Finding a way-out from dangerously rising flames can be life threatening and challenging unless you have the aid and assistance of quality fire fighting equipments that can save your life on time. We often get perturbed by hearing the news of fire accidents. Ever year in India number of innocent lives are lost in due to fire accidents.
Thankfully Bhopal has no such record excluding some minor ones. To what extent State government has taken initiative is evident from the up gradation of the services of fire stations in Bhopal. Fire stations are provides with advanced fire fighting equipments to tackle any grave situation. Once limited to select few, today you can find array of fire fighting equipments.
Among various fire fighting products made vailable are rust resistant Fire Hose Nozzles, Hydrant Gate Valves, Fire Hose Reels, Fire hose rack, Fire Adaptors, Fire Valves, Fire Sprinkler Valves, NST Valves, Fire Hose Valves and more. Manufactured by using high quality materials they are instrumental in averting the crisis on time.
Each state has its own trusted and dependable fire department, with brave firefighters risking their own lives to save others. Bhopal has no exception of this. They have a very efficient fire department with courageous and hard working people.
These people are trained to keep others and themselves safe during a fire breakout. They go through a basic training in fire fighting. The Police Training and Research Institute Bhopal and the Mantralaya Police Fire Station Bhopal are well-known institutes that train their men and women in the art and science of fire fighting and other crisis.
Some of the basic firefighting equipment you are most likely to spot at any fire stations is Special Water Tenders/ Foam/Co2/DCP Tenders with high and low pressure pumps. Specialized vehicles include a Rescue Master, which contains various life saving equipments such as hydraulic jack, light master, etc. it helps to save lives in natural as well as man-made calamities.
They also have Hydraulic Platform cum turntable which is very helpful during fires in high-rise buildings. This equipment is a highly sophisticated vehicle that is fitted with a ladder which can reach a height up to 32 meters.
The functions and duties of every firefighter are universal. They are to save life and property from fire, to conduct and help in rescue operations, to assist or evacuate people during natural calamities/disasters, such as, floods, earthquakes etc., to educate and create the necessary public awareness for fire prevention and fire fighting, to provide guidance to hotels, hospitals, multistory buildings, factories, cinema houses and other institutes on fire fighting arrangements and fire safety requirements and to co-ordinate among other agencies to help and ensure better efficiency during any natural calamity/disaster.
List of Fire Stations in Bhopal :
MR. ASHOK DOHARE (ADG)
Phone- +91- 755- 100, 2443711, 2574435, 2443662
Fax- +91- 755- 2443663
Email- adg_fire@mppolice.gov.in
Urgent Fire Safety Devices
Address: 354 Durgesh Vihar, J K RoadIndustrial Area, Govindpura, Bhopal- 462023, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Phone: 0755-4284530
Technical Fire Protection Services
Address: 3, Near Thana Tallaiya, Sultania Road, Bhopal- 462001, Madhya Pradesh, India.