Bangladesh fire service on way to build high capacity: Brigadier General Md Sazzad Hussain

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Fire Service and Civil Defence director general Brigadier General Md Sazzad Hussain said that no scientific investigation could be carried out into fire incidents in Bangladesh over the years.
Rather, he further said, the probe reports were prepared based on circumstantial evidence and witness accounts of the fire incidents while reports were supplied on demand.
‘As of now, we have neither the expertise for forensic investigations into fire incidents nor the facilities needed for the purpose,’ said the country’s chief fire fighting officer, adding, ‘The investigation we conduct is actually superficial.’
In a recent interview with New Age at the FSCD headquarters, Brigadier General Sazzad also admitted that had the fire investigations been carried out scientifically, the actual reasons could have been identified.
He termed the absence of a fire forensic laboratory as a ‘grey area’ and the biggest weakness of the department.
He outlined a detail plan and said that they were now working to set up a world-class training facility in Munshiganj with a fire forensic laboratory as part of the modernisation of the agency and to investigate fire incidents scientifically.
The department’s manpower is expected to be 15,000 by the middle of 2022.
The government wants to raise its manpower to 25,000 by 2030, Sazzad said.
The government is, he further said, also in the process of restructuring the department, with the United Nations Development Programme helping in the endeavour.
The FSCD chief said that an initiative had started for major development of the department since 2009 when the Awami League assumed power, with major activities undertaken and manpower recruited under the initiative.

To read the full interview, please log onto newagebd.net