Abstract
Although Ghana has developed institutional frameworks and has enacted legislations which among other things seek to guarantee the cooperation and coordination of key stakeholders in disaster preven...
Highlights
One subject matter that has enjoyed extensive academic discourse since the dawn of civilization is disaster
The study set out to investigate the multiplicity of factors that led to the fire that destroyed the Central Medical Store (CMS), one of the largest storage facilities for medical supplies in the West African subregion
The CMS disaster evokes some element of institutional failure and ineptitude
Summary
One subject matter that has enjoyed extensive academic discourse since the dawn of civilization is disaster. There are other natural disasters such as earthquakes, storms, floods, famines, and diseases (International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies [IFRC], 2001; Pelling, 2010; Wisner, Blaikie, Cannon, & Davies, 2004) that have disrupted the smooth functioning of society. Beyond these natural disasters, other human-initiated disasters—wars, invasions, massacres, riots, and terrorism (Archer & Somsook, 2011; UN-HABITAT, 2008)—have had a devastating toll on humanity. What is important here is that these disasters connote negative feelings and images. As opined by Amanda Ripley (Time, Inc., 2012), “learning from these disasters means taking a deep breath, long after the satellite trucks have gone home—and reflecting on what we can do better” (p. 1)
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