Nitish for a centralised call centre to perk-up fire services

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today directed state fire services officials to establish a centralised call centre for timely relay of information on fire incidents to fire brigade, primary health centres and police.
"We need to establish a centralised call centre to relay information about fire incidents not only to the fire stations, but also the nearest primary health centres and police stations. This will help expedite arrival of ambulances and cut down on loss of lives and property," Kumar said.
The Chief Minister was speaking during a review of the work of state fire services, its achievements and detailed report about fire incidents across the state.

He directed the officials to expedite construction of fire stations in districts and subdivisions.
The state government has approved 17 fire stations at district level and 11 at sub-division level across Bihar.
Kumar said the government would not let any resource crunch happen in the effort to strengthen and modernise the fire services.

He also directed the officials to ensure purchase of modern mist-technology-based fire tenders and provide them at all police stations in the state.
Bihar Fire Services and Home Guard Director General (DG) P N Rai informed the Chief Minister that 155 mist- technology based fire tenders have been provided to police stations in the state and the bodies of 240 more such vehicles were being built.

Kumar also stressed on the vacant posts in the fire services and asked the officials to fill them up as soon as possible.
Bihar Chief Secretary Anjani Kumar Singh, Home Secretary Amir Subhani, Disaster Management Department Principal Secretary Vyas Ji, Director General of Police P K Thakur and several other officials were also present at the review meet.