Team of Fire Safety Audit Committee reached Vadodara

Conduct checking in 82 hospitals of the city

The Fire Safety Audit Committee constituted by the State Government reached Vadodara and checked the fire safety measures taken by the Covid hospitals. The committee will check 82 hospitals in the city and submit it’s report to the government.

In past Gujarat witness fire incidents in Covid hospitals of Ahmedabad and Rajkot where patients under treatment lost their lives. In Baroda also fire was reported in SSG hospital but patients were shifted to safety in time by the fire brigade and administration. To avoid such incidents the administration need to prepare themselves with regular training and and equipped with proper fire safety measures.

With such cases government formed the Fire Safety and Audit Committee which will look into the safety measures taken by the hospitals and submit their report to the government. The joint committee of Department of Fire, Health, Police and Electric visits the hospitals and check the safety parameters decided by the government.

The committee visit Vadodara on Tuesday and start checking at Covid hospitals. “We are checking about the fire safety measures taken by the hospitals, fitness of fire system, sprinkler testing, smoke and heat detectors, secondary escape routes and electric connections for overloading. We will prepare the report and submit to the government. The team will check 82 hospitals of the city,” said M.F. Dastoor commitee member.