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Fire fighters and officials feel that presence of mind and awareness are important during emergencies, writes L. Srikrishna On Monday, 17 emergency calls were received at the fire control room within three hours. On Tuesday, there were over 20 calls during the day, including one about a major accident at a chemical godown in north Chennai. On the same day, a fire that broke out in a bank’s Automated Teller Machine (ATM) outlet in Avadi sent shivers among the public and bankers as over Rs.30 lakh was stored in the machine. Timely arrival of the firemen saved the cash. Panic gripped Montieth Road in Egmore on Wednesday after a fire was reported in a five storey commercial-cum-residential complex. On Thursday, fire broke out in a chemical godown situated on the Porur-Kunrathur Road at 8.30 p.m. The fire was extinguished after nearly two hours. Apart from keeping the Fire and Rescue Services personnel on their toes, the number of fire accidents this week turned the spotlight on the need for greater emphasis on the preventive aspects and public awareness of what should be done during emergency. Fire fighters and officials feel that presence of mind and awareness are important while managing emergencies and to prevent fire from spreading to other areas. Firemen said that the cause of many fire accidents during summer was linked to power appliances and supply. Care should be taken to avoid overloading. There are other factors such as fire caused from dumping grounds and bins, from chemical godowns and thickly populated slum areas. Mostly, carelessness led to the fire accidents, the fire personnel said. People living in multi-storeyed apartments, where a portion of space was used for commercial activities, should have knowledge about the electricity consumed by all the residents. It would be welcome if the residents knew the nature of activities carried out by different people on the same premises. For instance, many persons who were present inside the five-storey apartment on Montieth Road had no idea about the cause and from where the fire had originated. Similarly, fire officers said that residents should take extra care on holidays where the commercial buildings, part of the multi-storeyed apartment, locked their portions and returned to work only for the next working day. The watch and ward staff should alert those neighbours, who stayed away on holidays from where the fire broke out, the officials said. For them, responding to the fire calls within the shortest time is just not possible. That is a different story. Prevention is better than cure, fire brigade say.
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