fire safety
99% industrial units don’t have fire NOC
On a day another major blaze was reported — at Nagarjuna Agrichem Limited in Srikakulam — a top fire department official said almost all industrial premises in the state have failed to get fire-safety
Vidhana Soudha a fire safety risk
The city may have lived through a fire tragedy on the scale of Carlton Towers, which claimed nine lives, but it seems to have taught nothing to the powers-that-be. The Vidhana Soudha, where all-impor
Market yards lag in fire safety
The government is still to initiate work on the proposed fire stations at 10 important market yards in the state and as the wait prolongs, the ultimate losers are the farmers. Agriculture product wort
No fire safety training given to school personnel
The Fire Prevention Wing insists that schools must install fire fighting equipment on their premises, but they do not conduct fire drills in educational institutions, nor do they provide school person
High-rise hospitals to get fire stations
Builders constructing high-rise hospital buildings have to contribute 25 per cent of the total cost for setting up a new fire station within a specified distance from the hospital. If a fire station a
5,000 buildings virtual fire traps
Over 5,000 buildings in the city are virtual fire traps posing a danger to the lives and properties of citizens. These buildings include schools, hospitals, nursing homes, pent houses, malls, commerci
