Ignoring safety standards major cause for fires in industrial areas
By: Times News Service
Muscat: Proper implementation of the safety standards drawn up for industrial areas is needed to prevent accidents and large-scale damage, a top official at Public Authority for Civil Defence and Ambulance (PACDA) has said.
“The most important cause of fires in industrial facilities is a failure to comply with the requirements set out by the civil defence authorities,” said Brigadier Salim bin Yahya Al Hinai, Director General of Civil Defence at PACDA.
“This is seen in the form of storing sensitive materials in a random manner, constructing facilities with unstable and non-fireproof goods, lack of commitment to periodic maintenance of firefighting and detection systems, and the poor quality of electrical wiring in buildings,” he said.