Mon, 30 Oct 2017 12:40:45 +0000 By Ketra Kalunga CRITICS of the recently procured 42 fire tenders are being unfair because trainees in basic firefighting have for the past four years been doing theoretical training without the practical component. Zambia national fire service training school commandant Yona Mwale said this was because the national training school has never had a single fire tender for practical training. Speaking during a media briefing at his office shortly after the graduation and pass out of 57 firefighters, Mr Mwale said the training school has never had a single fire tender for practical training for the past four years. He said the fire tenders that government had procured were important for the training school because firefighters undergo training that require them to have a feel of what was expected of them in the event of fire emergency in the community. Mr Mwale explained that the fire tenders procured by […]
