Type | Journal Article - Jahangirnagar Planning Review |
Title | Fire hazard management of Dhaka City: addressing issues relating to institutional capacity and public perception |
Author(s) | |
Volume | 6 |
Publication (Day/Month/Year) | 2008 |
Page numbers | 57-67 |
URL | http://www.bdresearch.org/home/attachments/article/613/jp4a5d753b2e7ac.pdf |
Abstract | Dhaka City has been experiencing high rate of urbanization since the last few decades. Presently, more than 11 million people are living in Dhaka City. The development trend of Dhaka is deliberately shifting vertical direction to cope with the extensive population pressure. Nowadays, high rise buildings are being constructed in every parts of the city but in most cases the dwellings are being constructed without maintaining the planning rules and regulations. Fire hazard vulnerability of Dhaka City dwellers has been increased due to reckless building construction and nonconformation of Fire Protection Act, 2003. Dhaka City has been experiencing many fire accidents at present and in most cases lack of proper precautionary measures along with the institutional inefficiency, insufficient equipment support and lack of public awareness are causing this situation more complex. Existing planning rules and laws are also insufficient to the present context of Dhaka City. As most of the dwellers do not know how to use the fire fighting equipments, in most cases all the precautionary measures for combating fire generally go into vein. Therefore, institutional reform, strengthening of capacity at individual and institutional level are needed in order to reduce fire hazard risks of Dhaka City. This research tries to explore the existing capacity of Fire Service and Civil Defense Authority in Dhaka City and to assess people’s preparedness in case of combating fire accident. |
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