Managers Of Skybang Buildings In Jakarta Asked To Continue Disaster Mitigation

Illustration of buildings in Jakarta (Photo by Achmad Al Fadhli on Unsplash)

JAKARTA - BPBD DKI Jakarta asks owners and building management to monitor the safety and mitigation conditions of multi-story buildings to minimize disasters in the event of a disaster.

"The owners and management of graded buildings should periodically monitor the safety and mitigation conditions of graded buildings," said Head of BPBD DKI Jakarta Isnawa Adji in a short message in Jakarta, Thursday, November 24.

This step needs to be taken so that every building in Jakarta can minimize various effects of natural disasters such as earthquakes, especially if there are faults in the south of Jakarta that have the potential to move at any time.

"Although BPBD and the Fire and Safety Service (Gulkarmat) have routinely conducted socialization of high-rise building security, it is also important to do it independently for safety," he said as quoted by Antara.

For this monitoring, owners and management of multilevel buildings in Jakarta can involve related Regional Apparatus Work Units (SKPD) in the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government.

"In its implementation, it coordinates with the DKI Jakarta Cipta Karya, Spatial Planning and Land (Citata) Office, DKI Jakarta BPBD or the DKI Gulkarmat Service," he said.

Head of the DKI BPBD Data and Information Processing Task Force Michael Sitanggang said his party had also taken a number of mitigation measures in an effort to anticipate the threat of an earthquake in Jakarta.

The first is collaborating with relevant agencies to make contingency plans for disaster management.

"Complete a contingency plan for earthquake management in DKI Jakarta Province, involving relevant agencies such as the central government and Regional Apparatus Organizations (OPD) within the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government," said Michael.

Second, he continued, conducting outreach to the community to increase the capacity and simulation of earthquake management by providing materials related to earthquake management ranging from independent evacuation to first aid for disaster victims with targeted participants from various circles.

"The target participants are the community, volunteers and apparatus in multi-level buildings, public facilities, and other public facilities," he said.

Then the third, he said, carried out the implementation of the School or Disaster Safe Madrasah (SMAB) in accordance with the mandate of Governor Regulation Number 187 of 2016 concerning the Implementation of Schools/Madrasah Safe from Disasters.

"Making guidelines in the use of disaster signs in buildings as regulated in Governor Regulation Number 170 of 2016 concerning the Use of Disaster Rambu and Disaster Management Systems in Buildings," he said.

Fifth, he said, build a disaster literacy room that will provide education to the public by providing thematics rooms for disaster simulations.

Then the sixth, providing education to the public regarding the full threat of earthquakes through the bpbd.jakarta.go.id channel and BPBD social media channels such as Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and Telegram.

"And finally alert Jakarta Emergency telephone number service Siaga 112 as a complaint channel for the people of Jakarta (free credit and operating 24 hours non-stop)," said Michael.

It is known, previously an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 rocked Cianjur, West Java, on Monday (21/11), which resulted in the Ancol Mansion building, North Jakarta being affected so that several rooms there cracked.

"We found cracks at several points in the building," said Isnawa Adji in a written statement, Monday (21/11).

Based on temporary data, a number of researchers mentioned that the epicenter was in the Cimandiri Sesar Zone in the north. Researchers at the Geological Disaster Research Center of the National Research and Innovation Agency, Rahma Hanifa, said the location of the fault was moving with a sliding mechanism.