> Police: Fire extinguisher behind display motorcycle accessible in an emergency

Police officers made sure that a fire extinguisher was accessible in an emergency before parking a motorcycle in front of it as an exhibit on display at a Punggol Plaza exhibition, the police said.

Earlier, a STOMPer wrote about his concerns regarding a police motorcycle parked in front of the fire extinguisher.

In an email reply to STOMP, the police said:

“The police motorcycle was one of the exhibits on display at the recent Police recruitment exhibition at Punggol Plaza last weekend.

“Our officers made sure the fire extinguisher was accessible in an emergency when positioning the display and they were also stationed nearby to assist.

“There were no security or safety concerns.”

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Is the fire extinguisher easily accessible?

Is the fire extinguisher unobstructed?

Is the fire extinguisher easily located?

Is that a helmet on the fire extinguisher box?

Does the motorcycle have shades of red similar to the fire extinguiser?

Is SPF’s exhibition above SCDF’s Fire Safety Act that fire extinguishers should be clear of obstructions?

Who decided whether there are any security or safety concerns? Is he/she qualified to make that decision?

“There were no security or safety concerns.”

Apologising when “things should not have happened this way, I’m sorry it had” is way too late. Having officers “stationed nearby” does not matter when people can run out of subordinate courts and top security installations when there are more professionals “stationed” there.