Make uniform fire safety checklist: official

The Department of Fire Service and Civil Defence yesterday suggested the government introduce a standardised fire-safety checklist for factories for ease of inspection.
“At present, the checklists vary across the sectors, making the job harder for us,” the fire department's Director General Abu Nayeem Shahidullah told reporters after a meeting at the commerce ministry on social compliance in the readymade garment sector.
At the meeting, Commerce Minister GM Quader instructed the factory owners to put at least 25 percent of the workers on fire safety training immediately, a senior official of the ministry said.
The training has to be continued every month, the minister added.
The minister also asked the factory owners to set up closed-circuit televisions to monitor the safety measures.
The minister, however, declined to comment after the meeting.