Fire department of Pune have pulled up their socks for the festive season  

PUNE: NP NEWS 24 ONLINE – After various fire outburst at various places, Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) is geared up to deal with fire incidences for the upcoming Christmas and New Year celebrations. The fire brigade has formed eight teams to deal with any eventuality and has also inspected city restaurants planning parties on new year eve.

According to the central fire station divisional fire officer Sunil Gilbile, all precautionary arrangements have been made by the civic body to avoid fire mishaps.

According to the PMC fire department, the civic fire department is ready to deal with any kind of situation during the festival celebrations with 13 fire vehicles, 5 water tankers, 2 rescue vans, 3 hydraulic platform and 8 mini fire vehicles.

Gilbile said, “With the help of eight teams headed by eight station officers, we are keeping a watch during the festival celebrations. As per our earlier experiences, there were hardly any fire calls during this festival season. So as a precautionary measure on the backdrop of Mumbai fire incidence we are ready to deal with any situation.’’

“We have given special attention to the management of staff and fire calls for dealing with emergency cases,” Gilbile added.

According to the fire brigade officials in Pune, restaurants should have enough emergency exits. All pubs, as well as, restaurants keeping fire-related decorative items should have a separate arrangement for fire safety.

The civic body has already given no objection certificates (NOC) to restaurant and hotel operators considering all firefighting norms to be fulfilled. So, restaurant owners should approach police Commissionerate to seek permission regarding for the organisation of the party.

90 firemen along with fire inspectors have been highly trained to tackle fire incidences. According to the PMC currently, 490 is the strength of the civic fire department which will keep a watch in various parts of the city.