The Ghana Fire Service has finally begun sending text messages containing GNFS screening date and GNFS screening centers to all successful applicants.
This is as confirmed by hundreds of applicants who received such text messages.
One of such messages has also been provided in this article for confirmation.
GNFS Final Screening Date & Schedule
Below is the text message as sent to one of the applicants
REPORT TO ADISADEL SCHOOL PARK – CAPE COAST on WEDNESDAY, OCT. 27, 2021 at 6 am for body selection and document authentiction. come with your confirmation pdf, original and copies of all certificates (birth and school).
What To Do If You Are Yet To Receive Your GNFS Screening SMS
- First Check GNFS Shortlist Status Here to make sure you qualify for shortlist
- Then just wait for your text message, since the SMS are being sent in batches
- OR login to confirm the number you used during the application process
About the Ghana National Fire Service
In the pre-colonial era, before the existence of Fire Service, fires were controlled by Traditional rulers, using the Asafo Companies (Traditional Soldiers) to fight all kinds of fires in their communities and localities.
It was not until 1955 before the colonial government found the need to reorganize the various Asafo Companies into vibrant groups to tackle both domestic and bushfires as there were only a few industries.
With the restructuring of the political administration of the Gold Coast into Local Government concept, a lot of the members of the Asafo Companies opted to become employees of the Local Government Institutions in the Country. In time the responsibility of firefighting became a duty of the Police Force.
As towns developed into municipalities, municipal councils, as well as some Government agencies with fire hazards formed their own fire brigades.
The idea of a National Fire Service was conceived in 1955 when the colonial Government invited Mr. S. M. Charters (ORE) of her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Fire Service into the country and to among other things, advise on the organization and establishment of Fire Service in Municipalities and in certain urban towns.
In 1962, the Government of Ghana employed the services of a Fire Advisory Expert, Mr. G. S. Leader, under the United Kingdom-Ghana Technical Assistance Programme to help formulate a policy on the formation of a National Fire Service which had long been contemplated.
In 1963 by an Act of Parliament (Fire Service Act 1963; Act 219) the Ghana National Fire Service was born from the then fragmented Railways, Ports and Harbours, Accra City, Kumasi City, and the Sekondi/Takoradi Municipal Fire Brigades. These brigades had hitherto existed as separate entities under government departments or municipal councils.
The primary aim of the Ghana National Fire Service at its established in 1963 by Act 219 was firefighting and extinguishment, and to render humanitarian services.
Subsequently, in 1997 the Ghana National Fire Service Act (Act 537) was enacted to re-establish the Ghana National Fire Service with the objective of prevention and management of undesired fires and other related matters with an expanded mandate.
The purpose of Act 537 was to expand the functions of the GNFS taking into cognisance modern trends in the Fire Services all over the world; from fire intervention to fire prevention and safety.
