Mere days after a visually impaired man was killed in a house fire in Santa Cruz, National Security Minister, Fitzgerald Hinds has announced that the Trinidad and Tobago Fire Service has two new fire trucks at their disposal.
However, reports state that they can’t be used in an emergency just yet because they aren’t registered.
Hinds, speaking to media following the Passing Out Parade of Batch One of 2022 at the Police Academy in St James yesterday, said: “Two of them arrived. These are customed built vehicles, built for purpose. One of them was on display at the Independence Day Parade and I have been informed by the Fire Chief that in respect of other orders, they are in the process of registration to be able to fit the road. We are in this constant business of replacing stock, repairing, keeping them mobile.”
He also extended condolences to the family of the visually impaired man, saying: “On this occasion, unfortunately, a citizen lost his life and again I want to extend condolences to the family… We look forward to getting to the place where we hope we will not lose a single house, a single roof nor a single life to those kinds of events.”