JAIPUR: Officials from Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) said that they are checking all the infrastructure and gearing up ahead of Diwali to control fire instances.
Both the civic bodies have planned placing fire tenders at common locations and deploying bike fire tenders for smaller lanes in the Walled City to avoid any accidents during Diwali. Extra water tanks will also be deployed to ensure proper availability of water in case of any major accident.
Officials said that the department gets around 50-100 cases of fire on the day of Diwali and inspections will be conducted over the next few days to identify places where fire brigades are to be deployed for safety.
Devendra Meena, chief fire officer JMC Heritage said, “We are working continuously to ensure that fire incidents can be reduced this year. We have fire brigades, fire bikes, extinguishers all in places. We are also continuously working to connect areas with pipelines and testing them so that there is nearby water connectivity.”
In both JMC Greater and JMC Heritage officials have been instructed to conduct surveys to check which buildings do not have firefighting measures and accordingly plan the deployment of fire tenders during Diwali.
Officials in JMC Greater said that licenses for setting up cracker shops have been given to only those who had proper firefighting measures. Paras Jain, chairperson of fire safety committee in JMC Greater said, “In the city licenses for setting up firecracker shops have been given to only those shops where proper firefighting measures were available.”
Both the civic bodies have planned placing fire tenders at common locations and deploying bike fire tenders for smaller lanes in the Walled City to avoid any accidents during Diwali. Extra water tanks will also be deployed to ensure proper availability of water in case of any major accident.
Officials said that the department gets around 50-100 cases of fire on the day of Diwali and inspections will be conducted over the next few days to identify places where fire brigades are to be deployed for safety.
Devendra Meena, chief fire officer JMC Heritage said, “We are working continuously to ensure that fire incidents can be reduced this year. We have fire brigades, fire bikes, extinguishers all in places. We are also continuously working to connect areas with pipelines and testing them so that there is nearby water connectivity.”
In both JMC Greater and JMC Heritage officials have been instructed to conduct surveys to check which buildings do not have firefighting measures and accordingly plan the deployment of fire tenders during Diwali.
Officials in JMC Greater said that licenses for setting up cracker shops have been given to only those who had proper firefighting measures. Paras Jain, chairperson of fire safety committee in JMC Greater said, “In the city licenses for setting up firecracker shops have been given to only those shops where proper firefighting measures were available.”
