90 Volunteers To Be Trained At 3 Centres
The city fire brigade's newest fire engine, with a 90metre hydraulic ladder, was commissioned in Byculla on Sunday . Probably the tallest in the country , the Rs 16-crore ladder will help firefighters reach up to about 30 floors of any highrise in an emergency . Earlier, the fire brigade's tallest ladder could reach up to 70 metres.
Incidentally , The Imperial residential twin towers at Tardeo have 61 storeys each.
An expert from the Finnish manufacturer, Bronto Skylift, will train a batch of fire brigade officials on how to operate it from Monday .
The day also saw the inauguration of the Byculla command centre and its volunteer training programme.
The fire engine was inaugurated in the presence of Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray , municipal commissioner Ajoy Mehta and mayor Snehal Ambekar, who later got on to it and inspected it.
The fire brigade has now set its eyes on procuring an 81metre ladder, which will be more manoeuvrable in narrow spaces.
Mehta said in a lighter vein that while the 90-metre hydraulic platform had been inaugurated, he hoped that there would be no such contingency that the force would need to use it for. The Mumbai Fire Brigade's training programme will see 30 citizens attached to each of the three command centres, and they will take precautions and preventive measures till fire brigade personnel arrive at the spot.
Mehta said, “This volunteer training programme is being launched as citizens are the first to respond to any emergency . We have also redesigned our fire safety posters. We want to educate citizens so they themselves can check if their buildings are fire-safe.“
The six-storey Byculla command centre, built at a cost of Rs 24 crore, will coordinate during emergencies in south Mumbai, and will house sophisticated fire equipment.Chief fire officer P Rahangdale said the command centre had been built to be self-sufficient in terms of infrastructure, men and machines. It will handle 90% fire cases, rather than have vehicles summoned from far-off fire stations,“ said Rahangdale.
Three fire-fighters, whose names were approved for the President's fire service medals for gallantry and six who will be given medals for gallantry , were also felicitated on Sunday .
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