Bus disaster stimulates security blitz

Staff of Police General Hospital stand at attention as an ambulance bring the body of a victim leaves the healthcenter’s forensic institute in Bangkok on Wednesday. (Photo: Reuters/Athit Perawongmetha) The Ministry of Transport is stepping up security procedures for public transportation to enhance guest security following a awful bus fire that declared the lives of 20 trainees and 3 instructors on Tuesday. The reaction will consistof checks on thousands of buses utilizing compressed natural gas (CNG), requirement requirements for buses utilized on school field journeys, and security training for instructors and trainees. Authorities were reacting to reports that the bus included in Tuesday’s disaster in Pathum Thani hadactually been in service for more than 50 years, hadactually been customized several times, and that the CNG adjustments were inappropriate. Transport Minister Suriya Jungrungreangkit stated a unique committee would work on both immediate and long-lasting steps intended at improving security in all types of lorries and lowering the intensity of mishaps. Experts from the Engineering Institute of Thailand will be asked to signupwith the committee, which will likewise examine the unfortunate bus and security devices on board, as well as the cause of the fire, he stated. The Department of Land Transport (DLT), ontheotherhand, will tightenup manages on customized cars and is ready to order all cars utilizing CNG to come in for an for evaluation. It will likewise problem requirement requirements for buses utilized on field journeys while provincial transportation workplaces will help schools in picking suitable cars. Teachers and trainees will be offered suggestions on how to usage onboard security devices, consistingof security belts, hammers, emergencysituation exits and fire extinguishers. “In terms of emergencysituation action, travel strategies should be ready by the transportation security supervisor who will choose paths, designate rest stops and examine cars and chauffeurs,” stated the minister. Citing an preliminary report from the DLT, Mr Suriya stated the bus included in Tuesday’s fire was a single-deck bus, not a double-decker, and was gearedup with the needed security devices onboard. The emergencysituation door at the back was practical, he stated. The bus was bring 39 trainees, from Kindergarten 2 to Mathayom 3, and 6 instructors from Wat Khao Praya Sangkharam school in Lan Sak district of Uthai Thani, on a field journey. It captured fire on an incoming lane of Vibhavadi Rangsit Road, near the Zeer Rangsit shopping centre in Lam Luk Ka distric
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