Lift door stickers spread fire safety message to Tampines West residents
Purchase this article for republication
Buy SPH photos-
Tampines West Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) members taking part in the Vertical Stretcher Challenge. -- PHOTO: SCDF
-
From left to right - LTC Abdul Razak, Director Public Affairs Department, SCDF ; Mr Alan Loh, NFEC Chairman; Guest of Honour, Mr Masagos Zulkifli; and Mr Wong Teng Kay PBM, Chairman Tampines West C2E at the Unveiling Ceremony. -- PHOTO: SCDF
-
Guest of Honour, Mr Masagos Zulkifli (right) unveiling the lift door sticker. At left is Mr Alan Loh, Chairman, National Fire and Civil Emergency Preparedness Council (NFEC). -- PHOTO: SCDF
Tampines West Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) members taking part in the Vertical Stretcher Challenge. -- PHOTO: SCDF
From left to right - LTC Abdul Razak, Director Public Affairs Department, SCDF ; Mr Alan Loh, NFEC Chairman; Guest of Honour, Mr Masagos Zulkifli; and Mr Wong Teng Kay PBM, Chairman Tampines West C2E at the Unveiling Ceremony. -- PHOTO: SCDF
Guest of Honour, Mr Masagos Zulkifli (right) unveiling the lift door sticker. At left is Mr Alan Loh, Chairman, National Fire and Civil Emergency Preparedness Council (NFEC). -- PHOTO: SCDF
Fire safety advisory messages now adorn the lifts in Tampines West, part of an islandwide campaign to douse the number of residential fires here.
The sticker was unveiled in Tampines West today by Mr Masagos Zulkifli, Senior Minister of State for Home Affairs, in conjunction with Tampines West’s Emergency Preparedness day.
The lift door stickers are a key initiative by the Singapore Civil Defence Force and its community partners to generate public awareness on the dangers of discarding items at common areas such as corridors, lift lobbies, staircases and void decks.
“Leaving discarded items in common areas, especially combustible items such as furniture and newspapers, can easily fuel fires when lighted materials such as cigarette butts are indiscriminately thrown onto them,” said the SCDF in a statement. “Cluttered common areas can seriously hamper fire-fighting efforts, fire evacuation and conveyance of patients during a medical emergency.”
