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  • LASEMA assures Apapa residents of quick response

    LASEMA assures Apapa residents of quick response

    The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has assured residents of Apapa and its environs of its readiness to respond to any emergency situation in the area, following the gridlock arising from traffic congestion.

    LASEMA General Manager Adesina Tiamiyu said yesterday at Alausa that the Agency is exploring various possibilities at ensuring quick and adequate response to any form of emergency in the area or any part of the state.

    He said: “The Agency is looking into the possibility of setting up a temporary dispatch point for quick and adequate response to any case of emergency, while the Agency’s bikers have been dispatched for close monitoring and surveillance of the situation for necessary attention when required. The Agency is also looking at other avenues for periodic report in management of any situation in the area.”

    He pledged that the government “is alive to its responsibilities in ensuring adequate safety of life and property” and would not allow any unfortunate incident to occur as a result of the bottleneck.

    Tiamiyu also advised Lagosians especially residents of the area to “remain calm and endeavour to call the 112/767 for any form of emergency.”

  • LASEMA gets jet skis, patrol boats

    The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has taken delivery of two jet skis to ensure speedy response to accidents on the waterways.

    Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, who deployed the jet skis to LASEMA, promised to give the agency patrol boats.

    LASEMA General Manager, Adesina Tiamiyu made these disclosures yesterday at a retreat for workers.

    Tiamiyu also said that LASEMA units would be opened at Fadeyi and Badagry soon, adding that modalities had been set up for the establishment of a base for all the agency’s stakeholders at Epe.

    Charging them to acquire swimming skills and overcome water phobia, he said they had no reason to fail, given the huge investments the governor had made in emergency management since 2015.

    He said: “Setting up waterway emergency rescue is no tea party. A lot of planning has to go into it. We need the equipment and operators, who would go into the water to do the job. We need divers and they have specific gears they must wear, which are costly and not sourced locally.

    “So, these are things we have been doing behind the scenes. I am happy to announce that LASEMA is now in possession of two jet skis to be deployed on accident spots on the waterways. A jet ski can carry two people at a time, the driver and a diver. So, whenever there is an accident at sea, we would use them to move divers quickly to the spot so that lives could be saved.

    “We have made demands for boats and the governor has challenged us to go and bring a bill. He told us quite frankly that such casualties as recorded at Ilase Island last Sunday should not happen in Lagos again.

    “We should be able to quickly respond when there is a boat accident. Though Lagos is bordered by water and the distance from one point to the other is far, we can try and ensure that help gets to any victim of boat accident irrespective of their location.”

    According to Tiamiyu, LASEMA was aware of the growing population of Lagos as well as the government’s drive to build a resilient mega city, adding that the agency receives about 80,000 calls on its toll free 112 daily.

    He said considerable progress had been made to take LASEMA nearer to the people, adding that plans were underway to create local emergency management committees across the Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state.

    Tiamiyu said: “We are planning in the coming years to ensure that emergency response is taken to the nooks and crannies of Lagos. The first step towards that is to get the local governments involved, which we have started already.

    “We are going to local governments to create local emergency management committees, who would be saddled with the responsibility of tackling emergency within the local government before we get there.

  • Be safety conscious, LASEMA tells public

    Be safety conscious, LASEMA tells public

    Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has urged Lagosians to be safety cautious during the Eid-il-Fitri celebrations.

    A statement, by Adebayo Kehinde said LASEMA General Manager, Adesina Tiamiyu, advised them to closely monitor those activities around them foster security.

    He warned against over speeding, drinking and non-compliance with traffic rules accidents.

    The LASEMA boss said: “LASEMA, Lagos State Fire and Safety Service, Lagos State Ambulance Service (LASAMBUS), Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), the police, the Rapid Response Squad (RRS), the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and all the other agencies involved in the management of emergencies in the state have been put on red alert to secure lives and properties in the state.”

    He said the Lagos State emergency call centre lines 767/112 which are toll free from any telecommunication network are open for 24 hours.

  • UPDATE: Lagos building collapse death toll increases

    UPDATE: Lagos building collapse death toll increases

    Two more bodies have been recovered from the collapsed three-storey building at Ilasamaja, Lagos, bringing the number of deaths recorded to three.

    The deceased were recovered between 12:18am and 12:32am, said the General Manager, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) and Incident Commander of the operation, Adesina Tiamiyu.

    According to him, three people died, 19 were rescued and some were still feared trapped.

    Among the deceased was a 25-year-old Plumber, Emeka Okeke, from Enugu State, whose boss was inconsolable Thursday night.

    The boss who gave his name as Okeke and identified himself as the deceased’s uncle, was held by rescue workers from jumping on the rubble.

    Crying and speaking in Igbo, Okeke said he left his two brothers-Emeka and Chima- at the site Thursday afternoon before leaving for Festac.

