Delhi Fire Service

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Delhi Fire Service
दिल्ली अग्निशमन सेवा
Delhi Fire Service Basic Fire Truck.jpg
We Serve to Save
Agency overview
Established1942
Fire chief Sh. Atul Garg
Facilities and equipment
Stations 61
Trucks 198
Rescues 3

Delhi Fire Service (DFS) is the state-owned service that attends fire/rescue calls in the National Capital Territory of Delhi in India. The service consists of 61 fire stations and 3616 personnel (3280 firefighters, 289 mechanics), and attends to 22,000 fire and rescue calls on an average every year. [1] The administrative control of The Delhi Fire Service rests with the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi. The average number of fire/rescue calls attended by DFS is much more than any other metropolitan fire services in India.[ citation needed ]

Contents

Zones

Delhi is divided into 3 zones with 2 geographical divisions within each:

Command

The department reports to Principal Secretary (Home)for the Government of NCT of Delhi.

Ranks

Notes and references

  1. "Delhi Fire Services". www.delhi.gov.in. Archived from the original on 5 May 2009.


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