The Jakarta Fire Mitigation and Rescue Service called on building managers in the capital city to meet the protection standards against fires by readying fire-handling facilities and infrastructure.
“High-rise buildings in Jakarta are increasingly concerned about fire problems,” Head of the Jakarta Fire Mitigation and Rescue Service Satriadi Gunawan remarked here on Wednesday.
In accordance with Regional Regulation No. 8 of 2008 concerning the prevention and management of fire hazards, a building owner is obliged to provide fire protection facilities and infrastructure.
The fire protection equipment included light fire extinguishers, a fire detection and alarm system, a vertical pipe system, fire hoses, and yard hydrants.
Moreover, a building must have automatic sprinklers, smoke control, and an emergency electrical power supply system, as well as fire elevator, emergency lighting, directional emergency signs, fire control center, and a special fire hazard suppression installation.
Earlier, the Jakarta Fire Mitigation and Rescue Service took action in the case of a hotel building that did not meet the fire safety standards.
The service issued a second warning letter and enforced an administrative sanction in the form of pasting a sticker that read “this building does not meet fire safety standard” in September 2022.
Based on the field inspection and referring to article 50, paragraph 3, and article 59 of the Regional Regulation No. 8 of 2008, the building did not meet fire safety standards.
After several months of supervision, the service finally removed the sticker, as the hotel had fulfilled the safety standard.
The sanction revocation was conducted along with the Greater Jakarta Police, Jakarta Public Order Security Agency (Satpol PP), and Kebon Sirih Village administration in Central Jakarta.
The fire protection system that has been fixed by the hotel is a system of vertical pipes, fire hoses, yard hydrants, a Siamese connection, a flow switch, and other supporting infrastructure.
Source: Antara News