Fire Rises, DPRD Demands DKI Provincial Government To Build Fire Posts For Each Kelurahan

Illustration of firefighters in the South Jakarta (VOI) fire area

JAKARTA - Commission A of the DKI Jakarta DPRD urges the DKI Provincial Government, in this case the Fire and Rescue Service (Gulkarmat) to fulfill the construction of fire stations (damkar) in each village.

Chairman of Commission A of the DKI Jakarta DPRD, Mujiyono, assessed that the number of damkar posts is currently inadequate. Jakarta has 267 urban villages, but the damkar posts in Jakarta only number 170.

"According to Regional Regulation Number 8 of 2008 concerning Fire Hazard Management and Prevention, one kelurahan should have one fire post," said Mujiyono in his statement, Friday, May 3.

Mujiyono emphasized that the DKI Provincial Government needs to regulate budget allocations effectively in the hope that officers can increase the speed of response time when a fire occurs.

"Commission A recommends that the Gulkarmat Service need to make massive breakthrough steps to add to the fire post," said Mujiyono.

Meanwhile, throughout 2023 there were 2,286 fire cases in the DKI Jakarta area. In detail, East Jakarta 554 cases, South Jakarta 573 cases, West Jakarta 484 cases, North Jakarta 379 cases, and Central Jakarta 256 cases.

The burning objects include 637 residential buildings, 480 installations outside the building, 267 garbage incidents, 215 plants, 118 vehicles, 40 stalls, 32 industrial buildings, and 156 incidents.

The factors suspected of causing the most fires due to an electrical short circuit were 1,216 incidents, 337 incidents of garbage, gas, 205 incidents, 130 incidents of cigarettes, 1 incident of candles, and 397 incidents of others.