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Latest post on 31 May 2012 - 22:29

The nursery / school should be licensed with Ministry of Education, the building should be licenced for shcool/nursery/educational purposes. The reason being, the Civil Defence certificate (fire regulations) will be stricter for places where there are children. You should ask to see a copy of their Civil Defence fire certificate and a copy of their Trade Licence as a school has strict regulations for health & safety, fire etc. A good example is a family villa does not have to have sprinklers, whereas a school / nursery villa is required to have sprinklers. More obvious things to ask are questions about their fire evacuation plans and escape routes. These are not things I thought of when selecting a nursery for my LO in September, but after this tragic incident I will certainly be re-visiting it. I can't imagine the heartache those families are going through.

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Latest post on 30 May 2012 - 10:48

You are so right KW! Fire safety/ emergency procedures are things which were not in my list when looking out for nursery/ daycare for my bubba. Now, its definitely one of the important checkpoints. After reading the news about the fire, I couldn't help crying, holding my little one close. My heart goes out to all the families who lost so much :(. Keeping them in my prayers. Thank you admin, will be looking out for the checklist.

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Latest post on 29 May 2012 - 15:52

Thanks, admin!

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Latest post on 29 May 2012 - 15:46

We're in the process of pulling the information together- a UK fire chief is preparing a check list for us- will post a link when we get the information. It is definitely worth asking your school or nursery or play area what their procedures are and what their plans are. There will obviously be a strong focus on this going forward and we can all help- educate, remind, focus, prevent etc. A lot of child care providers will no doubt already be revisiting their fire and safety procedures in light of this terrible tragedy.

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Latest post on 29 May 2012 - 15:27

This also got me thinking about the fire escapes/procedures etc in the nursery we'll be sending DD to. Will definitely be having a chat to them about it and asking loads of questions. I think what would be great is if someone in the 'know' (knowledge of emergency procedures, knowledge of knowing a Fireman etc) could pass onto us mum's a list of what should be in place, safety standards wise, at the nurseries we choose. Like what is the absolute minimum safety standard/procedure these nurseries should be adhering to? Might be a silly request, but I fear a lot of these nurseries could say anything along the lines of 'we have it all figured out' when, in reality, it may not be all figured out in the unfortunate event. Great post, kiwispiers, utter shame about the people taking photos etc... I also heard that from a friend who witnessed it.

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Just a post to remind all mothers with children at nurseries, pre-schools and schools to consider/check out fire safety procedures. I was in Villagio in Doha yesterday with my 22 month old when the fire broke out close to where we were shopping, I won't comment on the actions of "officials" and I don't want to write anything that will cause this post to be deleted but while we waited outside, people continued to shop and pose for pictures in front of the smoke for up to an hour after the fire broke out, until finally the smoke was too much. My son does not attend nursery but the nursery inside the mall was one I would have considered when he turns 3 and I have visited it before to collect my friend's son. I know a woman whose 3 triplets (barely 2 years old) were all killed in the fire which trapped all the children and staff in an upstairs nursery. There was only one exit and the fire blocked it. According to officials,13 children and 4 teachers were all killed after the stairs collapsed and they were trapped.Two rescue staff also died trying to save them. Last night I listened to my baby breath and quietly cried at even the thought of losing him. We will finally be installing the smoke detectors we bought but never got around to putting up, we will also be buying a second fire extinguisher to keep upstairs and planning our escape routes. I don't co-sleep anymore but right now I can't let my toddler out of my sight. If your child is at nursery, make a point of checking out the fire escape routes (there should be more than one way out) and take notice of whether the staff and children take part in proper fire drills where they practice the actual evacuation.

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