The Director General of the Liberia National Fire Service (LNFS),
- Wasuwah Barvoul, Sr. is appealing to national government for significant increment for the entity in the 2026 National Budget.
The LNFS boss said the increment will pave the way for the construction of a US$ 20,407,000.000 state-of-the-art headquarters of the entity on Ashmun Street, and the construction and equipment of twenty one fire stations across the country. He made the statement in an interview on Friday, September 12, 2025 in Monrovia, Director General Barvoul, Sr. said the construction of the modern headquarters will save government a lot of money as the LNFS is currently renting the building it occupies.
“Here, we are renting. It is very costly to government to rent,” Director General Barvoul said. “We need significant increment in our budget, and we will advance our proposed budget to the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning to see reason to forward it to the Legislature for allocation,” he stated.
The LNFS boss emphasized that with the passage of it’s over US$ 20M budget, twenty one fire stations will be built and equipped across the country and six fire stations renovated and equipped with fire service men deployed. He said the proposed budget also covers logistics, external and internal trainings, salary increment for service men amongst other significant items for enhanced fire prevention and awareness.
At the same time, Hon. Barvoul, Sr. has secured several firefighting equipment from the International Training Group (ITG) for the LNFS. Some items donated by the ITG include, sixty pieces of feet and fire attack and supply hoses, seventy Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), sixty boots, thirteen automated external defibrillators, fire helmets, EMS medial shock suits as well as other essential firefighting tools.
The LNFS boss said the items were donated to the LNFS as a result of his attendance at the International Association of Firefighters Conference (IAFC) in Orlando, Florida, the United States of America. According to him, the ITG has promised to visit Liberia later this year to conduct additional advanced trainings for service men of the LNFS. Meanwhile, the LNFS has begun the distribution of two sets of new fire service uniforms, two pairs of shoes to employees of the LNFS, and the distribution of firefighting motorbikes to some departments and counties. Courtesy By O’Neill A.R.Philips
