By Mary Bassey, House of Assembly Correspondent The Cross River State Fire Service amendment bill has passed the second reading during a plenary held on Tuesday 25 July, 2023 at the State House of Assembly Chamber. The bill is sponsored by the member representing Biase State Constituency, Hon. Ogban Francis Onette who has been committed
By Jonathan Ugbal An unidentified officer of the Cross River State Fire Service and trainees on Wednesday beat up a staff of the State’s Internal Revenue Service, CRSIRS, Mr. Peter Agba while he was photographing vehicles of the service at a mechanic workshop in Calabar. The mechanic workshop is located inside the fire and rescue
By CrossRiverWatch Admin At least one storey building in Eburutu Army Barracks, Calabar, was in the evening of Friday 6 January 2023 gutted by fire. The cause of the fire which can not be ascertained burnt block 13, Malabor of the Barracks. An eyewitness told CrossRiverWatch that men of the Fire Service arrived when major
By Efa Sunday And Mary Omani The Assistant Director, Cross River State Fire Service, Public Relations Officer, Mr. Makperr Cletus Abine, has decried the deplorable condition of fire service equipments in the State, describing them as “monument-al machines.” Mr. Makperr while speaking to CrossRiverWatch, on why the fire service had refused to come to the
By Roland Bassey Residents of IBB way in Calabar, the Cross River State capital struggled to put out a fire at a shopping plaza on Tuesday afternoon with the state’s fire service department again found wanting. This is the most recent of fires reported in the port city of Calabar in recent times with two
By Ushang Ewa The member representing Obudu/Obanliku/Bekwarra federal constituency in the 8th National Assembly, Honorable Legor Idagbo has moved for the amendment of the Fire Service Act. Mr. Idagbo had presented to the House, the Fire Service Act (amendment) bill 2017 and it was read for the first time during plenary on November 2, 2017.
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By Ikwen Atuaka A fuel station in Obudu has been reportedly razed to the ground with the Fire Service reportedly not taking action despite being located less than a minute drive away. The outbreak according to eyewitness accounts began in the early hours of Sunday when a tanker was discharging petroleum products into the underground