Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, (LASEMA) said it attended 126 incidents across the state in September 2024, compared to 141 in January, 156 in February, 148 in March, 132 April, 147 in May, 126 in June, 123 incidents in July and 121 in August, totalling 1,220 incidents responded to.
So far in 2024, LASEMA has responded to 7,662 incidents attended to by LASEMA between 1st June 2019 and 30th September, 2024.
In a statement on Sunday, Head, Public Affairs Unit, LASEMA, Nosa Okunbor, said an analysis of the 126 emergency incidents attended to in September 2024 revealed that Road Accident category rank highest with a record of 52 vehicular incidents.
It was followed by 23 others in second place, with 20 incidents in the Truck/Tanker category comprising of 18 Accidents and 2 Broken Down Trucks in third place, 16 Medical Incidents in fourth place, 13 Fire Disaster incidents which comprises of 12 Fire Outbreaks and 1 Burnt Vehicle incident in fifth place, and 2 Building Collapse in the sixth place.
The Local Government Emergency Trends revealed that in September, of the 20 Local Governments in Lagos State, Alimosho LGA ranked highest with 18 out of the 126 incidents recorded in the State during this period, followed by Ikeja LGA which recorded 16 incidents in second place.
Kosofe LGA recorded 14 incidents in third place, Eti-Osa LGA recorded 13 incidents in fourth place, while Ojo, Oshodi-Isolo, Mushin, and Shomolu recorded 7 incidents each at the fifth place, just as Surulere LGA recorded 6 incidents in sixth place.
Lagos Island and Apapa LGAs recorded 5 incidents each in seventh place, while Lagos Mainland and Ajeromi-Ifelodun LGAs both recorded 4 incidents each to occupy the eight position, Ikorodu, Epe and Ibeju-Lekki LGAs recorded 3 incidents each at the ninth position, with Outside Lagos boundary interventions recording 2 incidents.
Ifako-Ijaiye and Badagry Local Government Areas both recorded 1 incident each at the tenth position, however, Amuwo Odofin and Agege Local Government Areas recorded no incidents during the period under review.
So far in 2024, LASEMA has responded to 1,220 incidents from 1st January to 30th September, 2024.
An evaluation of the 2024 Monthly Emergency Trends revealed that the highest number of incidents in a month was recorded in February when LASEMA attended to 156 incidents, followed by 148 incidents in March, and 147 incidents in May, while the lowest number of incidents was recorded in the month of August, 2024, when the agency attended to 121 incidents.
Analysis of the 1,220 incidents attended so far this year according to categorisation of incidents, available records show that the Truck/Tanker category ranks highest with 389 incidents in the last nine months. This number is made up of 282 Truck Accidents, 7 Fallen Containers, 102 Broken Down Trucks, 3 Stuck Trucks and 15 Fallen Truck/Tankers.
