Fire department on its toes

Kochi | Wednesday | 1st August, 2018

Summary:

A new fleet of vehicles received by the Fire and Rescue Services Department. As part of it, the department will deploy 360 personnel with equipment across Ernakulam and Idukki districts. We have ensured that all equipment are operational while the personnel have been directed to be on duty by cancelling their leaves and day offs,” said R.

Prasad, Director (technical), Fire and Rescue Services Department. more-inTo combat the eventualities that may arise from the rising water level in the event of opening the shutters of Idukki dam, the Ernakulam division of the Fire and Rescue Services Department has come up with a crisis response and management plan. In addition to this, 50 scuba teams have also been readied to be part of the disaster management operations..