Hyderabad, Nov.7 (NSS): A two-day national seminar on Fire, Electrical, Security and Automation (FESA) 24 for Pharma Industry began at HICC on Thursday morning. The seminar was inaugurated by guest of honour Y. Nagi Reddy, IPS, Director General of Fire Services and chief guest Jayesh Ranjan, IAS, Spl Chief Secretary. B. Raja Gopala Rao, Director of Factories, also graced the occasion. The seminar was organized by the Fire & Security Association of India (FSAI).
Speaking on the occasion, Nagi Reddy said fire is important in industrial safety in Pharma. In the past 10 years, 97 major fires broke out in Pharma industries, and Rs 93 crore worth of property was lost. In another incident that occurred a day before, a property worth Rs 30 crore got burnt, he said.
Handling fire in the pharmaceutical industry is difficult due to the different kinds of gases and chemicals used. He explained the Telangana Fire Service Act 1999. Section 13 of this act requires that buildings and hazardous industries must get an NOC from the Fire Department. According to another section 19, the owner or the occupant is responsible for the fire system in the establishment. Nagi Reddy later inaugurated the exhibition.
Speaking on the occasion, Jayesh Ranjan said accidents of any kind derail an industry. Many Pharma companies are under the watchlist of many European Regulators for non-compliance of ESG guidelines, which are low in those companies. If not adhered they will stop importing pharmaceutical products from India. If that happens you will destroy your business prospects he said.
Mr Ranjan urged FSAI to get associated with Young India Skill University, which will be run on a partnership model. Unlike conventional learning, the way of learning here is through practice. FSAI can design some relevant, useful and customised courses, he said. The past Telangana government announced a Pharma city in 20,000-acre land but the new government would like to decentralise and set up Pharma villages, in some ten clusters. Here also FSAI can help us with the best possible fire safety by suggesting a default design. He advised FISA leadership to come forward with technology providers and the problem statement. The government will run a challenge on their behalf for using technology in fire safety and more mention.
- Raja Gopala Rao, Directories of Factories, said more fire accidents are occurring in Pharma than any other sector. FSAI is 22 years old, a pan-Indian, not-for-profit non-profit trade body representing the Fire Protection, Life Safety, Security, Building Automation, Loss Prevention and Risk Management domains. It has 25 chapters and 10,000 members all over India said Srinivas Valluri, National President, of FSAI.
Prasad Nishtala, Chapter President, FSAI Hyderabad; Mr Prasad Raju S, Regional Director-South, FSAI; Manoj Balakrishnan, Chair FSAI Branding; P. Sravan Kumar, Vice Chair-FSAI Operations and Chandra Sekhar K, Secretary FSAI Hyd Chapter said 300 Senior Managers from various pharma industries are participating and deliberating in the seminar. Representatives of over 100 pharma companies including 50 top pharma companies also participate.
Prasad Nishtala, Chapter President, FSAI Hyderabad said, sessions on a wide variety of subjects of greater importance such as Industries Pharma in Application its and PHA (Analysis Hazard Process; Areas Production in Mitigation and Identification Risk; Areas Storage Hazard High of Safety Fire; Pharma in Safety; Pharma in BMS; Access Control and Surveillance; IoT in Pharma Safety; Fire Audit is scheduled. Several Technical sessions and two-panel discussions will be held. The panel discussion will be held on topics such as Risks in the Pharma industry and strategies to overcome and the Latest trends in Safety and Security in Pharma Industries.
