The municipal corporation has reduced the period of compliance to fire safety rules for establishments to a month from nearly four months before, in view of several incidents over the past one month, said sources. The Mumbai Fire Brigade earlier gave societies 120 days to get their non-operational fire fighting system working.

It is mandatory to have an efficient fire-fighting system in the buildings, but it has come to light that many irresponsible establishments are ignoring this mandate, the sources added. Therefore, the BMC has now undertaken a special campaign for fire safety. A team of four to five officials from each ward would go to the societies and establishments to check their fire safety system.