Firms need alarm system

Business establishments in Baguio are being requested to set up their respective working alarm systems to be used during emergency situations. 

“Without possible means or any precautionary measure to notify imminent threat, life-saving remedies may not reach the public in time so that lives may be save or any consequent danger toward them be thwarted,” vice mayor Daniel Fariñas said. 

Fariñas made the proposal after he noted that if only establishments in the city could be mandated to set up alarm systems for their own and the general public’s safety then help and rescue would become immediate and many lives and properties can be saved during calamities or disasters. 

He said that Baguio residents have witnessed loss of lives and properties during previous natural calamities such as typhoons, earthquakes, and during man-made calamities such as crimes of robbery and hold ups. 

He suggested that the alarm system task force will be composed of representatives from the Baguio City Police Office, Bureau of Fire Protection, City Buildings and Architecture Office, and City Engineering Office. 

The official clarified that the alarm system may not necessarily be expensive or sophisticated, an alarm bell for a small establishment will do. 

Fariñas said that a resounding bell may prompt a more serious and deadly provocation to robbers in cases of hold ups. 

The vice mayor is apparently sending a message to banks and commercial centers in Baguio to have precautionary measures like an effective sound alarm against robbers. 

Aside from setting up an alarm system, Fariñas suggested that business establishments, especially those frequently vi-sited by throngs of customers, must conduct simulated drills.