The National Parent-Teacher Association of Jamaica, NPTAJ, is calling on the government to launch a national campaign to procure and distribute portable lights for households.
The call follows the tragic fire which claimed the lives of three boys in Springfield Westmoreland on the eve of the new academic year.
The fire took place during a power outage which allegedly forced the father of the deceased to light candles.
The NPTAJ is also calling for the immediate roll out of a public education campaign about the dangers of fire and to help reinforce the importance of adult supervision in the home.
Meanwhile, the organisation says it deeply regrets the loss of twin boys and their older brother in a fire in Springfield, Westmoreland, on the eve of the new academic.
The NPTAJ says children are the future of the nation and must be protected at any cost.
The organisation says it sends condolences to the family and the Sheffield Primary School community.
It says it’s ready to help in any area that it can.
The NPTAJ says in the wake of the loss of these three boys it’s cognizant of the need to do even more across the length and breadth of Jamaica to engage parents and their families.
