The fire in a nursing home in Zaragoza in which 10 people died has shocked the entire country. The reason would have been a cigarette that was lit in one of the prohibited areas within the premises where numerous elderly people live. Now, all security protocols are analyzed.
In the Aravaca nursing home, Madrid, three people died on February 18, 2024. In 2022, in the Moncada nursing home, Valencia, another six people lost their lives and, for example, in 2021 another died. old man in the Soria residence. With the tragedy in Zaragoza, there are already 30 deaths in less than three years in nursing homes for this reason: fire.
Detectors, fire extinguishers, books for firefighters and the fundamental role of doors: “They are firebreaks”
“After the homes, the type of building that “more deaths caused by fires are residences”confirms Javier Larrea, president of Opra. On the other hand, Ana Quiroga, director of the Ballesol residence, is clear with the rules: “There should be no smoking in the center.”
To smoking inside a nursing home there must be “enabled rooms” and, in addition, a series of drills must be continually carried out in which the guards and the elderly rehearse how to evacuate their floors as quickly as possible: using the emergency doors and saving the lives of the elderly.
On the other hand, there are dsmoke detectors per room, essential to warn of any type of fire at any time. In addition, María José Cavas, director of the Claros residence, shows how the emergency box enables for firefighters and book where a complete plan of the plants appears, roomsrooms, emergency doors: “Everything appears.”
Lastly, the residences have the corresponding fire extinguishers per floor and the Doors must be flame resistantdoing firewall, like the example they show us: “They last about 30 minutes of heat.”
Source: www.telecinco.es
