Uttarakhand Fire and Emergency Services

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Uttarakhand Fire and Emergency Services
उत्तराखण्ड अग्निशमन एवं आपात सेवा
Uttarakhand Fire and Emergency Services Logo.png
Emblem of the Uttarakhand Fire and Emergency Services
Operational area
Country Uttarakhand, India
Address Dehradun, Uttarakhand
Agency overview
Established9 November 2000
Annual calls2000–3000
Employees1498
Annual budget₹86.5 Cr [1]
Commissioner Deepam Seth, IPS Director General of Uttarakhand Police
Fire chief Neeru Garg, IPS, IG Fire Service [2]
Chief Fire Officer 9
EMS level BLS
MottoWe Serve to Save
Facilities and equipment
Stations 47
Engines 205
Platforms 1
Ambulances 20
Airport crash 7
Aerial Ladder Platforms 1
Website
https://ukfireservices.com

The Uttarakhand Fire and Emergency Services [3] is the public service department of the Government of Uttarakhand whose function is to firefighting and emergency services in Uttarakhand. It is responsible for the provision of fire protection and life safety as well as responding to building collapses, drownings, gas leakage, oil spillage, road and rail accidents, bird and animal rescues, fallen trees and taking appropriate action during natural disasters. The department has now 48 fire stations consisting of nearly 1400 executive personnel and nearly 98 ministerial staff. The headquarters the department is situated at Dehradun.

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History

Uttarakhand Fire department came into existence with the formation of Uttarakhand state on 9 November 2000. Earlier it had 22 fire stations. Shri Aloke. B. Lal I.P.S was the first Inspector General of Uttarakhand Fire and Emergency Services and Shri. C. K. Chakravarty was the first Chief Fire Officer of Uttarakhand Fire and Emergency Service. Today, Uttarakhand Fire and Emergency service has 48 fire stations/units, including 5 fire stations/unit dedicated to industrial area.

Organisational structure

The head of the department is the Director General (D.G.) who is the rank of the D.G.P., I.P.S. rank. Under this rank is an Inspector General who is the rank of the I.G., I.P.S. and Deputy Inspector General who is the rank of the D.I.G., I.P.S. and at the Headquarters, and a deputy director (Technical) at the Uttarakhand Fire and Emergency Services Headquarters, Dehradun. There are 13 districts, located in Almora, Bageshwar, Chamoli, Champawat, Dehradun, Haridwar, Nainital, Pauri Garhwal, Rudraprayag, Tehri Garhwal, Udham Singh Nagar and Uttarkashi where Chief Fire Officers are in charge. Each district has a Chief Fire Office and under each Chief Fire Officer there are fire stations where a Station Officer serves the station in charge.

At each station, in addition to Fire Station Officer there are Fire Station Second Officer, Leading Firemen, Fire Service Driver, and Firemen.

Hierarchy

Officers [4]

Sub-ordinates [5]

Fire stations

DistrictDivisionFire Station
Chamoli Garhwal
Dehradun
Haridwar
Pauri Garhwal
Rudraprayag
Tehri Garhwal
Uttarkashi
Almora Kumaon
Bageshwar
Champawat
Nainital
Pithoragarh
Udham Singh Nagar

Women in fire service

The department has started to appoint a woman Firefighter in the State [6] since 2021. The Smt Kiran Joshi is a first female Firefighter as a Fireman (FireWomen) in Uttarakhand Fire Service.

Mission

Vision

Services

See also

References

  1. ↑ https://budget.uk.gov.in/files/Khand-5_Part-1.pdf
  2. ↑ https://uttarakhandpolice.uk.gov.in/whoswhos
  3. ↑ Uttarakhand Fire and Emergency Services
  4. ↑ "ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE | Uttarakhand Fire and Emergency Services".
  5. ↑ https://www.indiacode.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/5106/1/fire_service_2016_.pdf
  6. ↑ https://www.jagran.com/lite/uttarakhand/dehradun-city-now-women-personnel-will-also-be-posted-in-fire-department-21378270.html
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