MP Kelvin Simon Calls for Immediate Fire Safety Reforms After Urlings Blaze

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MP Kelvin “shuggy” Simon Said: My heart is heavy as I address you today in the wake of yet another devastating house fire—this time in Urlings. I extend my deepest sympathies and prayers to those affected.

Our community stands with you, and we will not rest until real solutions are in place to prevent tragedies like this from continuing to happen.

But let me be clear—this was not just an unfortunate accident. This was a failure of leadership. A failure of planning. A failure of priorities. And it falls squarely at the feet of the ABLP administration, which has dragged its feet and left our communities defenseless for far too long.

Despite acquiring four new fire trucks and a ladder truck—purchased based on the Fire Brigade’s own assessment—our emergency response in the south remains shockingly inadequate.

Johnson’s Point Fire Station, which should be our first line of defense, has been left without a proper fire tender. Instead, a truck with a 360-gallon capacity has been assigned to serve an entire region.

Anything less than 1000 gallons is simply not enough. Imagine placing the lives and livelihoods of thousands of residents and businesses at risk with a fire tender that doesn’t even have the capacity to properly fight a grass fire, much less a house fire!

This mismanagement is made even worse by the government’s failure—year after year—to complete the Bolans Fire Station.

This is not just an unfinished project; it is a symbol of neglect, broken promises, and reckless disregard for public safety. With major hotels like Jolly Beach, Carlisle Bay, Curtain Bluff, South Coast Horizon, Keyonna Beach, and countless guest houses relying on emergency services, this is not just a community issue—it is a national embarrassment.

What will it take for this administration to act? A larger fire? The loss of more homes? The loss of lives?

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29 COMMENTS

  10. Oh Look, its a party, its a fete
    Its “Shuugar Man”

    Bwoy, nobody cares what you have to say anymore!!
    Always skipping class

  11. What MAKES THIS OCCURRENCE Doubly SAD Is The FACT that OUR Ministers of Government REFUSED to Tell Us In The LAST BUDGET DEBATE How THEY Have Spent Our TAXPAYERS Monies They collected in the PREVIOUS 2 Years ….

    …… They Used THE FLIMSY EXCUSE That the Opposition Must Present THEIR VIEWS FIRST. ….. And WE The People of ANU/BAR Very Stupidly ACCEPTED This CRAP As We Have Done in the PAST …..

    …… THE CABINET MINISTERS who are Responsible for The ADMINISTRATION of Our $$$$ Collected in TAXES Must Tell US (The People) HOW our Taxes Are Spent …. If WE (The People) are Not Interested to Hold Their COLLECTIVE Feet To The Fire ….. then Maybe We LIKE the TREATMENT Meted out to US COLLECTIVELY ….. 😢😢😢😢

  12. AAB I hear you but the Prime Minister and his colleagues wanted to wrap up the debate because they were getting so much heat and the UPP MPs fell into the trap by not going forward from their side and then put the ball back on the government side after. Had that been done the budget debate would have continued. The UPP MPs were out foxed and must bear the blame. That is my take on the matter.

  13. You are a frog Shugy and nothing you say has any meaning now. No more votes from me or most of my community from what I’m hearing. We are ignoring you from here on out. Go dance away in Trinidad or move to the US. We are done with you.

  14. The amount of vehicles on our roads have literally doubled, so there needs to be a fire truck stationed at the police station in the largest village of each parish. Right now they have them all lined up in St John’s like it’s a car show. Imagine leaving home to go work, and then have to rush home to find out that the only thing you have left are the clothes on your back. Too many people have suffered that fate and it’s not a good feeling. It’s time to seriously consider this.

  15. A real clown 🤡

    He has NO MORAL AUTHORITY to demand anything from anyone!! Wan real ”WASTE MAN” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    Prancing and gyrating up and down like a ramgoat in Trinidad and abandon parliament duties. Now he trying to appear to have a shred of decency, and morality. Boy bye!!! 🤡

  19. A very weak attempt to distract from his attendance at TRINIDAD CARNIVAL. People still remember what you did and you claim to be a NAZARENE ….or is it WESLEYAN HOLINESS???

  20. “To be, rather than to seem!”
    The MP of SMS needs to do some introspection, and recognize that his voice needs not only to be heard on Facebook, radio shows, but in the House of Parliament!!!. While now he is highlighting something that well after many, but due to his neglect of duty and seemingly love of the ‘pardy,’ his call while urgent sounds like the boy who cried wolf. As a public figure, you need to understand how not to make oneself an easy target and get to work. Imagine, if your party had really formed the government last general elections, but then why prepare for great responsibility when it is easier to blame someone else. We all need to demand better from all our elected parliamentarians……………

  21. “To be, rather than to seem!”
    The MP of SMS needs to do some introspection, and recognize that his voice needs not only to be heard on Facebook, radio shows, but in the House of Parliament!!!. While now he is highlighting something that will after many, but due to his neglect of duty and seemingly love of the ‘pardy,’ his call while urgent sounds like the boy who cried wolf. As a public figure, you need to understand how not to make oneself an easy target and get to work. Imagine, if your party had really formed the government last general elections, but then why prepare for great responsibility when it is easier to blame someone else. We all need to demand better from all our elected parliamentarians……………

  22. “To be, rather than to seem!”
    The MP of SMS needs to do some introspection, and recognize that his voice needs not only to be heard on Facebook, radio shows, but in the House of Parliament!!!. While now he is highlighting something that will affect many, but due to his neglect of duty and seemingly love of the ‘pardy,’ his call while urgent sounds like the boy who cried wolf. As a public figure, you need to understand how not to make oneself an easy target and get to work. Imagine, if your party had really formed the government last general elections, but then why prepare for great responsibility when it is easier to blame someone else. We all need to demand better from all our elected parliamentarians……………

  23. “To be, rather than to seem!”
    The MP of SMS needs to do some introspection, and recognize that his voice needs not only to be heard on Facebook, radio shows, but in the House of Parliament!!!. While now he is highlighting something that will affect many, but due to his neglect of duty and seemingly love of the ‘pardy,’ his call while urgent sounds like the boy who cried wolf. As a public figure, you need to understand how not to make oneself an easy target and get to work. Imagine, if your party had really formed the government last general elections, but then why prepare for great responsibility when it is easier to blame someone else. We all need to demand better from all our elected parliamentarians!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Is it that we just love the way things are or don’t know better???

  24. Where the hell were you when your voice mattered. Just put on your costume u had on in Trinidad and go sit in a damn corner CLOWN

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