PROFILE OF THE REGIONAL FIRE OFFICER
ACFO JAMES EMMANUEL QUAO
Assistant Chief Fire Officer James Emmanuel Quao was born on 17th July, 1961 in Ashanti Bekwai. He gain a diploma in music from University of Education, Winneba in 1991.
He joined the Ghana National Fire Service in 2nd July 1991
During his career as a firefighter, he obtained a post graduate certificate in Public Administration from Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) in 2009.
POSITIONS HELD:
- Operational fire fighter.
- Acting Band President 26th July, 2005.
- National Band President
- Fire Investigator 18th November, 2001 to 18th November, 2009.
- Assistant Director Investigation 18th November, 2009 to 11th March, 2010.
- District Fire Officer (Industrial Area Fire Station, Accra) 11th March, 2010 to 7th January, 2011.
- Assistant Director (Research, Development & Monitoring) 7th January, 2011 to 15th August, 2011.
- Deputy Director (Research, Development & Monitoring) 15th August, 2011 to 3rd August, 2012.
- Regional 2IC (Ashanti Region – Kumasi) 3rd August, 2012 to 19th January, 2015.
- Regional 2IC (Western Region – Sekondi) 19th January, 2015 to 24th April, 2016.
- Acting Regional Commander (Upper West Region – Wa) 24th April, 2016 to 1st October, 2018.
- Regional Commander (Upper West Region – Wa) 1st October, 2016 to 28th March, 2018.
- Regional Commander (Western Region – Sekondi) 28th March, 2018 to 8th March, 2018.
- Regional Commander (Greater Accra Region) 8th March, 2019 to date.
PROMOTIONS:
- ADO – 1st September, 1992
- DOIII – 1st July, 1995
- DOII – 1st January, 2000
- DOI – 1st January, 2010
- ACFO- 1st October, 2016
ACHIEVEMENTS
- Built and commissioned a clinic for the service at Wa (Upper West Region) 18th April, 2018.
- Built and commissioned a clinic for the service at Sekondi (Western Region) April, 2019.
- Built and commissioned a twenty thousand (20000) liters water reservoir for fighting fire (Upper West Region) 18th April, 2018.
- Built and commissioned boreholes for the service at Wa (Upper West Region) 1st April, 2018.
- Built a huge uncompleted edifice (i.e. a canteen, gym and a conference hall) yet to be roofed at Wa (Upper West Region).
- Built and commissioned a security post at the Regional Fire Commander’s residence at Wa (Upper West Region) all without government intervention.