Dubai, world's safest city with 'Smart System' Proj

Dubai, Jan 7: Dubai will be the world's safest city by 2010, whena "smart system" project to be established over the next two years willprotect 100,000 establishments, a civil defence official said.

The project depends on an electronic monitoring system on everybuilding that will trigger the fire extinguishers and report accidents,once they happen, via satellites linked to the civil defence operationsroom.

So far, 540 buildings, 1,500 houses and 390 flats in two DubaiMarina have the smart system. There will be some 4,600 installations ofthis kind, in more than 8,000 buildings, including apartment towers,said the official.

Direct alarm systems are obligatory for all categories ofbuildings, whether new or old, and they will be installed provided thebasic electronic infrastructure is available.

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