I see many high-rise buildings - over six-floors and more in Accra, that don’t even have as much as sufficient car-parking space for the convenience of the anticipated tenants and their clients/visitors. The lack of this very basic amenity for such structures makes me wonder on the frightening likelihood of what else the consultants, architects and engineers randomly forgot to take into consideration which my eyes cannot readily see.

For those who are ignorantly and disrespectfully asking why the Chief Fire Officer cannot put pressure on govt to fund the acquisition of what would obviously be a very expensive hydraulic fire-fighting system that can deal with fires up to about 45 floors, I appeal to their good senses to come back down to earth to consider the fact that over 60% of Ghanaians living at ground-level do not even have the most basic domestic facility of toilets in their homes. That is rather the compelling reality of the Ghanaian situation. Would it therefore make sense to consider the safety needs of 000.01% of Ghanaians living or working above 20 floors to that of the 20,000,000 Ghanaians who live on ground-zero and who cannot even as much as afford to buy toilet-paper – they use ‘graphic’ – all apologies to the Graphic
OLD SOLDIER 9 years ago

Author:-Joe.....
What do you expect from a nation which has a person like Akua Donkor as the adviser. Akua Donkor has openly said he advises Mahama and he listens. I am not sure which advisory role she is playing but any rol ...
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Author:-Joe.....
What do you expect from a nation which has a person like Akua Donkor as the adviser. Akua Donkor has openly said he advises Mahama and he listens. I am not sure which advisory role she is playing but any role in the absence of more intelligent, competent, learned, more qualified people to give this government an advice has led to the deteriorating condition in Ghana and the nation going backward since Mahama and NDC took over the reigns of government in Ghana. But time will tell.
IDRISU AYAMBA 9 years ago

When Saudi Arabia and the rest of the world are putting up structures that penetrate one km into the sky we aare thinking of stopping at 6 storeys because we dont have fire fighting equipment to go higher than that. What a st ...
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When Saudi Arabia and the rest of the world are putting up structures that penetrate one km into the sky we aare thinking of stopping at 6 storeys because we dont have fire fighting equipment to go higher than that. What a stupid argument that can only come from such a stupid chief fire officer from a stupid country like Ghana! Why can't he have the balls to tell the government to procure fire fighting equipment that can work up to 100 floors so those who plan to put up such buildings will be encouraged. Kwasea toh.
Sam 9 years ago

Idrissu Yamba, if I were you, I would worry more about finding alternatives to the one-room mud and straw accommodation in which your mother and your father live with your 12 brothers and sisters as well as the goats, cattle ...
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Idrissu Yamba, if I were you, I would worry more about finding alternatives to the one-room mud and straw accommodation in which your mother and your father live with your 12 brothers and sisters as well as the goats, cattle and fowl.

Victor A. Young 9 years ago

All these guys esp NDC leaders and their apparatchiks are product of Rawlings and his ARC/P-NDC crazy regime. They are riff-raffs who have no vision concerning nation development. Tweaaa! Woaa look!

All these guys esp NDC leaders and their apparatchiks are product of Rawlings and his ARC/P-NDC crazy regime. They are riff-raffs who have no vision concerning nation development. Tweaaa! Woaa look!
Only in Ghana, USA 9 years ago

OMG!! Do you need a PHD to be a fire chief, no wonder the PHD Moron cannot figure out how to contain fire beyond the 6th floor while its done for 104th floor in NYC. Country of big talk & Corruption and no innovations or know ...
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OMG!! Do you need a PHD to be a fire chief, no wonder the PHD Moron cannot figure out how to contain fire beyond the 6th floor while its done for 104th floor in NYC. Country of big talk & Corruption and no innovations or know-how. Very Sad
Fela 9 years ago

What a big fool. It is only your type of useless fools who run away from the difficulties of their own country who can shamefully think that Fire Officers should not have PhDs.

Maybe if you stop cleaning white peoples ars ...
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What a big fool. It is only your type of useless fools who run away from the difficulties of their own country who can shamefully think that Fire Officers should not have PhDs.

