Tangerang needs fire trucks

Tangerang needs fire trucks

TANGERANG: The Tangerang Fire Department has said that it
lacks the hook and ladder trucks necessary for fighting fires in
high-rise buildings.

"We submitted a proposal to Mayor Wahidin Halim but he said
the cash-strapped administration could not afford (the trucks).
But they purchased trucks for us, but they were types of trucks
that we did not urgently need," fire department chief Hendro
Ruswiyanto told The Jakarta Post over the weekend.

Hendro said there were dozens of buildings and offices in the
municipality that were at least eight stories tall.

He said one ladder truck cost between Rp 7 billion
(US$823,530) and Rp 15 billion.

Tangerang deputy mayor Deddy Safei said the administration
could not afford the trucks even if it paid for them on an
installment basis.

"I suggest that the developers of multistory buildings in the
town go in together to buy the ladder trucks because it is in
their own interest," he said. -- JP