That suggestion about mobile pump & tank trucks can be instituted by the Local Government departments themselves ............ Flatbeds with 2000 gallon tank and pump, we don't need the red trucks with bells and whistles .................. hydrants for what??? ........ Just go to the main pumping station ......... We want too much fancy things and we broke ..... So who is Perswell complaining too????? .............. He has been the MP for 15 years or more ........ SMT.

Think how many illegal aliens of Haitian heritage will now be telling immigration (Symonette) that they were born in South Andros or got married there to a Bahamian spouse (who has since disappeared) and the records to prove it were destroyed in this fire. LMAO.

LOL .......... Mudda, you make a serious point ....... are there illegal Haitians in Central & South Andros too?????? .......... Hope they had a digital backup of the LG records.

Mr sheeprunner, when u become an experienced firefighter, or at least go to fire school, and have a knowledge of fire behavior and fire fighting tactics, then u make your comments. You just sound like an ignorant fool to those in the field.

I suppose you are a die-hard, ignorant, Pindling PLP ......... and look where that got Andros.

We try to make every solution so difficult ....... and all we need is common sense, practical suggestions for the Out Islands

So, I do not believe the fire was an accident.
Firstly, that in 2018 we do not have every document in this country scanned and saved is a joke.
Secondly, it is not as if there is not a history of government complexes and buildings burning down in Andros, at a much higher rate than ordinary buildings.
I believe that these buildings have been burned down to hide the massive corruption that has gone on here., which helps explain why no copies are available, and despite having no fire fighting plan in place, we are told that the "experts" have determined that the fire started from an electrical "shortage". Bullshit.
Think about the fact the the MP for this area has been in place for 12 years and these dismal conditions still exist. What does that say about the quality of our elected official? Perhaps, just perhaps,the MP had most to gain from seeing the blaze eliminate all those records. I mean, the government has stated that they have spent 100 million dollars on BAMSI. Where did this money go? 100 million dollars. Show me where that money went.
!00 million dollars spent on BAMSI and we don't have a fire engine here on North Andros. In Mangrove Cay, where PM Minnis also visited Friday night, they have no police car, virtually no support vehicles of any kind, certainly not a working fire truck. The clinic there is housed in terrible conditions, unsafe, unsanitary, very poor working conditions.
The community dock is a mud pit when it rains and is also unsafe. Our internet service is a joke.
Our schools are lacking windows, plaguing the students and staff with sand flies and mosquitoes, the paint is peeling. All lack reasonable maintenance.
Come on people, at some point we have to stop playing dumb.
Our MP has been in office for 12 frickin years. But, I don't blame our MP. I blame us for putting him back into office, for selling our votes for a few dollars saying, "this is the only thing I'll get while he is in office." How sad.
Mr Forbes said: “That’s a lot of records, what was lost. Was it health, birth records, local government district records would have been lost? It’s really challenging where we are."
Give me a break.

Well, you sound like a sensible Androsian ........... but most of your neighbours are as backwards as the Amazonians.

we Still collect mountains of records via paper and filing cabinets. This place is a mockery of a country. SAD!