Campaigners also want Primark, with Matalan and Mango, which have also used the building's products, to sign the Bangladesh Fire and Building Safety Agreement of firms, unions and non-governmental organisations aimed at ending the "appallingly unsafe factory conditions" in that country.
Gale has come under fire for building lucrative residential units before commercial lease buildings.
They are demanding fair compensation from Wal-Mart and a legally binding agreement from manufacturers to ensure fire and building safety and worker rights.
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Human-rights groups have been calling on apparel brands and retailers to sign on to the Bangladesh Fire and Building Safety Agreement, which would establish a system of independent factory inspectors whose recommendations would be binding.
Labor and human-rights groups have been calling on apparel brands and retailers to sign on to the Bangladesh Fire and Building Safety Agreement, which would establish a system of independent factory inspections whose recommendations would be binding.
In addition to providing a nationwide, interoperable network for Public Safety for the first time, it would provide the ability to view real-time video, check license plates in real time, and download building layouts so fire fighters could see how the building is laid out and if there are any hazardous materials inside.
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"The new hospital does have all the latest innovations that are required as part of the City of Edinburgh Council requirements, the fire authority requirements and the building memoranda from the government, so we comply fully with everything that is necessary in terms of the fire safety for our patients and staff in the new building, " he said.
Additional floors often are hastily added without reference to fire and other building codes, monitors say.
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Mr. CORTEZ TROTTER (Chief Emergency Officer, Chicago): You remember the LaSalle Bank Building fire?
The five-year, legally binding contract requires them to help pay for fire safety and building improvements in Bangladesh.
The onlookers who had now become demonstrators then shoved garbage cans set on fire into the building through the broken windows.
An armed robber dressed as a postman tied up a postmistress at gunpoint and set fire to the building before fleeing.
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In March 2010, 24 people were killed in a huge fire in a building near the city's central Park Street area.
The man barricaded himself and set fire to the building as officers were trying to get him to surrender, Ramos said.
Plans included modernizing equipment, overhauling fire- and building-safety laws, and increasing inspections.
It quoted an unidentified worker as saying the fire engulfed the building in three minutes, leaving too little time for many to flee.
The Kabul headquarters of the aid organization CARE International still reeks of scorched wood nearly a week after rioters set fire to the building.
Plans included modernizing equipment, increasing the number of fire stations in industrial areas and overhauling fire- and building-safety laws and regulations, inspections and worker training.
The inescapable conclusion is that the Russians opened fire on a building filled with hostages, including hundreds of children, in order to head off negotiations.
According to this theory, reconstruction work on the theatre was behindhand, and gangsters were paid to set fire to the building to prevent a penalty being imposed.
Republicans braying on about passing a balanced budget amendment while the president threatens to put the country into default and hold up Social Security checks reminds me of a bunch of puffed-up, town politicians milling around the scene of a building fire, getting in the way of firefighters, giving press interviews amongst the ladders and hoses, demanding stricter fire codes to make future fires impossible.
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Until recently, building automation, lighting controls, fire safety and other base building systems were designed and deployed to support a single building service and operated independently on proprietary network and cables.
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The Bangladesh Building and Fire Safety Agreement is a proposal for a sector-wide initiative that includes independent building inspections, worker rights training, public disclosure and a long-overdue review of safety standards.
Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service pointed out the staff had fire safety awareness training and repeated advice for members of the public not to enter a building on fire.
"Apparently they tried to flee the building through the stairwell in fear that the fire had engulfed the whole building, " he said.
By permitting the fire department to destroy the building, the Patels formally transferred their property interests to the fire department.
Shortly afterwards, a single gunshot was heard inside the building as fire began to spread through the cabin.
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Authorities also have promised to improve factory safety by modernizing equipment, overhauling fire-safety and building-safety laws, and increasing inspections.
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