Prank calls down by 31.52% in first quarter of 2025 - GNFS

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has reported a important simplification successful prank calls during the archetypal 4th of 2025, marking 31.52% diminution compared to the aforesaid play successful 2024.

According to a property merchandise dated May 7, 2025, a full of 131,862 prank calls were received betwixt January and March 2025.

This is simply a crisp alteration from the 192,545 prank calls recorded during the corresponding months successful 2024.

The GNFS attributed this affirmative improvement to intensified nationalist acquisition and sustained advocacy campaigns conducted done assorted channels, including the media, schools, communities, and integer platforms.

“The diminution is chiefly owed to GNFS’s intensified and accordant nationalist acquisition and advocacy efforts crossed the media, schools, communities, and integer platforms, which person efficaciously raised consciousness astir the dangers and ineligible consequences of prank calls”, it said.

These efforts, the GNFS noted, person helped rise consciousness astir the dangers of prank calls and the ineligible consequences associated with specified behaviors.

“Prank calls earnestly undermine exigency effect by wasting captious resources and delaying timely intervention, which poses superior risks to lives and property,” the connection said.

The GNFS besides reiterated that making prank calls to exigency lines is simply a transgression discourtesy nether Ghanaian instrumentality and warned the nationalist against taking specified actions lightly.

Acting Chief Fire Officer, Daniella Mawusi Ntow Sapong, commended the nationalist for their responsiveness to the run against prank calls and encouraged continued cooperation.

“The betterment we are seeing is simply a testament to the interaction of nationalist acquisition and the willingness of the nationalist to bash the close thing,” she said.

The GNFS reaffirmed its committedness to enhancing exigency effect services and urged the nationalist to study occurrence incidents promptly via the toll-free numbers 192 oregon 112, oregon done the hotlines 0302772446 and 0299340383 for swift assistance.

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