Oluwafunbi Bello 
ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) pledges deeper operational collaboration with the Federal Fire Service (FFS) to strengthen national disaster preparedness, fire prevention and emergency response coordination.
NEMA Director-General Zubaida Umar makes the commitment during a courtesy visit by Controller-General of the Federal Fire Service, Olumode Samuel Adeyemi, to the agency’s headquarters in Abuja, signalling a renewed push for unified emergency management.
Mrs Umar says closer cooperation is critical to saving lives, particularly during large-scale disasters requiring rapid deployment, specialised equipment and coordinated command systems. “This engagement marks an important milestone in strengthening the longstanding relationship between our two frontline emergency response agencies,” Umar says. “Effective collaboration remains indispensable to minimising losses and improving response time during national emergencies.”
She notes that Nigeria faces increasing climate-induced disasters and urban fire outbreaks, making inter-agency synergy more urgent than ever.
Adeyemi welcomes the renewed partnership and says both agencies must go beyond parallel operations to fully integrated emergency response planning. “Our mandates are complementary, but stronger coordination is required in joint training, simulation drills, rapid response operations and post-disaster assessments,” he says.
The Fire Service chief discloses plans to deploy officers to NEMA emergency response centres nationwide, adding that the service is ready to collaborate more actively in disaster assessments and humanitarian relief efforts.
Security analysts say sustained collaboration between NEMA, and the Fire Service could significantly reduce response delays, improve early warning systems and boost community resilience, particularly in high-risk urban centres.
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