Dear Editor,
In less than six weeks there have been three fires in and around the town of Christiana. Early in December it was the house of a senior citizen of Nevermind, a community close to the Christiana bypass. The fire unit assigned to the Mandeville Fire Station had to be deployed as the truck assigned to Christiana had been out of commission for weeks. It took that unit close to an hour-and-a- half to reach the burning building. By this time the house was seriously damaged and the lady had fainted and was taken to the hospital in a traumatised state.
Later in the month of December, another building was on fire on Wildman Street close to the Christiana Market; this time it was a place of business. As the unit from Christiana was still down, the Mandeville unit was once again deployed. It took the unit over an hour to reach the blaze. The building burned to the ground.
On the weekend, wooden stalls owned by vendors, which were located on a plaza across from the National Commercial Bank in Christiana, were found burning by a security guard assigned to a nearby cambio.
Let me commend the members of the Christiana Police Station and the members of the community who worked tirelessly to bring the fire under control. If not for their efforts the town of Christiana might have burned to ashes as the buildings are very close to each other.
I am calling on the Ministry of Local Government to do something about getting a unit in Christiana as this station serves three parishes. This, in my view, is already too much for one unit, so can you imagine what happens when no unit is in place?
Many may not view this as important, but, consider for a moment if the next building that is on fire is your house and you have to wait for more than an hour, watching it burn to the ground, for a unit to come and put out the fire.
Let us not wait for when someone dies to react.
Gary Rowe
Manchester
magnett0072004@yahoo.com
Christiana needs a fire unit
-->
In less than six weeks there have been three fires in and around the town of Christiana. Early in December it was the house of a senior citizen of Nevermind, a community close to the Christiana bypass. The fire unit assigned to the Mandeville Fire Station had to be deployed as the truck assigned to Christiana had been out of commission for weeks. It took that unit close to an hour-and-a- half to reach the burning building. By this time the house was seriously damaged and the lady had fainted and was taken to the hospital in a traumatised state.
Later in the month of December, another building was on fire on Wildman Street close to the Christiana Market; this time it was a place of business. As the unit from Christiana was still down, the Mandeville unit was once again deployed. It took the unit over an hour to reach the blaze. The building burned to the ground.
On the weekend, wooden stalls owned by vendors, which were located on a plaza across from the National Commercial Bank in Christiana, were found burning by a security guard assigned to a nearby cambio.
Let me commend the members of the Christiana Police Station and the members of the community who worked tirelessly to bring the fire under control. If not for their efforts the town of Christiana might have burned to ashes as the buildings are very close to each other.
I am calling on the Ministry of Local Government to do something about getting a unit in Christiana as this station serves three parishes. This, in my view, is already too much for one unit, so can you imagine what happens when no unit is in place?
Many may not view this as important, but, consider for a moment if the next building that is on fire is your house and you have to wait for more than an hour, watching it burn to the ground, for a unit to come and put out the fire.
Let us not wait for when someone dies to react.
Gary Rowe
Manchester
magnett0072004@yahoo.com
Christiana needs a fire unit
-->