Remuneration and Organizational Responsiveness of Anambra State Fire Service

Abstract

The increased nature of uncontrolled fire disasters in Nigerian is an issue that calls for urgent attention on the responsiveness of the Nigerian fire service. With a focus on Anambra State – where fire disaster cases were recorded the most in the last decade in Nigeria – this research examined the correlation between employee remuneration and the poor responsiveness of the Anambra state fire service. Using the frequency percentage distribution table, data were presented and analyzed, while the hypotheses were tested using the mean method. The result shows that poor remuneration among other crucial factors is a causative of the poor responsiveness of the fire service and implicitly, increased uncontrolled fire disaster cases. Based on the findings, increased salaries and allowances of firefighters, creation and positioning of more fire stations, etc. was recommended to tackle the malaise and reduce uncontrolled fire disaster cases in the country.