Bangladesh Fire Safety on Radar for Mark Chubb

Almost two years after Rana Plaza, the commitment to factory safety in Bangladesh has not lost steam. On the contrary, it seems to be picking up momentum under the direction of Mark Chubb, a fire-safety expert who moved to Dhaka from Seattle to take up a new position as safety officer for the Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety. A certified chief fire officer who has dealt with situations in fire safety and emergency management for more than three decades, Chubb is expected to bring greater strength to the process of ensuring factory safety. Efforts for worker and building safety have been an important focus in Bangladesh after the collapse of Rana Plaza on April 24, 2013, which cost 1,133 workers their lives. The Alliance represents a group of North American apparel brands and retailers, including Gap Inc., J.C. Penney Co., Kohl’s Corp., Target Corp., VF Corp. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Bangladesh is the second-largest exporter of apparel in the world, after China, with exports of $24.5 billion in the sector last year. Chubb has a clear view of the work ahead. “I have characterized the challenges I have seen here into two buckets, if you will,” he said. “One bucket are challenges that are unique

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