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Kolkata: The state Fire and Emergency Services department has introduced two sophisticated mobile control rooms that will operate directly from the site of major fires and thus will contribute in arresting the flames more effectively. "The mobile control room infrastructure has been set up in two buses. The mobile control room is equipped with features like power back-up in the form of a portable generator to provide uninterrupted power in locations where the power lines have been disconnected. The two mobile units have bio-toilets for firefighters engaged in these emergency situations and also resting rooms for fatigued firefighters. The department has spent over Rs 1 crore for the procurement of these two mobile control room facilities..