The oil machine industry is doing its part for society by donating fire alarms to give back to its hometown.
[Jingbao/Reporter Tsai Tsung-wu/Kaohsiung Report]
In light of recent fire incidents, residential fire alarms play a crucial role in early fire warnings, providing crucial response time and enabling residents to escape promptly, thus effectively reducing casualties. Based on their commitment to sustainable business practices, four companies deeply rooted in Kaohsiung—Chairman Wang Cheng-jen of Yarn Machinery Industry Co., Ltd., Chairman Huang Chin-jung of Zhennan Iron Wire Co., Ltd., Vice Chairman Chang Ting-chia of Tien Sheng Industrial Co., Ltd., and Chairman Wang Tsan-chung of Lida Screw Factory Co., Ltd.—donated a total of 2,600 residential fire alarms to the Kaohsiung City Fire Department for fire prevention. A joint donation ceremony was held at 3 PM on August 1st, where Fire Department Director Wang Chih-ping accepted the donation on behalf of the department and expressed gratitude to the donors.
According to statistics from the Fire Department, since 2022, there have been 16 successful cases where residential fire alarms were installed in homes, reducing the damage caused by disasters. Among them, 6 cases occurred in five districts. In Qieding District, a fire broke out in a detached house on July 3. The fire alarms successfully alerted residents, allowing 5 trapped people to escape quickly. In addition, there were cases in Gangshan District, Mituo District, Alian District, and Yongan District where fire alarms were activated, allowing residents to escape in time. They are truly lifesavers in fire situations.
Director Wang Zhiping expressed his heartfelt gratitude to the four kind-hearted manufacturers for their hard work for the citizens and their support for firefighters. The fire department accepted donations of fire alarm equipment from the public and properly allocated the donated resources to help distribute them to vulnerable groups in the city, such as elderly people living alone, people with disabilities, and low-income households. Priority was given to providing them to detached houses in the Luzhu and Alian areas. It is hoped that this will establish the correct disaster prevention concept of "protecting one's own property" and improve the public's home safety and disaster prevention awareness.