Augmenting hearth brigade, hearth security survey of business institutions to forestall additional fires in Bengaluru
Hearth personnel rescue a pet whereas placing out a serious hearth close to NICE Junction on Outer Ring Highway, in Bengaluru on Monday.
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Hearth personnel placing out a serious hearth that gutted a number of buses at SV Coach Works, a personal bus service station, close to NICE Junction on Outer Ring Highway, in Bengaluru on Monday.
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Okay. MURALI KUMAR
Hearth personnel placing out a serious hearth that gutted a number of buses at SV Coach Works, a personal bus service station, close to NICE Junction on Outer Ring Highway, in Bengaluru on Monday.
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Okay. MURALI KUMAR
Hearth personnel placing out a serious hearth that gutted a number of buses at SV Coach Works, a personal bus service station, close to NICE Junction on Outer Ring Highway, in Bengaluru on Monday.
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Okay. MURALI KUMAR
Augmenting the fireplace brigade, constructing new hearth stations and a survey of all business institutions for hearth security are among the many measures being initiated by the State authorities to forestall additional fires within the metropolis.
Whereas Income Minister Krishna Byre Gowda held a evaluate assembly over growing hearth accidents within the metropolis — three main hearth accidents have been reported within the metropolis this month — one other hearth broke out in a storage within the metropolis. Deputy Chief Minister and Bengaluru Improvement Minister D.Okay. Shivakumar who visited the fireplace accident spot on Outer Ring Highway on Monday ordered a survey of all business institutions within the metropolis for hearth security.
The Hearth and Emergency Companies has already been conducting hearth security audits of rooftop eating places and flagged 243 institutions following a fireplace at a rooftop pub in Koramangala.
Asking the fireplace companies to give you measures to forestall hearth accidents, Mr. Gowda mentioned that the growing variety of hearth disasters within the metropolis was placing the lives of individuals in danger and had led to panic. “Precautionary measures must be taken to forestall hearth disasters and the fireplace brigade must also be upgraded,” he mentioned. The Minister mentioned that whereas consideration needs to be given for upgradation, authorities ought to examine measures taken to forestall hearth accidents when permission for the development of latest buildings is given.
Kamal Pant, Director Common of Police, Hearth and Emergency Companies, mentioned the division will quickly submit an motion plan to forestall such mishaps within the metropolis, quickly.
Sources mentioned the motion plan will embody augmenting the fireplace brigade and constructing new hearth stations in and across the metropolis. Sources mentioned the Income Minister directed officers to scout for appropriate land across the metropolis, together with within the new upcoming BDA Layouts for the fireplace stations. Hearth companies are additionally eager to construct hearth stations in Dobspet and Magadi. The Division will even quickly take up a city-wide hearth security consciousness marketing campaign focusing on flats, business complexes and establishments.
In the meantime, the division additionally submitted an motion plan to reinforce the fireplace brigade throughout the State, together with a proposal for 5 new hearth stations in Manipal in Udupi district, Nyamati in Davangere, Nidagundi-Babaleshwar in Vijayapura district, Maski in Raichur, Mudalagi in Belagavi, Kampli in Ballari and Shahbad in Kalaburagi district.
