Hotel stages mock fire evacuation
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By Peter Townson The summer months present an increased risk of fires, according to Civil Defence officials, who said that despite the heightened risk, the number of fires so far this year is comparatively lower than previous years. Lieutenant Fayez al-Anzi was speaking at the Sheraton Doha yesterday, where an emergency evacuation drill was held as part of the hotel’s and the civil defence department’s efforts to promote safety awareness. He explained that the summer heat contributes to an increased risk of fire outbreaks, but said that this year has seen a decrease in the number of fires because of raised awareness throughout Qatar. The annual drill was organised during the Starwood Safety, Security, and Environmental Health Week. Al-Ansi explained that the drill was part of a nationwide effort to ensure that buildings housing large numbers of people at any one time are ready to deal with fire and safety issues should they arise. He explained that the civil defence have a maximum response time of eight minutes, but usually aim to be at an emergency situation within five minutes.
At a situation in a large hotel, represented by yesterday’s drill, around 30 firefighters would make up the initial response team who could then request backup if needed. |
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I for one, am just glad to see this sort of activity taking place. I don't know how much real life experience the fire fighters have here in Qatar at tackling such situations. Let's hope they never have to face such a scenario.
Yeah - mock fire drill, is that what we are calling it these days.
"no don't worry, that is just fake smoke you are smelling"
That must have been fun..and educational!Too many mock mods on the prowl these days...telling people what to post and what not too..sheeeeesh!
TB TFS, since not everyone is having the chance to read gulf times newspaper..
Safari911 - Shut your door! This is informative and helps those who are not reading the papers everyday.. If this isn't helpful for u,leave this thread..simple.. You are just making things complicated.. seems you don't have something awesome to be busy about..
Its good... at least they are keeping people aware :)
LOL to the second comment!!!
blank stare
TB,i guess she means to say to all the civil defence officials in action in the above pic ? :)
To all??? Do you mean to both of you above?
To all of you above, zzzzzzzzzz ?????????? Yes I can read, AND I can spell so put "tat" in your pipe and smoke it.
lol TB !safari you can read the newspapers yourself but can you comment or share your views in tat paper ?
I do it just to annoy you safari. Am I succeeding?
Time bandit, you are merely copying and pasting articles from the gulf news. what is your point as you do not make any comment or start a debate on the subject? We can all read that newspaper ourselves.