Awareness on fire prevention stressed

                                            Awareness on fire prevention stressed

DC CORRESPONDENT

ONGOLE, APRIL 15

The fire services department is going to bring about awareness about prevention of fire mishaps in view of summer all over the Prakasam district. The state Disaster Response and fire services together are conducting national fire service week from April 14 to 20 in eleven fire stations of the district. The fire services demonstrated fire appliance and further fire fighting methods here on Sunday.

The Prakasam district fire officer, Mr R. Gnanasundaram said that department would conduct fire prevention inspections and demos in residential apartments, in slums to awareness on LPG safety, careless smoking, fire hazards and electricity safety on April 16. He added that lectures and fire drills would be held in schools, colleges and other educational institutions to make students aware about fire mishaps on April 17 and also in industries, petrol pumps and LPG storage godowns on April 18. In view of recent fire mishaps in hospitals, the department would conduct fire prevention inspections and first aid fire fighting training in hospitals on April 19.

Mr Gnanasundaram said that department would conduct workshops and seminars on fire on April 20 all over the district. Mentioning about historical background of the national fire week, he said that on 14 April 1944, a ship SS Forte caught fire at Victoria dockyard of Mumbai port in which 336 people killed and 87 was injured. He added that in a bid to control the flames of the ship 66 firemen also died in that incident hence government had declared it as national fire services week. The fire staff distributed pamphlets to public about saving lives through smoke management.      

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