by Lucky Lucan » Thu May 10, 2018 9:12 pm
stevecz wrote:Sher-e-Punjab st.130 fire? There fire was reported at 930am. 1 young girl was found dead at 1pm due to in my opinion lax procedures by the fire department, the fire was in the morning 9:30am and she was found late in the afternoon 1pm, so obviously a search of the premises was not carried out in the morning when the fire was first discovered and extinguished, then even after the brigade were called back later in the morning when the fire reignited, they still did not do a search of the building, could have saved her life if a search of the building had been carried out in the morning, very slack operational procedures by the Brigade and probably police in attendance
Well the fire brigade here are actually a division of the police, and are well-known for their incompetence and extortion. I've seen them bravely fighting huge neighborhood fires but I have also seen them driving away from a fire because the owners wouldn't stump up. I was disgusted by that incident, which was also reported in the papers, but it seems that was common enough then, maybe they have reformed to some extent, I don't know.
Their HQ is on 360, and the donated engines you can see there (mostly from Korea if I remember correctly) don't exactly inspire confidence. There were reports from that incident at Sher-i-Punjab about most of their hoses being worn out, patched and leaking. Anyway, the victim in this case was found in the mezzanine. From the pictures it looks like the whole ground floor blew up and started perhaps multiple fires. If she had been in the mezzanine at the time, knowing the construction of these terraced shophouses, there would likely be no way out except through a blazing hallway. Even if the mezzanine itself survived the initial explosion, smoke would rapidly suffocate anyone inside the room.
The fire service is obviously underfunded, and it's only a matter of time before there's a fire in one of the 150+ new high-rises that have sprung up over the past few years. I don't think the fire service has anything that can stretch even ten floors - look how difficult it is already for them to deal with ground/ low level fires.
[quote="stevecz"]Sher-e-Punjab st.130 fire? There fire was reported at 930am. 1 young girl was found dead at 1pm due to in my opinion lax procedures by the fire department, the fire was in the morning 9:30am and she was found late in the afternoon 1pm, so obviously a search of the premises was not carried out in the morning when the fire was first discovered and extinguished, then even after the brigade were called back later in the morning when the fire reignited, they still did not do a search of the building, could have saved her life if a search of the building had been carried out in the morning, very slack operational procedures by the Brigade and probably police in attendance[/quote]
Well the fire brigade here are actually a division of the police, and are well-known for their incompetence and extortion. I've seen them bravely fighting huge neighborhood fires but I have also seen them driving away from a fire because the owners wouldn't stump up. I was disgusted by that incident, which was also reported in the papers, but it seems that was common enough then, maybe they have reformed to some extent, I don't know.
Their HQ is on 360, and the donated engines you can see there (mostly from Korea if I remember correctly) don't exactly inspire confidence. There were reports from that incident at Sher-i-Punjab about most of their hoses being worn out, patched and leaking. Anyway, the victim in this case was found in the mezzanine. From the pictures it looks like the whole ground floor blew up and started perhaps multiple fires. If she had been in the mezzanine at the time, knowing the construction of these terraced shophouses, there would likely be no way out except through a blazing hallway. Even if the mezzanine itself survived the initial explosion, smoke would rapidly suffocate anyone inside the room.
The fire service is obviously underfunded, and it's only a matter of time before there's a fire in one of the 150+ new high-rises that have sprung up over the past few years. I don't think the fire service has anything that can stretch even ten floors - look how difficult it is already for them to deal with ground/ low level fires. :-? :-(