Fire Departments of Pakistan provides fire brigade and

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Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...

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or fire brigade is a

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organization that provides predominantly emergency

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services for a certain jurisdiction, which is typically a

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, county, or fire protection district. A fire department usually contains one or more fire stations within its boundaries, and may be staffed by career

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s, volunteer firefighters, or a combination thereof (referred to as a combination department). The National Institute of Fire Technology provides advance training to fire departments in Pakistan. The National Institute of Fire Technology is based in

Islamabad Islamabad (; ur, , ) is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's ninth-most populous city, with a population of over 1.2 million people, and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital T ...

and is affiliated with the Directorate of

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of the Ministry of Interior.

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Directorate of Civil Defense

Karachi Fire Brigade in shambles
Fire departments of Pakistan

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