    He said they were both his brothers and were handed over to him by their parents so that he could teach them plumbing.

    “What do I tell my people? These boys were given to me by my brothers to train. Where do I start from? God! Why me?

    “They were working together. I left both of them here this afternoon and I went to Festac. We all slept here with other workers. I was just coming back to sleep now, so, we can continue our job tomorrow. I didn’t know something bad happened here. I didn’t even here about it until I got to the site.

    “Death should have taken me instead. It should have taken me and left my two young boys, who are just starting life. I should have died in their place,” said Okeke who refused to admit that one of his brothers might still be alive.

    “My people have been calling Emeka’s phone since. It’s ringing but he wasn’t picking. Look at the phone in his pocket. It’s there inside his pocket. God! What did I do wrong?” Lamented Okeke.

    The Nation observed that paramedics, at the instruction of Tiamiyu, took him and checked his blood pressure, before they showed him a place to sit down. Okeke, who wanted to sleep at the scene until his other brother was found, was advised to follow an ambulance to Isolo General Hospital so that he would check if Chima was among the injured.

    Most of the victims recovered from 9pm had at least one of their legs amputated, with suspected spinal cord injuries.

  • LASEMA establishes marine unit

    LASEMA establishes marine unit

    The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has established a special marine emergency unit.

    The agency, acting on the directive of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, has stationed local divers for quicker responses should anyone fall into the lagoon or attempt suicide.

    Commissioner for Special Duties Seye Oladejo and LASEMA General Manager Adesina Tiamiyu stated this during a stakeholders’ forum yesterday.

    Oladejo said: “Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has approved the establishment of Aquatic Rescue Unit with requisite equipment in LASEMA to effectively respond to this trend.

    “This unit would complement the activities of sister agencies, such as Marine Police Unit, State Waterways Authority (LASWA), State Ferry Services, among others.

    “We have deployed people who can do immediate rescue on our waterways. And as a deliberate policy of government, we have decided to set up a unit that would be stationed permanently to provide help whenever there is an occurrence like that. That’s not to say we are encouraging people to jump into the lagoon.”

     

  • Orji: LASEMA urges fishermen, others to report floating body

    The Lagos State Emergency and Management Agency (LASEMA) on Tuesday urged fishermen, business persons and other Nigerians that ply the Lagos waterways to immediately report any floating body to the Marine police.

    The General Manager of LASEMA, Tiamiyu Adesina, made the call the in Lagos, as search for the body of a medical doctor, Allwell Orji, who jumped into the lagoon on Sunday, continues.

    He said anyone with information about a body on the waterways could also call the Emergency Toll Free Number 767 or 112.

    Adesina reiterated that a body which was earlier recovered from the lagoon by the State Marine Office of the Lagos State Police Command on Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, was not that of Orji.

    The LASEMA chief said, “A body was recovered today from the lagoon; the body was recovered by the state marine office of the Lagos State Police on Awolowo Road.

    “About five members of his family were there with the driver; also, the Commissioner of Police, General Manager of Inland Waterways and other relevant agencies were there.

    “The family members looked at the body and confirmed it was not the body of Dr. Orji; the clothes on the recovered corpse did not tally with what Orji wore on the day of the incident.

    “The unidentified body was handed over to LASEMA officials and taken away by the State Environment Health Monitoring Unit (LASEHMU).”

    According to Adesina, the search for Orji’s body continues and any other investigation that will lead to the identity of the recovered body will be handled by the police.

    NAN

  • Fire outbreak at Neimeth International Pharmaceuticals Plc

    Neimeth International Pharmaceuticals Plc, today experienced a minor fire incident which affected a section of the storage facility.

    According to a release signed by the Head, Corporate Affairs/General Service, Mr. Okey Nwaka, the fire started at about 3am in the early hours of today at a section of their storage facility. Nwaka further stated that no life was lost, because of the quick response and combined effort of the Lagos State  Fire Service, Alausa, and Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA).

    He therefore applauded the rapid intervention of the Fire Service Officers, LASEMA and men of the Nigerian Police who were on ground to provide additional surveillance.

  • NOUN employee dies in Lagos inferno

    An employee of the National Open University (NOUN) was on Thursday burnt to death after an inferno razed her 7, Jemigbon Street, Apollo Estate, Ketu, Lagos apartment.

    The incident, which occurred at about 3:00 a.m., was said to have been caused by power surge from one of the flats in the building.

    According to General Manager, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Adesina Tiamiyu, prompt deployment of rescue team stopped the inferno from spreading to other buildings.

    He said: “The agency received a distress alert via the emergency toll free number 767/112 at about 3:10 a.m., regarding a fire incident at 7 Jemigbon Street, Apollo Estate, off Elebiju, Ketu.

