KOLKATA FIRE DEPARTMENT TO ISSUE WARNINGS TO ENTITIES WITHOUT PROPER FIRE FIGHTING MECHANISMS IN PLACE

As per recent news reports, the West Bengal fire department is considering issuing warnings to commercial spaces that are vulnerable and have inadequate fire fighting arrangements. It has been a standard exercise that once a tragedy has struck, it is discovered that fire safety and exigency protocols were inadequate or even totally absent.

As per the report, “Tightening its grip on vulnerable units, the state fire and emergency services department is gearing up to crack the whip on entities without proper fire fighting arrangements.

The department is considering issuing warnings to commercial spaces that are vulnerable and have inadequate fire fighting arrangements. The decision comes after a survey conducted jointly by the state fire and emergency services department, Kolkata Municipal Corporation, the city police and CESC.

The departments together are said to have conducted the survey at 799 places in the city. “After the survey some vulnerable pockets have been identified like Burrabazar, Tilajala Tangra and so on,” informed the state fire and emergency services department minister, Sujit Bose. “We will issue warnings to these people and then issue notices. We will also give recommendations to them regarding the steps that need to be taken,” added the minister addressing the press during the inauguration of an exhibition on fire safety organized by the department.”