Bangladesh England Safety and Fire Education

BESAFE will promote and provide Community

Safety and Fire Education to areas of need in

Bangladesh and Bangladeshi communities in UK

deemed to need such support by giving

technical and practical training, assistance and

understanding of such needs and in doing so

will also champion cooperation and

understanding between Bangladeshi and British

people

 

Personnel have international experience in delivering fire, safety and rescue projects

Expertise of Our Instructors

Community safety in city, town, village, slum-areas

Fire safety for community, business and industry

Fire safety education in schools, colleges and universities

Training in medical response, community first response and paramedic

Familiarisation with equipment

Fire fighting techniques and response

Road Traffic Collision Extrication and Rescue.

Search and rescue from earthquake, collapsed building, water, etc

Emergency incident command and control

Hazardous material incidents

Any other courses can be designed to fit particular safety needs

BESAFE Executive TeamAlf Wilson Chris WoodDr Syed

Mohiuddin Khaled Ebad

Ullah

Gary Dumighan Mobaruk Hussain

Paul Radcliffe

Apu Chowdhury

What is Community Safety?

“An aspect of quality of life in which people,

individually and collectively, are protected as far as possible from the hazards or threats that can occur in everyday life. Community Safety Education will equip and help people to cope with those hazards and threats they do experience.”

Community safety awareness should allow citizens to pursue and obtain the fullest benefits from their social and economic lives.

A non profit Charity to deliver Community Safety to those in need

International experience in delivering safety projects

All Projects must be sustainable and supported from the UK

All personnel volunteer their experience, time, skills and expertise

We are Donor dependent to undertake this very important and life saving work

Driven by a desire to make a difference

Sustainability Why do we do it?Once upon a time, a man walking

along a beach saw a boy picking up starfish and throwing them into the sea.

He asked the boy why he was throwing starfish into the sea.

The boy replied, "The tide is going out. If I don't throw them in, they'll dry up and die."

The man smiled patronisingly and said, "But, there are miles of beach and thousands of starfish on every mile. You can't possibly make a difference!"

The boy smiled, bent down, picked up another starfish, and threw it into the sea.

"Well," he said, "I made a difference for that one."

How the funding is used Administration and Communication

Airfares to fly teams to the project area

Low cost accommodation

Team food and transport costs

Project delivery consumables

All funding is used to deliver projects in Bangladeshi Communities either in Bangladesh or UK

How the funding is not used No salaries are paid to any member of BESAFE

We do not own any properties or vehicles

All specialist equipments for the projects are donated free of charge

Recipients pay for shipping costs, not BESAFE

BESAFE instructor-courses are funded by the employers

The main purpose of BESAFE funding is to help others

Causes of Fire in Dhaka City Cause of Fire Number of Fire Incident

2009 2010 20111 Electric Fault 3754 43.27

%3188 39.44

%376

043.86

%

2 Kitchen Fire 2254 25.98%

2166 25.67%

2137

24.89%

3 Cigarette 865 9.97% 789 9.75%

828 9.64%

4 Naked fire 542 6.24% 528 6.52%

450 5.24%

5 Burning Ash 229 3.41% 267 3.16%

358 4.17%

6 Fire Works 162 2.41% 204 2.41%

161 1.87%

7 Friction of Machine

134 1.99% 170 2.01%

244 2.84%

8 Sabotage 85 1.26% 149 1.76%

104 1.21%

9 Mob 113 1.68% 241 2.85%

78 0.90%

10

Unknown 868 - 1105 - 726 -

11

Misc (Engine misfire, spontaneous ignition, Chemical reaction)

536 6.17% 389 4.61%

464 5.40%

Total 12182

[

14682

15063

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Source: The Fire Service & CivilDefence Directorate Bangladesh

BSEC Building Fire Dhaka, 26 Feb 2007

Nimtoly Fire, Dhaka 03 June 2010

Bashundhara city fire 13 March 2009

Slum at Shyamoli in Dhaka May 16 2012

Dhaka Research Visit (11-22 Feb 2012)

Meeting and presentation with Brigadier General Abu Nayeem Md Shahidullah (Director General of the Fire Service & Civil Defence Directorate Bangladesh)

BESAFE Team meet the officers and fire fighters at Dhaka city HQ

BESAFE Chairman addresses theaudience of Lecturers at the University of Development Alternative (UODA) in Dhaka

BESAFE team enjoy cultural celebrations with Mr Mujib Khan (President and Founder) and Lecturers of UODA

Dhaka Research Visit (11-22 Feb 2012)

Bangladeshi Communities in UK

Local Bagladeshi volunteers to undertake community

safety visits in their own community

About two hours per week commitment

Volunteers are trained by BESAFE/Fire and Rescue

Service

Equipments are provided by Fire and Rescue Service

Monitored locally by BESAFE/Fire and Rescue Service

Local issues can be dealt locally

We may not change

society

but together we can help

to make it safer

If you want to join or feel you

could

help with your time or a

donation

contact the Chairman

ALFREDWILSON@sky.com