Bengaluru: A series of fire accidents in less than a week killing human life and destructive traits in various parts of the country brought to inadequate safety measures.
There is a lack of fire fighting equipment and weakness in emergency preparedness, especially in narrow lanes and high buildings that have mushroomed in recent years.
The initial findings of accidents recently in Bengaluru show that storing flammable materials, blocking outgoing parts, hanging electrical cables, non-installation of fire equipment, solid stairs, narrow entrances and the absence of trained personnel to overcome the situation Emergency or worsening the situation.
Because of its strange nature, fires in housing apartments that lack adequate built-in fire protection systems, become more complex operations and saves it becomes more difficult.
For example: Tuesday’s accident in Southeast Bengaluru, where a mother and daughter trapped on their baked balcony in an apartment and scorched.
“It is not as if the law does not exist, but enforcing and obeying the rules and guidelines is an exception to the rules.
The fire department also does not have modern technology and labor to deal with the situation,” said Ravindra, a former principal and urban expert.
Highrises Without Audit Safety Nocsfire (FSA) is found as an effective tool to assess fire safety standards for a building.
Although there are many rules and regulations, codes and standards related to fire safety, this is rarely followed by building owners and firefighters.
According to officials of the State Household Department, only 30 percent of the buildings of nearly 2 lakh (ground + four) in the state have obtained an objection certificate (NOCS), which is a must.
According to the norm of the 2005 National Building Code, Highrises must have a fire extinguisher, roll hose, dry / wet riser, automatic sprinkler system, electric fire alarm system operated manually, automatic detection and alarm system, underground static water storage tank, terrace tank , and so on, but both developers, and authorities or even residents are truly concerned about safety problems.
Although many buildings and high-rise apartments have installed fire fighting equipment, lack of maintenance has made many of them dysfunctional.
Almost no one has knowledge about using it.
Officials of fire departments must visit (Audit) above the installation mentioned regularly and take appropriate actions against the company that is wrong, but they take action only after a large tragedy attack, many things.
BN Ravi Kumar, a social activist, said: “Fire safety has never been a priority for the state government which is largely due to lack of resources.
Fire services are not equipped in providing adequate security protection for the population.”