Home Minister P Sabitha Indira Reddy on Friday informed the State Legislative Assembly that the State Government has taken safety measures for the prevention of fire accidents in corporate hospitals.
Replying to a question raised by Congress MLA J Ramesh and others during Question Hour, the minister listed out the measures being enforced on corporate hospitals for prevention of accidents.
The hospitals have been asked to remove all hoardings made of combustible material; provision of openable windows in the landings of the existing stair case/ramp for smoke venting; emergency lighting with battery backup for four hours; auto-glow exist sings; fire extinguishers; foam trolley of 22.5 lts capacity extinguisher at transformer and provision of terrace tank of 20,000 lts booster pump of 900 LLPM. Further, the hospitals have been asked to provide openable windows in each floor with ‘Red Border’ for easy identification from outside, in cases of glass facade; prohibition of furnishing with polyurethane foam and provide safety nets.
The minister said that training of all security personnel and hospital staff in fire fighting and evacuation has been done in three phases at AP Fire Services State Training School at Vattinagulapally in the city. She said periodical inspections were being made to check the maintenance of fire safety equipments.
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