    “This prompted the immediate activation of the agency’s Emergency Response Team (ERT) including the LASEMA Response Unit (LRU), Fire Unit and the Lagos State Fire Service to the scene.

    “The prompt deployment prevented the spread of the inferno to other buildings in the estate.

    “Preliminary investigation conducted at the scene of the incident revealed that a duplex which was converted to flats (five mini flats, a two bedroom flat and a four bedroom flat) was gutted by fire.

    “This was as a result of power surge from one of the mini flats on the first floor of the building, which then escalated to other flats.

    “Further investigation revealed that the inferno, which engulfed the entire building had an adult female entrapped and severely burnt.

    “The body was recovered by the agency, handed over to the State Environmental Health Monitoring Unit (SEHMU) and has since been deposited at the Lagos Mainland General Hospital mortuary.

    “The woman was identified as a staff of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN). We sympathize with the family of the deceased.

    “However, we emphasise on the incorporation of safety into building construction such as provision of more than one emergency exit route and installation of surge protectors and fire alarm systems to avoid unnecessary loss of lives and properties to fire incident such as this.”

  • LASEMA to install 13,000 CCTV cameras

    LASEMA to install 13,000 CCTV cameras

    The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), on Tuesday said 13,000 Closed Circuit Television cameras would be installed at major location across the state to boost operations.
    A statement issued by the agency’s Head Public Affairs Unit, Mr Adebayo Kehinde, noted that the move was in line with the state government efforts to improve emergency and disaster management.
    The General Manager of LASEMA, Adesina Tiamiyu, was quoted as saying in the statement that the CCTV camera installations would encourage effective and efficient response system.
    He said that the state government also plans to step up a Monitoring and Surveillance Unit across the state.
    “Additional dispatch centres with CCTV cameras would be established across the state to complement the emergency call numbers.
    “With the CCTV, analysts could adequately monitor activities from the Command and Control Centres across the State.
    “This is aimed at activating emergency response where and when necessary. These combined efforts can only make Lagos safer,” Tiamiyu said.
    The general manger said that Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode, has approved the establishment of three dispatch centres at Lekki, Ikorodu Road and Badagry.
    He said that the centres would complement the existing dispatch points located at the LASEMA Response Unit, Cappa, Oshodi, and the Command and Control Centre, Alausa.
    “The agency is stepping up the activities of Monitoring and Surveillance Unit in preventing and militating against unnecessary loss of lives and properties in the state.
    “The operation will include monitoring and surveillance activities in domestic, industrial and public facilities, which is a paradigm shift from the orthodox strategy of waiting for emergency to occur and then respond.
    “The approach is a practical way of reducing emergency and disasters thereby reducing the huge expenses borne by the state government on emergency intervention and relief assistance to victims of various emergencies,’’ he said.
    Tiamiyu, however, called on the general public to partner with the state government in mitigating, preventing and reducing hazards.
    He urged the public to call the agency free toll line (112/767) whenever there is emergency for prompt intervention.

  • 13,000 more CCTV cameras for Lagos roads

    13,000 more CCTV cameras for Lagos roads

    The Lagos State government has said it will install 13,000 more surveillance cameras around the metropolis to improve the Monitoring and Surveillance Unit of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA).

    The General Manager, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Mr Adesina Tiamiyu disclosed this in a meeting on Tuesday with all the Heads of Emergency Response Team (ERT) at Alausa Secretaria.

    He said: “Over 13,000 Cameras will be installed in the major flash points across the State.

    “This means that the Agency, apart from calls from Lagosians to report emergency cases, analysts can adequately monitor from the Command and Control Centre activities across the State to activate emergency response where and when necessary. These combined efforts can only make Lagos safer.”

    The General Manager also disclosed that His Excellency, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has approved the establishment of additional three Dispatch centres at Lekki, Ikorodu Road and Badagry.

    “This will complement the existing dispatch points located at the LASEMA Response Unit, Cappa Oshodi and the Command and Control Centre, Alausa, thereby improving the response time of emergency management in the State,” he said.

    Mr. Tiamiyu also stated that the Agency is stepping up the activities of Monitoring and Surveillance Unit in preventing and mitigating against unnecessary loss of life and property.

    He added: “The operation will include monitoring and surveillance activities in domestic, industrial and public facilities in the state which is a paradigm shift from the orthodox strategy of waiting for emergency to occur and then respond,”

    He noted that this was a practical way to reduce emergency/disasters “thereby reducing the huge expenses borne by the state government on emergency intervention and relief assistance to victims of various emergencies in the State.”

    Tiamiyu urged the public to partner with the government in mitigating, preventing and reducing hazards, risks and vulnerability by ensuring that distress calls on emerging hazards and risks are relayed to the Agency through the toll-free line 112/767.