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Fire Safety Campaign |
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Fire out break tragedy in Tamil Nadu occurred mainly due to
the unsafe structure of the school, that did not have any emergency escape
routes for the children to be evacuated. All of us were shocked and saddened by the death of more than 90 school
children in Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu. Such images of abject grief, of
victims, of largely avoidable man-made disasters, occur repeatedly in
India and are soon forgotten till the next incident jolts public memory
again.
We discussed that most schools
in our community are built with minimum concern for safety . There are
different factors on which the dangers which may threaten children and
staff if a fire breaks out, like the building in which they are housed,
whether the building has enough doors and windows for rescue operations,
if it is a multistoried building- the number, width and accessibility to
the staircases, etc.
The chief objective of our campaign “FIRE” was
concentrated on making the schools aware of the need to construct safe
structures. Our fire routine were based on a simple, efficient course of
action which is specifically designed for the premises in which it has to
operate. Consideration was given to the age of the pupils attending the
school and as to whether there are any children with special needs.
Some of the results of pre-planning for the management of a fire breakout can be-