Yogi Govt steps up precautionary measures against fire outbreaks this summer
ICCCs must keep constant vigil to avoid fire incidents: CM
Emergency response time should be reduced to 7 mins in urban areas: Yogi
Govt to provide fire tender facility in all tehsils
Lucknow, March 30, 2022
To avert fire mishaps amid summers, the Yogi Government has taken a slew of measures ranging from utilizing the Integrated command and control centre (ICCC) to prevent such incidents to ensuring provision of fire tender facility in all tehsils.
While chairing his first high-level review meeting with senior officials after assuming charge for his second term, Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday instructed, “Many states saw fire outbreaks in hospitals amid Covid-19 menace. Our elaborate arrangements helped in avoiding any such incident in UP, however, we must maintain caution and carry out physical review of fire safety arrangements at all places.”
Determined to protect the state against any such incidents, the Chief Minister further directed the officials to utilize the Integrated Command Control Centres (ICCCs), which contributed significantly towards Covid-19 management, for keeping round-the-clock vigilance on fire safety management so that in case of any deficiency or disturbance, the system is rectified with immediate effect.
The ICCCs that are functional in each district, will also comfort people in cases of natural calamities such as heat waves, floods, etc.
In addition, the Uttar Pradesh government is also working to provide fire tender with modern facilities in all the tehsils. This will not only give a substantial boost to the Fire and Rescue Services forces in the State, but will also enable in controlling such incidents.
The Chief Minister has also instructed to bring down the emergency response time to 15 minutes in rural areas and 7 minutes in urban areas.
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