Maybe if you stop cleaning white peoples arses and toilets and get a work permit that will enable you to get some education, you will become wiser. What nonsense!
George 9 years ago

Why are you back peddling ? We all heard what he said but instead of asking for the necessary equipment to fight fire at even 45th level, he wants a legislation to ban high rise buildings. These are the people we have as our ...
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Why are you back peddling ? We all heard what he said but instead of asking for the necessary equipment to fight fire at even 45th level, he wants a legislation to ban high rise buildings. These are the people we have as our leaders with their warp mentality. They lack creativity and are oblivious of technology of the 21st century.
koohia 9 years ago

Because he knows asking won't bring in any necessary tools for them to use. But in the end they will be blamed for poor service. Those needed working equipment should be provided to the firemen even before we start building ...
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Because he knows asking won't bring in any necessary tools for them to use. But in the end they will be blamed for poor service. Those needed working equipment should be provided to the firemen even before we start building like that. That is how it's done. You don't pound fufu and go search soup. It's the other way around.
PASTOR OGYAM KWAKYE 9 years ago

WILL YOU CUT OFF YOUR FOOT BECAUSE OF THE SHOES YOU CURRENTLY WEAR?WHY NOT GET THE EQUIPMENT RATHER THAN THIS BUSH LAW

WILL YOU CUT OFF YOUR FOOT BECAUSE OF THE SHOES YOU CURRENTLY WEAR?WHY NOT GET THE EQUIPMENT RATHER THAN THIS BUSH LAW
Olives 9 years ago

Sometimes I get baffled when educated people talk like the GNFS person. How can we a developing country ban building of high-rise structures just bcos your u lack the required equipment. Do you request for the said equipment ...
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Sometimes I get baffled when educated people talk like the GNFS person. How can we a developing country ban building of high-rise structures just bcos your u lack the required equipment. Do you request for the said equipment or u ask for the ban of high buildings? Do u see the most high rise buildings in the states and other nations? your request is inappropriate. Please change your story.
White Angel 9 years ago

This will save time and resource of the GNFS

This will save time and resource of the GNFS
jato bibio 9 years ago

ALBERT SHOULD KNOW BETTER THAT THOSE COUNTRIES WITH 45 FLOOR HYDRAULIC PLATFORMS ALSO HAVE CHALLENGES WHERE SOME BUILDINGS EXCEED 50 FLOORS. THE ANSWER IS PLANNING AND TRAINING TOGETHER WITH THE AVAILABILITY OF FIXED INSTALLA ...
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ALBERT SHOULD KNOW BETTER THAT THOSE COUNTRIES WITH 45 FLOOR HYDRAULIC PLATFORMS ALSO HAVE CHALLENGES WHERE SOME BUILDINGS EXCEED 50 FLOORS. THE ANSWER IS PLANNING AND TRAINING TOGETHER WITH THE AVAILABILITY OF FIXED INSTALLATIONS FOR HIGH RISE BULDINGS
simple asem 9 years ago

Stop telling lies. In those countries where law works, you cannot even build your room 2mm bigger than what permit you are granted. So don't throw dust into ignorant people's eye saying they build over their limit. Tell me wh ...
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Stop telling lies. In those countries where law works, you cannot even build your room 2mm bigger than what permit you are granted. So don't throw dust into ignorant people's eye saying they build over their limit. Tell me which countries does that apart from the stupid lawless ones?

Ken Kweku Agyeman 9 years ago

Communication is a vital prerequisite for survival. The GNFS must synchronize its activities with respect to communication and avoid such lapses going forward.

Communication is a vital prerequisite for survival. The GNFS must synchronize its activities with respect to communication and avoid such lapses going forward.
PRINCEWILLY@YMAIL.COM 9 years ago

During a big fire downtown the firemen
were having a bit of
trouble. A woman was stuck on the 8 floor
with her baby. The fire
fighters instructed her to toss the child out
the window, under which they
had placed ...
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During a big fire downtown the firemen
were having a bit of
trouble. A woman was stuck on the 8 floor
with her baby. The fire
fighters instructed her to toss the child out
the window, under which they
had placed a net, but the mother
refused. Things looked grim until a
tall, well-built man burst
through the crowd and shouted to the
women. He said that he was a
professional football player and a Goalie that he
could catch the baby safely.
After a few minutes more of reassurances by
the man, the mother
finally let the child drop.
The football player made a breathtaking
catch, and everybody cheered.
At that moment the man suddenly raised
the child high in the air, spiked
it on the ground and yelled,
"ITS A GOAL,GOOOAL"
Joe Turkey 9 years ago

