The Electronics Safety & Security Association of Bangladesh (ESSAB) on Friday awarded nine companies for maintaining fire safety properly.
The nine awardees are — Concord-Sikander Heritage in residential building; Update tower, AIUB, and Sheltech Northern Star in Commercial Building; Mondol Intimates Ltd, SQ Ceisius Ltd, Vertex RMG Division; Picard Bangladesh Ltd, and Berger Becker Ltd in Industry Building (Others).
Besides, 13 crests were distributed among the family members of the firefighters who died in a single fire incident while tackling the blaze and explosions at the Sitakundu BM Container Depot in Chattogram.
State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Md Enamur Rahman handed over crests among them at the 8th International Fire Safety and Security Exhibition (IFSSE) titled, "ESSAB Safety Excellence Award Ceremony and Gala Dinner" at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) in Dhaka.
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Organised by the Electronics Safety and Security Association of Bangladesh (ESSAB) and co-partnered by Bangladesh Fire Service and Civil Defence (BFSCD), the three-day expo aims to showcase new firefighting technology and create awareness among the people of the country.
“RAJUK and Fire Service and Civil Defence won't provide licences to anyone if fire safety is not maintained in future,” Enamur Rahman said speaking at the ceremony.
"Now Bangladesh has eight green factories among 10 in the world. As a result, our export volume has gone up. The ESSAB has provided all fire safety equipment to build the green factories here," he added.
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Mentioning the government is setting up 100 economic zones, Enamur urged entrepreneurs to manufacture the equipment and export it meeting local demand as now Bangladesh has to import over 95 per cent equipment.
FBCCI Vice President Amin Helaly, and Director (training, planning and development) of Fire Service and Civil Defence Lt Col Rezaul Karim also spoke at the event.
ESSAB President Zahir Uddin Babar gave welcome speech while Secretary General Mahmudur Rashid, Joint Secretary Zakir Uddin Ahmed, Publicity Secretary Nazrul Islam among others were present.
