Committee of Supply 2026 debate, Day 2: Rachel Ong on preventing house fires with technology
Unattended cooking remains one of the leading causes of residential fires in Singapore and according to the Singapore Civil Defence Force, many of these incidents involve seniors. MP Rachel Ong said this in parliament on Friday (Feb 27), where she added that technology offers practical opportunities for preventing such incidents, giving the examples of stoves with built-in safety sensors in Japan and smart stove-monitoring devices in Korea.
Unattended cooking remains one of the leading causes of residential fires in Singapore and according to the Singapore Civil Defence Force, many of these incidents involve seniors. MP Rachel Ong said this in parliament on Friday (Feb 27), where she added that technology offers practical opportunities for preventing such incidents, giving the examples of stoves with built-in safety sensors in Japan and smart stove-monitoring devices in Korea.
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