Ensuring Safety and Security

Every one of us should be aware of our security, outside as well as at home. Be sure of the security of your residence; know what it should include to make you totally safe and sound. Well trained security staff- Your residence needs a team of well trained and authorised security guards to handle any unpleasant situation. 24X7 security- Every one of us needs security every time, so it is very necessary to ensure your all around security 24X7.

Entrance security cabin- It is necessary to have someone to watch the entrance of your home at a security cabin, equipped with an intercom, so your permission can be asked. Perimeter security sensors- It is the requirement to ensure the overall security of the residence. Beside having a secured entrance, you should also be sure of the security of the perimeters of your building, for which there should be sensors to detect any infiltration.

Immediately report any weird and suspicious activity happening around – Report the unusual behaviour of any person in or near your building – Make sure your children have learnt the contact number and address of your home – Properly lock the home and vehicles for the whole day, and especially at night – Save the emergency contact of the society and nearest police station in your speed dial, a little awareness can rescue you from major risks.

Help yourself and others, share the information with your loved ones and lead a happy, secured life!

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Towards making you home safe…

After the earthquake and severe tremors everybody gets gives high preference to the security aspects specifically in Northern India.

Construction is a huge field wherein people are learning different measures and techniques to implement in the infrastructure. These days there are many institutes and agencies who train the civil engineers on new techniques. Earthquake resistant structure is very much known by the public and they prefer the same also to avoid any difficulty later. Apart from Tier I cities Tier II and III are also having a huge scope of commercial and residential building.

There are lot of factors which one should identified while constructing the high rise buildings:

  • To analyze the fire risk attached with it
  • Understanding the strategies to solve the fire challenges
  • Specially how the fire safety measure work independently as well as together

Below are few specific points which should be taken into consideration

Unsuppressed fire always creates a lot of smoke horizontally and vertically so proper ventilation should be planned as well as fire extinguishers should be well kept at every possible corner. There should be well planned emergency exits on every floor at both the sides.

Points to Remember

  • Every High Rise building should have at least two staircases.
  • Every slab or balcony overlooking any exterior or interior open space which are 2 meters or more below shall be provided with parapet walls or guard rails of height not less than 1.20 meters and such guard rails shall be firmly fixed to the walls and slabs and may also be of blank walls, metal grills or a combination of both.
  • Every opening provided to ducts from the interior of a building should be closed with strong material.
  • Every high rise building which has more than 16 dwelling units shall be provided with at least one lift capable of carrying a stretcher.
  • Where access is provided over the terrace floor or to the terrace floor, the edges of the terrace floor shall be provided with parapet walls made of stable materials to a height of not less than 120 cms.

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