Smaller fire-fighting vehicles for Delhi
April 14th, 2011 - 12:58 am ICT by IANSNew Delhi, April 13 (IANS) The Delhi Fire Service is deploying smaller fire response vehicles to negotiate the narrow lanes and heavy traffic of the capital, an official said Wednesday.
“Ten small water tenders, one control van and five fast response vehicles with water nist technology have been added to the fleet,” Delhi Fire Service chief A.K. Sharma told reporters.
“The fast response vehicle, an Innova fitted with necessary equipments like thermal imaging cameras, water cylinders and small pumps, would be very helpful in reaching the spots in narrow lanes,” Sharma added.
The capital city witnessed a total of 22,187 fire and rescue calls in 2010-11, against 21,314 in 2009-10.
At present, the fire department has 53 stations. A total of 17 more will be added in the 11th Five Year Plan. However, the department is facing a staff crunch.
“One of our pre-requirement is that the candidate should have a heavy motor vehicle driving licence, which most of them don’t have,” Sharma said.
According to him, the fire department has issued show cause notices to over 2,000 buildings for violating fire safety norms in the last one year, of which 547 complied with requirements.
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