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Fire Hazard Vulnerability: A Case Study in Dhaka City

This document discusses fire hazards in Dhaka City, Bangladesh. Unplanned urbanization, population growth, and lack of enforcement of building codes have increased fire risks, especially in densely populated slum areas and high-rise buildings not built to code. The frequency of fires is highest in the dry season when fires occur commonly in factories and industries. Over 2006-2011 the number of recorded fires in Dhaka increased each year, with 2068 fires in 2010 alone. The document calls for the government to take initiatives to enforce building codes, increase fire safety education and training, expand the fire department including building new stations, and improve fire safety inspections especially of electrical and gas systems.

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Fire Hazard Vulnerability: A Case Study in Dhaka City

This document discusses fire hazards in Dhaka City, Bangladesh. Unplanned urbanization, population growth, and lack of enforcement of building codes have increased fire risks, especially in densely populated slum areas and high-rise buildings not built to code. The frequency of fires is highest in the dry season when fires occur commonly in factories and industries. Over 2006-2011 the number of recorded fires in Dhaka increased each year, with 2068 fires in 2010 alone. The document calls for the government to take initiatives to enforce building codes, increase fire safety education and training, expand the fire department including building new stations, and improve fire safety inspections especially of electrical and gas systems.

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Fire hazard vulnerability: A case study in Dhaka city

Prof. Dr. Nasreen Ahmad(Thesis Supervisor), Bijoy Kumar Roy (Prepared by) Fire cause the enormous loss of life and property in urban areas. Urban fire has devastating inpact on

communities. Unplanned urbanization, growth of high rising building, increasing population, low level of income, lack of active government may be the main cause of fire hazard in Dhaka city.
In Dhaka fire is an uncontrollable risk especially in high rise buildings mostly constructed violating the national building code. The frequency of fire event is common in Dhaka city, mainly in dry season. Fire occurred in the slum areas, garments factories and manufacturing industries are common news topic during the season. Because of fire incidence there are loss of numerous lives and valuable properties in the city. Dhaka is the most densely populated city in the world with a population of about 15 million in an area of 1528 sq.km is one of the vulnerable places where fire occurrence are very common. So, my question, Is there any planned to government policy maker to save our Dhaka from devastating fire?

Table: Year and number of Fire Incident in Dhaka City(2006-March,2011)


Year Number of Fire incident 2006 1220 2007 1100 2008 1110 2009 1775 2010 2068 2011(Up to March) 638 Source: BFSCD Head quarter, Collection date 7th June,2011 So, as a city dweller we have to careful about fire occurrence. We all are known that, the fire in Nimtoli burned on the night of June 1. It took 142 lives and huge property loss. What is the cause behind this?

Fig: Photograph Shows that there is no gap between or among buildings.(Nimtoli,Dhaka)

My research find some lack of proper initiative of government policy maker to mitigate loss from fire incident. Please see this map below..........

Comments: According to this map it can be said that government has no planned to build fire station in the east part of the Dhaka city.

What should we do?? Government should take proper initiatives to minimize unplanned high rising building and building code should be maintained. Knowledge developed including education, training, research and information. Government, NGOs, voluntary organization, media and civil society can play a vital role in awareness program about fire hazard. In every house, institution, shopping mall, industry should be use fire extinguisher and they have to know how to use it properly. New fire station should build in east side of Dhaka city as I show my research map. Give more training to the fire service officials as well as house care taker or individual. Build more fire stations in Thana level. Electrical instrument, gas line should be checkup regularly. Fire hazard is an accidental cause but we have to know, how can minimize our loss from fire occurrence.

Writer
Bijoy Kumar roy Msc in Geography& Environment University of Dhaka. E-mail- [email protected] For contact: 01913636057

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