MODERNIZE THE FIRE BRIGADE OF INDIA

Santosh: - People always blame us. As a fireman, what else can we do rather than trying our level best to bring the fire under control? No one complains against the Municipal Corporations. Those corrupted Mayors and the Civil Engineers of Municipal Corporations will take bribe from the promoters and will sanction illegal plans for constructing buildings. The Electricity boards of India never bother to do regular check-ups of the newly constructed buildings to see whether the electrical wirings are safe or not.

Fatima: - What about your departments? Hardly, I have seen Fire Ministers of any state in India taking any initiative to check whether the fire safety is maintained in all the buildings or not. There is no concept of Fire Inspector in India. In our country, every month, the Fire Inspectors will come and inspect all building. If they find anything wrong about that building regarding the fire safety, then they will give 2 warnings to the owner of that building. If the owner of the building does not take any step to maintain fire safety in that building, then an FIR will be lodged against him/her, and will be arrested, if any fire breaks out in that building in future.

Arindam: - Don’t compare your country with India. Here the Supreme Court as well as the Central Government loves to sleep like Rip Van Winkle. How many fire stations can you see in big cities of India? If a fire breaks out in the northern part of the city, the firemen start their journey from the southernmost tip of the city, as there is no fire station in the northern region. Before the firemen reach the spot, everything has been already destroyed in the fire. Within every 4 Km, there should be a fire station.

Vijay: - The Police department as well as the fire brigade of India is not so quick in tackling the disaster caused by fire. They lack co-operation among themselves in times of crisis.

Santosh: - You people are not talking about the callous attitude of the general public in India. They will buy gas cylinders from local vendors which often burst in their kitchen and causes fire. The LPG providers like Bharat Gas and others never sent any inspector from their side to check the kitchen of their customers. What to say about big corporate and offices? The HR and the Security Team of those companies do not even give proper training to their employees about how to tackle themselves, during a fire breakout.

Arindam: - It is not always true. It is the other way round. Whenever there is a fire drill, the employees just regard it as a joke and fun time. As a net result, whenever there is a real fire breakout, employees start panicking instead of keeping their head cool and opting for the fire exit door.

Vijay: - in our earlier days, there used to be staircases outside the building that acted as a fire exit way. But, nowadays, the buildings are like closed circuits or matchboxes, with no proper planned ventilations at all. Whenever there is a power cut, the inside of those buildings look like a cave, full of darkness. What is the use of a building, where fresh air cannot enter? Those are bullshits constructions. The qualities of Civil Engineers and Architects have degraded. They only know to construct multi-storied buildings with the electrical points of Air Conditioner machines. There were also instances where fire broke out inside the building due to the burst of A/C machines. Moreover, the plastic or PVC pipes are also deadly. If there is a fire in a building, then these PVC pipes acts as catalysts. Even the plastic sheets are deadly. It is feasible to make buildings, where strong glasses are used. At least, you can come out of that building during fire breakouts.

Fatima: - The undisciplined & callous Indian people never learn from their mistakes. Hence, there will be more fire breakouts. So, it’s better to “MODERNIZE THE FIRE BRIGADE OF INDIA”.