179 fire calls received by AFES in past 33 days

In Ahmedabad, most people don’t care about fire safety and numbers speak for themselves. From January to February 2, 179 fire emergency calls were received by the Ahmedabad Fire and Emergency Service (AFES) department, that is around five to six calls per day.

Of the total number of calls, there was seven major incidents in Ahmedabad, where more than eight firefighting vehicles sent to control the situation. Fortunately, no casualty was reported in any of the incidents, but one incident saw two women had a minor suffer burn injuires.

As per the fire officer, usually in a month, the department’s control room receives 90about to 110 fire-related calls, but this month, the calls have doubled. Apart from that, there were seven incidents where the situation went worse and more than eight fire-vehicles and more than 50 firemen were sent to control the situation.

Rajesh Bhatt, Additional Chief Fire officer, said, “On an average, the department receives around three to four calls on a daily basis, but in the month of January a total of 179 fire-related calls were received, which double the usual number.

“Apart from that, if we talk about rescue calls, it was 216 in January.” said Bhatt

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