Delhi Fire Service (DFS) is the state-owned service that attends fire/rescue calls in the National Capital Territory of
Delhi
Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders w ...
in
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
. The service consists of 61
fire station
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A fire station (also called a fire house, fire hall, firemen's hall, or engine house) is a structure or other area for storing firefighting apparatuses such as fire engines and related vehicles, personal protective equipment, fire h ...
s and 3616 personnel (3280
firefighter
A firefighter is a first responder and rescuer extensively trained in firefighting, primarily to extinguish hazardous fires that threaten life, property, and the environment as well as to rescue people and in some cases or jurisdictions also ...
s, 289 mechanics), and attends to 22,000 fire and rescue calls on an average every year.
[ ] 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 service
A fire department (American English) or fire brigade (Commonwealth English), also known as a fire authority, fire district, fire and rescue, or fire service in some areas, is an organization that provides fire prevention and fire suppression se ...
s in India.
Zones
Delhi is divided into 3 zones with 2 geographical divisions within each:
* New Delhi Fire Zone - East Division and Central Divisions
* South Fire Zone - South Division and South West Divisions
* West Fire Zone - West Division and North West Divisions
Command
* Director of Fire Services - 1
* Chief Fire Officer - 5
* Deputy Chief Fire Officers - 5
* Divisional Officers - 9
* Assistant Divisional Officers - 24
The department reports to Principal Secretary (Home)for the Government of NCT of Delhi.
Ranks
* Director
* Chief Fire Officer
* Dy. Chief Fire Officer
* Divisional Officer
* Assistant Divisional officer
* Station Officer
* Sub-Officer & Sub Officers (Drivers)
* Leading Firemen
* Fireman & Fire operators
Notes and references
External links
Delhi Fire ServiceA study
now archive
here
State agencies of Delhi
Fire departments of India
1942 establishments in India
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