INCIDENT DATA BY THE LAGOS STATE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY ( LASEMA) FOR THE YEAR 2023.

06/01/24

PRESS RELEASE

OLADIPO DG

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency LASEMA says a total of one thousand four hundred and sixty one Emergency responses were undertaken for the year 2023.

According to a Press Statement by the agency, one hundred and thirty eight out of these incidents occured in the month of December thus bringing the total number since the first of June 2019 to December 2023 to six thousand,four hundred and forty two incidents.

A breakdown of the 138 December 2023 incidents by the head, Public Affairs Unit, LASEMA, Nosa Okunbor, showed that Truck/Tanker category accounted for 58 incidents, comprising 39 trucks/ tanker accidents, 12, break downs, 2, fallen Tanker/trucks and 5, stuck tanker incidents.

The Road Accident category recorded 29 vehicle crashes while the medical category recorded 8 different cases, Fire service,11 cases comprising 7 fire outbreaks including one Tanker/Truck and 3, Vehicular fire incidents.

8 incidents were recorded in the medical category, Event category recorded 19 incidents comprising 2, bridge repairs, 1 assault among others.

Nine building collapse incidents comprising 2 complete building collapse,5, partial cases and 2 collapsed bridges were observed by the agency under the year in view.