Phuket officials tackle fire safety

By The Phuket News

A full-scale fire drill was held at Rassada Municipality on Thursday (July 11). Photo: Rassada Municipality
 

PHUKET: Officials across the island this week ramped their efforts for fire safety, with two of the island’s main municipalities conducting full-scale fire drills and Vice Governor Prakob Wongmaneerung yesterday (July 12) calling for people to be aware of the state of the electrical wiring in their homes and businesses – and especially places of worship, which he said were often overlooked.

At the main Rassada Municipality office on Thursday, emergency medical teams fire teams conducted emergency evacuations in a simulation of a building caught on fire from a short circuit, while medical personnel carried out triage and emergency first aid on “victims” and firefighters tackled a car fire with flames bursting several stories high.

The simulation was of a fire on the second floor of the building, with people – some injured – trapped inside.

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