Lagos State recorded 1,461 emergency incidents from January 1 to December 31, 2023, with 138 of these incidents attended to in December 2023.
In accordance with its statutory responsibilities to respond, rescue, recover and ensure disaster risk reduction in the state, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), in a statement, yesterday, said it responded to 6,442 incidents between June 1, 2019, and December 31, 2023.
Out of the 138 incidents attended to in December 2023, truck/tanker category was responsible for 58 incidents, comprising 39 truck/tanker accidents, 12 breakdowns, two fallen tanker/truck and two stuck tanker incidents.
The road accident category recorded 29 vehicle crashes, the medical category recorded eight assorted cases, while fire disaster category recorded 11 cases, comprising of seven fire outbreaks, one tanker/truck and three vehicular fires.
However, eight incidents were recorded in the medical category, while other events category recorded a total of 19 incidents made up of two bridge repairs, one assault, and various cases.
In the December 2023 statistics, the building collapse category recorded nine cases, comprising of two building collapsed, five partial collapses and two collapsed bridges, while the oil spillages/leakages category recorded one incident.
There were no cases of explosions, marine incidents, train or air crashes recorded in December 2023.
Data analysis of the incidents recorded per council in the month under review revealed that the densely populated Alimosho Local Council, with the largest landmass, recorded the highest number of incidents with 25 cases of the 138 incidents recorded in December 2023.
Kosofe Council recorded 22 incidents, Ikeja 15, Mushin and Lagos Island recorded 11 incidents each, Apapa, Oshodi-Isolo and Eti-Osa LGAs recorded 10 incidents each, while Ikorodu and Lagos Mainland experienced five incidents each, just as Shomolu recorded four incidents.
Furthermore, Amuwo-Odofin recorded three incidents, while Surulere and Epe recorded two incidents each, with Agege, Ibeju-Lekki and Ifako-Ijaiye LGAs recording one incident each in December 2023.
Similarly, the available data from January 1 to December 312023 showed that Lagos State experienced 1,461 incidents, with the truck/tanker/trailer comprising of accidents, broken down and fallen trucks/tankers responsible for 638 incidents.
The data equally revealed that the road accidents/crashes category comprising of vehicles, and fallen containers placed second with 418 incidents, while medical category comprising of suicides, attempted suicides, dead bodies placed third with 141 incidents during the year, while the least incidents of three were recorded in the marine, train and air crash categories.
Data on emergency trends in local councils for last year reveals that Alimosho Local Council recorded the most number of cases with 242 incidents, while Ikeja Local Council placed a distant second with 191 incidents and Kosofe Council placed third with 158 cases, while Ojo Local Council recorded a low 13 cases and Badagry Local Council zero.
On its part, the monthly emergency trends revealed that the most cases in a month was recorded in October 2023, with 145 cases, followed by December with 138 cases and January placed third with 129 cases, while the lowest number of incidents was recorded in May with 106 cases, April with 111 cases and November with 112 cases.
In the last five years, June 1, 2019 to December 31, 2023, the Agency has attended to 6,442 incidents in Lagos State where the highest number of incidents was recorded in 2021 with 1,743 cases, followed by 1,682 recorded cases in 2022 placing second in a downward trend which was sustained by the agency in 2023 with data recording 1,461 cases.
