The Public Relations Officer of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), Tema Regional Command, Divisional Officer III Ebenezer Yenzu, has served notice that persons who make prank calls to the service would be tracked down and arrested.

He noted that the GNFS continues to see a significant number of hoax calls and has put mechanisms in place to address the situation. 

DO III Yenzu stated that traveling to a site based on a hoax call with limited resources is concerning and has an impact on the service's operations.

“Imagine that after leaving Tema for Sakumono, we finally realise that the call was a joke, but by this time Tema Community Two had experienced a true emergency. For instance, millions of cedis worth of property would have been lost before we return to the real fire scene,” he said. 

He warned Ghanaians, in particular the youth, to refrain from such unbecoming behaviour because those arrested would face appropriate punishment. 

DO III Yenzu stated that some persistent hoax callers had previously been detected and dealt with, and that plans were in place to ensure that hoax callers are arrested and made to face the law.

He said investigations had shown that most hoax callers were teenagers who had just got home from school and found the calls amusing.