These centres, she said, either had dormitories crowded with students or furniture layouts blocking exits, making it difficult for rescue operations to be carried out in the event of a fire.
“They have been given three months to make the necessary improvements before the Fire and Rescue Department conducts a second inspection. “The periodic inspection will be carried out at all tahfiz centres so that safety aspects are always complied with and to see if there is a need for any improvement to the students’ safety,” she said after a visit to the department’s state headquarters at Indera Mahkota yesterday.Citing Pahang, Zuraida said only 87 premises complied with fire-safety standards out of the 137 registered tahfiz centres inspected from last October until March this year.