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- ↑ "CISF Fire Service". Cisf.gov.in. Central Industrial Security Force. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ↑ "FSTI". Nisa.gov.in. National Industrial Security Academy. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ↑ Sharma, M. D.; Sharma, M. C. (2008). "Central Industrial Security Force – Fire Wing". Paramilitary Forces of India. Delhi: Gyan Publishing House. p. 147. ISBN 978-8178357089.