The serious fire at the Carina Plaza apartment building on March 23, killing 13 people and injuring dozens, had a significant impact on the psychology of residents living in high-rise apartments.
Fire protection units in districts donated mini fire extinguishers to people living in high-rise apartments.
To prevent risks from the ‘fire lady’, many people have begun to equip fire extinguishers, rope ladders, gas masks… making this product more attractive.
In recent days, at a number of stores providing fire prevention and fighting equipment and stores selling labor protection items in Ho Chi Minh City, many people have come to buy products. rescue and fire protection, in which the most sought after products are gas masks and rescue ladders, mini fire extinguishers for home use.
According to information from Fire Prevention Equipment Center 4/10 (under Ho Chi Minh City Fire Prevention Police), purchasing power of fire prevention and rescue products in Ho Chi Minh City has increased by 30 – 40% in recent days. According to some stores specializing in selling labor protection equipment on Nguyen Thai Binh and Le Thi Hong Gam streets (District 1), the purchasing power of rescue products at these stores has increased a lot compared to normal days.
According to the owner of Toan Phat labor protection store on Nguyen Thai Binh Street (District 1), current fire protection equipment is quite popular, especially Chinese hooded fireproof masks, which only last less than two days. This store has sold out of its reserve of 20 units and is having to order more because there are many customers ordering them. In the past, this type of mask sold quite slowly, only selling 1-2 pieces every 1-2 months because it mainly only served people working in high-temperature environments such as furnaces…
Purchasing power suddenly increased, products were “sold out”, so prices were pushed up. For example, in the past, anti-toxic gas masks were only sold for about 200,000 VND/piece, but now they have increased to 300,000 VND/piece. Even the distribution agents are demanding different prices, different prices, different prices, so this store is having to sourcing orders directly from China to supply to customers.
A wholesale agent of labor protection equipment in Binh Chanh also said that in just the past two days, he has earned tens of millions of dong by selling hundreds of protective masks of the same type.
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As noted by the reporter, the fire protection equipment market in Ho Chi Minh City is quite rich with many diverse products. Most of the products are imported from Southeast Asian countries, mainly from Taiwan and China because of their diverse designs and reasonable prices. As for rescue products, in addition to gas masks, there are also slow-release escape ropes, rope ladders, fireproof blankets, fireproof clothing…
Recorded at Center 4/10, prices of anti-toxic masks from China and Taiwan (China) range from 200,000 – 400,000 VND/piece (depending on type). High-end types imported from the US cost around 2,000,000 VND/piece. Accordingly, the slow release escape rope imported from Korea costs 5 million VND/set of 20 meters, 6 million VND/set of 30 meters; Wire imported from China costs about 2 million VND/set of 30 meters. Dry foam and CO2 fire extinguishers range from 300,000 VND to 400,000 VND/tank, high-tech fire extinguishers cost nearly 700,000 VND/tank, and smoke detectors installed at home cost from 400,000 VND to 500,000 VND/set.
At stores selling labor protection equipment, in addition to anti-toxic masks sold from 70,000 VND to around 1,000,000 VND/piece (depending on type), Vietnamese rope ladders range in price from 70,000 VND to 100,000 VND. /1 meter, fireproof blankets are sold for 300,000 VND/piece…
According to information from businesses specializing in the business of this product, imported fire protection products are all inspected for quality and have the inspection stamp of the Fire Police Department before being put on the market. However, according to Mr. Pham Huu Tho, Head of Online Sales, Fire Protection Equipment Center 4/10, although the equipment has been checked for quality, the operation of the fire protection system is not good. Whether or not it depends on the maintenance of the users and owners of the buildings.
In order to limit the risk of fires in high-rise buildings and apartments, according to recommendations of fire prevention experts, in addition to improving fire prevention and incident handling skills for apartment management boards and technical teams, Grassroots fire prevention techniques, units and managers must actively propagate and instruct residents on escape skills when a fire occurs; Focus on equipping specialized fire protection equipment and checking its functionality regularly to ensure good operation in the event of an incident.
Source: News/Vietnam News Agency