Foolish suggestion. None of the structures in the Kumasi Market that burn every week is a high rise. If you want effective fire fighting, bring in more modern equipment; it is better than wasting taxpayers' money buying sanda ...
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Foolish suggestion. None of the structures in the Kumasi Market that burn every week is a high rise. If you want effective fire fighting, bring in more modern equipment; it is better than wasting taxpayers' money buying sandals and condoms.
simple asem 9 years ago

Quit blaming the man. He's talking based on what they have. Fire service is not a private entity therefore it's the government that has to equip them. If government has sense enough to permit high rising buildings, it shoul ...
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Quit blaming the man. He's talking based on what they have. Fire service is not a private entity therefore it's the government that has to equip them. If government has sense enough to permit high rising buildings, it should be also sensible enough to provide the needed fire fighting equipments. For as long as those are not provided, he may be right in calling for restriction.
KnYc(USMC) 9 years ago

You call this fat man a fire chief, no wonder he can't reason to find solutions to put down High-rise fire. The chew and pour Doctor advising parliament with this cheap and idiotic ideas. What is next?

You call this fat man a fire chief, no wonder he can't reason to find solutions to put down High-rise fire. The chew and pour Doctor advising parliament with this cheap and idiotic ideas. What is next?
Abdul 9 years ago

Well, these are the sort of brains that governs the country since the constitution bars any Ghanaian who holds citizenship of another country to run as fire chief. Lazy brains and incompetence is what is left to run the count ...
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Well, these are the sort of brains that governs the country since the constitution bars any Ghanaian who holds citizenship of another country to run as fire chief. Lazy brains and incompetence is what is left to run the country.
SD 9 years ago

Whether you have the equipment or not let the high rise buildings come. That is development and that is beauty.

Whether you have the equipment or not let the high rise buildings come. That is development and that is beauty.
member 9 years ago

Those putting up high rise are required to pay the GNFS to enable them acquired the equipment needed. This should be part of the building permit fee
It's not the Government to provide this equipment

Those putting up high rise are required to pay the GNFS to enable them acquired the equipment needed. This should be part of the building permit fee
It's not the Government to provide this equipment
kofi (USA) 9 years ago

Fire Service to regulate constructions of building to check whether they comply with their guidelines. Provided the fire service field officer s do not take BRIBES and pass every application.

Fire Service to regulate constructions of building to check whether they comply with their guidelines. Provided the fire service field officer s do not take BRIBES and pass every application.
Nana 9 years ago

We have something called Dry rise which is used to uplift water to what ever floor in such high risers. Such buildings should be designed incorporating dry risers

We have something called Dry rise which is used to uplift water to what ever floor in such high risers. Such buildings should be designed incorporating dry risers

Buuch 9 years ago

Instead of coming up with creative solutions, we are rather all too quick to go for the easy and cheap option. I thought GNFS would rather push for the building code to be enforced, such as having effective sprinkler systems ...
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Instead of coming up with creative solutions, we are rather all too quick to go for the easy and cheap option. I thought GNFS would rather push for the building code to be enforced, such as having effective sprinkler systems (with water reserved solely for the system), smoke detectors, alarm systems, etc. No country in this world, not even US of A, has equiptment that could lift fire fighters to the 100th floor of a building; yet the rest of the world are building shyscapers above 100 levels. The skyscrapers are part of the reason why our political leaders fly to Dubai every year their vacations. This is the typical lazy attitude on the part of those we pay to think and lead our country.
DANNY. 9 years ago

USE ALL THE STOLEN MONIES TO BUY THE EQUIPMENTS REQUIRED TO FIGHT FIRE IN SKY SCRAPPERS.
BUSH MAN CONTINUE TO LIVE IN YOUR THATCH HOUSE.

USE ALL THE STOLEN MONIES TO BUY THE EQUIPMENTS REQUIRED TO FIGHT FIRE IN SKY SCRAPPERS.
BUSH MAN CONTINUE TO LIVE IN YOUR THATCH HOUSE.

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