A scene during the community engagement
The public have been urged to properly secure filled LPG cylinders in their car booths during transportation to avoid rolling and unsafe movement of the cylinders.
This is to prevent the filled cylinders from being over pressured, which could affect the pressure reliever and could result in the gushing out of the LPG and possible explosion.
Ideally, filled cylinders are to be transported in a vertical/upright position.
Interacting with the public during LPG awareness and sensitization exercise in the Eastern, Volta and Oti regions, NPA Consumer Services Manager, Eunice Budu Nyarko, stressed that it was important for customers of petroleum products, especially LPG to be conscious of their safety.
She said flouting the LPG safety tips could lead to fire outbreaks at homes and workplaces with the resultant loss of lives, injuries, and destruction to property.
Organized by the Corporate Affairs and Gas Directorates with the support of the Ghana National Fire and Rescue Service (GNFRS) and the Authority’s regional offices, the exercises involved durbars and one-on-one engagements with traders, pedestrians, commercial drivers, radio broadcasting among others.
Welcoming the people at the various durbars NPA Communications Manager, Mohammed Abdul-Kudus, indicated that people in Europe and America used LPG for all their activities but they do not record significant accidents because they observed all the safety rules.
He, therefore, urged the public to comply with the LPG safety tips to maximize the benefits and prevent accidents and save lives and property.
In his presentation at a durbar in Koforidua Zongo, the Eastern Regional Fire Investigation Officer, Isaac Aboagye, urged the public to identify the service’s emergency lines in their respective areas to call for assistance in emergency situations.
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