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Even as the Me­te­o­ro­log­i­cal Ser­vice main­tains that cur­rent dry con­di­tions are typ­i­cal for this time of year, the Fire Ser­vice As­so­ci­a­tion is call­ing for stronger en­force­ment of fire pre­ven­tion laws as fire­fight­ers con­tend with fre­quent bush­fires across the coun­try.

As­so­ci­a­tion pres­i­dent Keone Guy said a co­or­di­nat­ed ap­proach by the Fire Ser­vice, Po­lice Ser­vice, and Min­istry of Home­land Se­cu­ri­ty is need­ed to re­duce the num­ber of fires, many of which he sug­gest­ed are caused by hu­man ac­tiv­i­ty.

“We need greater en­force­ment; we need ed­u­ca­tion from the Trinidad and To­ba­go Fire Ser­vice as well as the Forestry Di­vi­sion that has a role to play in this as well,” Guy said.