, MNO2603 Assignment 3 (COMPLETE ANSWERS)
Semester 2 2024 - DUE 10 September 2024 ; 100%
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In Focus: What the Charlotte Maxeke fire tells us about health
and safety in Gauteng hospitals Just weeks before a fire tore
through parts of Charlotte Maxeke Hospital in Johannesburg on
16 April, a fire safety audit at the hospital was signed off and in
March a hospital fire and safety team met, according to the
Gauteng Department of Health. Yet Kwara Kekana,
spokesperson for Gauteng Health also confirmed in responses
to questions from Spotlight that “the smoke doors are not used
as the magnetic system on the doors was no longer effective
and they were recommissioned”. Smoke doors are used to
prevent the spread of smoke in a building when there is a fire.
She also confirmed that fire hydrant couplings were not
compatible with the fire hoses on Johannesburg Fire Service fire
engines because “some had been stolen”. Spotlight has
requested, but not received a copy of the fire audit/ inspection
report from the Gauteng Health Department, the Department
of Infrastructure and Development, and the City of Joburg’s Fire
Services. Fire compliance failures Two senior firefighters from
the City of Johannesburg who spoke to Spotlight, say the two
failings (mentioned by Kekana above) alone would sink a basic
inspection or compliance audit. It was also not just the fire
doors and the hydrant couplings that were faulty at Charlotte
Maxeke. They say firefighters were not given building and floor
Semester 2 2024 - DUE 10 September 2024 ; 100%
TRUSTED Complete, trusted solutions and
explanations.
In Focus: What the Charlotte Maxeke fire tells us about health
and safety in Gauteng hospitals Just weeks before a fire tore
through parts of Charlotte Maxeke Hospital in Johannesburg on
16 April, a fire safety audit at the hospital was signed off and in
March a hospital fire and safety team met, according to the
Gauteng Department of Health. Yet Kwara Kekana,
spokesperson for Gauteng Health also confirmed in responses
to questions from Spotlight that “the smoke doors are not used
as the magnetic system on the doors was no longer effective
and they were recommissioned”. Smoke doors are used to
prevent the spread of smoke in a building when there is a fire.
She also confirmed that fire hydrant couplings were not
compatible with the fire hoses on Johannesburg Fire Service fire
engines because “some had been stolen”. Spotlight has
requested, but not received a copy of the fire audit/ inspection
report from the Gauteng Health Department, the Department
of Infrastructure and Development, and the City of Joburg’s Fire
Services. Fire compliance failures Two senior firefighters from
the City of Johannesburg who spoke to Spotlight, say the two
failings (mentioned by Kekana above) alone would sink a basic
inspection or compliance audit. It was also not just the fire
doors and the hydrant couplings that were faulty at Charlotte
Maxeke. They say firefighters were not given building and floor
