Over 5,000 establishments violating fire safety regulations are at risk of ceasing operations.

After March 30th, establishments in Ho Chi Minh City that do not meet fire safety standards must cease operations. Currently, Ho Chi Minh City has over 5,000 establishments with outstanding fire safety violations.

On the afternoon of March 13th, at the Ho Chi Minh City socio -economic press conference, Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Thang Long, Deputy Head of the Planning Department of the Ho Chi Minh City Police, provided information on the fire prevention and fighting situation in the city.

Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Thang Long, Deputy Head of the Staff Department of the Ho Chi Minh City Police. Photo: My Quynh.

According to Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Thang Long, before the Prime Minister issued Directive 19, inspections of more than 60,400 establishments revealed that over 15,700 were still in violation of fire safety regulations.

Of these, over 13,900 establishments are lodging houses or rooms for rent; 930 establishments are mixed-use residential and business properties with a high risk of fire and explosion. Currently, most lodging houses, rooms for rent, and mixed-use residential and business properties are complying with fire safety regulations similar to those of individual houses.

Therefore, compliance with fire safety regulations for types of lodging houses, rented rooms, and mixed-use residential and business buildings is lacking, with insufficient escape routes and inadequate fire safety equipment and systems. Electrical systems are not properly installed, are overloaded during peak hours, and residents living inside these lodging houses have not received adequate fire safety education and training.

Over 5,000 houses, rental units, and detached houses combined with production and business activities are at risk of ceasing operations due to fire safety deficiencies.

In response to this situation, the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee has directed relevant departments and agencies, especially the City Police, to inspect and review fire safety and rescue conditions. Any violations will be strictly dealt with according to the law.

Following the effective date of Prime Minister 's Directive 19, the Ho Chi Minh City Police Department has directed police units and localities to continue strengthening the review, guidance, and inspection of establishments with remaining fire safety violations in order to promptly rectify them.

This includes strengthening the dissemination of knowledge and guidance on fire prevention and rescue skills for the public.

To date, Ho Chi Minh City still has 5,155 establishments, including residential houses, partitioned houses for rent, and individual houses combined with production and business activities, that have fire safety violations, a decrease of 61.5% compared to the period before Directive 19 was issued.

This includes 4,737 establishments of the lodging and room-for-rent type, and 418 establishments of the type combining residential and business activities.

Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Thang Long informed that from now until March 30th, the Ho Chi Minh City Police Department will direct police units and localities to closely monitor their areas and facilities, and to urge and guide owners of boarding houses, houses with partitioned rooms for rent, and houses combining production and business activities with a high risk of fire and explosion to immediately rectify existing violations.

After that period, if the landlords fail to ensure fire safety, they will have to cease operations.

Source: https://www.baogiaothong.vn/tphcm-hon-5000-co-so-vi-pham-pccc-co-nguy-co-dung-hoat-dong-192250313170321249.htm