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Santo Domingo.- In the wake of the tragedy in Brazil over the weekend, the National District Fire Chief has assured the nation that 74 out of 82 discotheques and bars in the National District have been certified for complying with fire risk security measures. The country is thus prepared for preventing an incident like Sunday’s tragedy in Santa Maria in Rio Grande do Sul, in which 232 people lost their lives after a nightclub was engulfed by flames.
General Oscar Guillermo García said that the fire service inspects all private and public spaces, and suggest adjustments that need to be made in order to comply with decree 316-06 on safety, giving them a reasonable time.
“Then we return and verify that everything we told them is in order and we certify them. We give the owner a certificate and then we place a sticker on the entrance stamped by us (the Fire Corps) that says that this space complies with all the safety measures.
He said that the measures that discotheques need to apply in order to receive certifications includes safety signs, emergency exits of a specified dimension, evacuation routes, fire extinguishers installed at a height of four feet, and that the exit should not be obstructed by vehicles.
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"He said that the measures that discotheques need to apply in order to receive certifications includes safety signs, emergency exits of a specified dimension, evacuation routes, fire extinguishers installed at a height of four feet, and that the exit should not be obstructed by vehicles."
Or a gratuity of course!
This is LIP service on general's part. We all are aware compliance to rules and regulations is the exception to Dominican behavior. Heaven forbid should a tragedy such as Santa Maria's, the Station Fire in Warwick Rhode Island, (100 deaths) or the infamous Boston's Coconut Grove tragedy (492 deaths) happen here I can guarantee General Oscar Guillermo García will deny any responsibilty and will point his finger elsewhere. We all know responsibility is not in the Dominican dictionary.
The remaining 8 have yet to pay up.
Hay Dickey,
They are all running away from The DK Stinch.
If you can not pass the fire exit inspection, NO PROBLEMS......pay some cash.....
in santo domingo i would not place much faith in the local fire dept.... even if they where able to help how the hell are they going to get to any building with all the traffic in the city?
{not many drivers move over to give them the right of way}
i dont believe this happens in paradise island. u mean to tell me with this comment people in paradise island want and need the money more then they care about their own people?
cant even think this would be true.....
but the choo choo train is true.... no?.....
choo choo
all aboard the lets pay some cash passengers please board the payoff express. {if this does happen i hope and pray the people that do theses inspections hope their family members are in the disco}