Minister of Home Affairs, Hon. Robeson Benn, M.P., is attending the opening ceremony of the Guyana Fire Service Senior Officers’ Conference, which is being held at the Officers’ Training Centre today (Monday, April 24, 2023), under the theme “Enhancing and modernizing the Guyana Fire Service through training, re-tooling, and public education”, and will run until Tuesday, April 25, 2023.

The objectives of the conference falls along the line of the ten point improvement plan which are to:

• Modernize new and existing fire stations to create an enabling environment.
• Implementation of Fire Safety Codes.
• Expansion of Emergency Medical Services.
• A new fire station alerting system.
• New Computer Aided Dispatching (CAD) System.
• Updated Policies and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Improve Current Training Center.
• External communication and public education.
• Station remodel for Firefighter Health and Safety.
• Promotions, Development and Training.

During the two-day conference, senior officers will benefit from several presentations that will aid in the enhancement of the Guyana Fire Service.

Chief-of-Staff Brigader Godfrey Bess, Acting Commissioner of Police Mr. Clifton Hicken, Director of Prisons Mr. Nicklon Elliot, Head Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit Mr. James Singh, and several other fire officials and special invitees are in attendance.