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Pasar Jaya to improve markets' fire safety systems
Some 30 percent of 150 market buildings in the capital city need to be revitalized and follow the safety standard, market operator executive said responding to recent fire accident in Senen Market in Central Jakarta.
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Firefighters extinguish a fire that gutted Senen Market in Central Jakarta on Jan. 19. (JP/Seto Wardhana.)
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ome 30 percent of 150 market buildings in the capital city need to be revitalized and meet safety standards, an executive with the market operator has warned following a recent fire in Senen Market in Central Jakarta.
City-owned PD Pasar Jaya president director Arif Nasrudin said on Monday that his company would revitalize the buildings in accordance with national standards, especially with regard to fire safety.
“We will revitalize 11 this year and the new buildings will follow the SNI,” he said, referring to the Indonesian National Standards.
Arif said the revitalized markets would have fire-extinguishing devices like sprinklers, hydrants and fire extinguishers.
He said his company would also hold fire drills more frequently. “We will intensify fire drills for vendors, not only our company’s personnel,” he said.
He added that the vendors would be taught to extinguish fires with simple equipment such as wet cloths or gunny sacks.
