MUMBAI: Three days after the blaze in a high rise building at Tardeo killed seven, the Mumbai Fire Brigade said that they were in the process of issuing a notice to the housing society for lack of fire safety measure
On Saturday, when the fire erupted firemen who reached the site to douse the flames found fire fighting measures in the structure to be non-functional.
Chief Fire Officer (CFO) Hemant Parab said, that a notice will hence be served under Section 6 of the Maharashtra Fire Prevention and life safety measures act 2006. As per this section it is the owners or occupiers’ liability to provide for fire prevention and life safety measures. “Our teams reached the site and found the systems were non-operational. We are in the process of issuing the structure a notice,” said Parab.
Fire brigade officials said that they have repeatedly stated that, as per section 3 (1) of Maharashtra Fire Prevention & Life Safety Measures Act 2006, it is mandatory for every owner or occupier as the case may be to provide fire prevention and life safety measures in the building or part of the building.
As per Section 3 (3) it is mandatory for the owner or occupier to furnish a certificate i.e ‘Form B’ issued by a Licensed Agency twice a year i.e. in the month of January and July regarding the maintenance of existing fire prevention and life safety measures in good repair and efficient condition. However despite this the same is not being done it has been repeatedly found. Officials said that they are therefore undertaking routine inspections of structures and in the past two months have served notices to 223 high-rises for flouting fire safety norms.
