Never heard of that.such a moribund partastatal in some states. I tink it depends on de city ur friend resides maybe if there's effective f.s . A court affidavit 4 loss of properties thru fire in my state does not require a f.s report sha

This happened in the federal capital territory - Abuja. The fire service actually came to put the fire off, even though they came terribly late, when all damage has been done and completed by the inferno. but don't you think that even the courts will require an official doc from the fire service?

Acelifted:

This happened in the federal capital territory - Abuja. The fire service actually came to put the fire off, even though they came terribly late, when all damage has been done and completed by the inferno. [b]but don't you think that even the courts will require an official doc from the fire service?[/b]

The official doc is called Incident report and is required for insurance purposes etc. This should be free.

Institutionalised corruption

The official doc is called Incident report and is required for insurance purposes etc. This should be free.

What do we do to get this document? does that mean we have to cough out this N30,000 they are asking for? can we ever do anything right in this country? do you advise we get a lawyer involved? can a lawyer even stand this force of corruption without caving in?

Any advice will help. We really need to get these credentials.

Take ur case to the EFCC, post it on facebook, buzz it on twitter ensure u indicate the actual location of the fire service, someone somewhere will ask questions.

Corruption!

For where?

obviously yes , or maybe,

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For where?

right in the heart of the FCT

To get an Approval to construct/ license to operate any facility in the downstream sector from DPR, a "Fire Report" and a Police Report are compulsory. An yes here in Lagos, it costs about N30k.

According to Subnational Doing Business, in 32 states, construction companies must obtain one or more certificates before applying for a building permit. These certificates might include an environmental impact assessment, a land use clearance, which verifies that the project is consistent with the local master plan, a site analysis report, a fire safety report, and other types of authorizations. In the remaining five states (Jigawa, Kwara, Kano, Benue, and Sokoto), no such preliminary approvals
are needed for simple structures with low environmental impact, such as a warehouse storing books.

A fire report in Kaduna (KD) costs N16,000.
It takes 8 days to obtain a fire report which costs N20,000 In Delta state.

Source:Doing Business in Nigeria 2010; http://www.doingbusiness.org/reports/subnational-reports/nigeria

To get an Approval to construct/ license to operate any facility in the downstream sector from DPR, a "Fire Report" and a Police Report are compulsory. An yes here in Lagos, it costs about N30k.

Does this also apply persons who personal belpongings got burnt in a fire and is just trying to get a fire report to facilitate the re-acquisition of his or her certificates?

Or is there another name it is called (may be not fire report)?

Before you go "Public", ensure you get the "facts" in your hand.

Get a "recorded video or Audio" of this monetary request!
Yes, tape the or they would deny afterwards!

You might need the report but l am yet to see anywhere it is written that you should pay 30K to obtain one, its just another scam by a public official.

In your "Tape" mention his/her name and ensure he/she is well committed, in the recording.

The, you can petition EFCC or even the Minister in charge of that area of govt, using your lawyer.

Whoever is demanding for that money gets fired, gets prosecuted and you get your document at the govt approved price, if there was one.

Be careful sha, as you go along, take caution.

Lastpage

Thanks Lastpage. This will indeed help.

It happens everywhere.
Does the police give the police/incident/accident report foc?
This is Nigeria. You pay tax to keep these parastatals afloat, and u pay yet another fee to be serviced.