I am thankful to the Core Group, SFAC members and other fire experts for their cooperation in the formulation of the National Guidelines for the Scaling, Type of Equipment and Training of Fire Services in India by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).
I place my sincere gratitude and appreciation for the guidance and constructive suggestions made by Shri M.V. Deshmukh, Director, Fire Services, Govt. of Maharashtra, Prof. D. Ravindra Prasad, Advisor, Urban Governance, Administrative Staff College, Hyderabad, Shri S.K. Dheri, presently Managing Director, DLF Services Ltd. (Ex-Director Delhi Fire Services), Shri Om Prakash, Fire Advisor, Govt. of India, Shri D.K. Shami, Dy. Fire Advisory, Govt. of India, Shri A.K. Sharma, Director, Delhi Fire Service and Shri Gopal Chandra Misra, Delhi Fire Service, which have helped in improving the content as well as preparation of these guidelines.
I also thanks Senior Specialists of NDMA Maj. Gen. (Retd.) R.K. Kaushal, AVSM, SM**, VSM**, PPMG, Maj. Gen. (Retd.) V.K. Datta, AVSM, SM**, VSM**, PPMG, Brig. (Dr.) B.K. Khana, Col. J.R. Kaushik and Shri Shivajee Singh for their inputs and valuable comments.
The efforts of Shri Binaya Bhusan Gadanayak, Specialists (IRS) and Shri V. K. Gupta, for drafting these guideline are highly appreciated.
I am happy to acknowledge the support and cooperation extended by Shri Sutanu Behuria, IAS, Secretary, NDMA along with his team and members of my office Shri Amod Kumar, Shri Vinod Kumar Gupta and Shri Rakesh Kumar Verma.
Finally, I would like to express my gratitude to our Hon’ble Vice Chairman, Shri M. Shashidhar Reddy, MLA for his critical review and inputs, that have added immense value to the contents as well as the quality of these Guidelines. I also acknowledge my sincere gratitude to all the distinguished Members of NDMA for their valuable suggestions and feedback from time to time.
New Delhi April, 2012
Jyoti Kumar Sinha
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Abbreviations
| ASCI | Administrative Staff College of India |
|---|---|
| BIS | Bureau of Indian Standards |
| CISF | Central Industrial Security Force |
| DG S&D | Director General of Supplies & Disposals |
| FC | Finance Commission |
| GoI | Government of India |
| GIS | Geographic Information System |
| GIA | Grants-in-Aid |
| GST | Goods and Services Tax |
| H/him | Her / him |
| HAM | Hertz, Armstrong and Marconi |
| IOC | Indian Oil Corporation |
| IRS | Incident Response System |
| JLNURM | Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission |
| MFR | Medical First Responder |
| MHA | Ministry of Home Affairs |
| MoD | Ministry of Defence |
| MoT | Ministry of Road Transport and Highways |
| MoC | Ministry of Communications and Information Technology |
| MPLAD | Member of Parliament Local Area Development |
| NCT | National Capital Teritory |
| NDMA | National Disaster Management Authority |
| NDMICS | National Disaster Management Information and Communication System |
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| NDRF | National Disaster Response Force |
|---|---|
| SFAC | Standing Fire Advisory Committee |
| SFAC | Standing Fire Advisory Council |
| Sq.KM | Square Kilometer |
| ToR | Terms of Reference |
| ULBs | Urban Local Bodies |
| UT | Union Territory |
| 13<sup>th</sup> FC | 13<sup>th</sup> Finance omission |
| 13<sup>th</sup> FCR | 13<sup>th</sup> Finance Commission Report |
List of Pictures
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- Picture 1 A shop on fire at Mehta Building – Bada Bazar Kolkata ....14
- Picture 2 Fire men breaking a window to rescue the trapped at Mehta Building, Kolkata ....14
- Picture 3 IOCL Depot during burn out, Jaipur ....14
- Picture 4 Park Street heritage building on fire, Kolkata....15
- Picture 5 Start of Fire at AMRI Hospital, Kolkata....15
- Picture 6 Conflagration later at AMRI Hospital, Kolkata....15
- Picture 7 Emergency Escape Chute ....18
- Picture 8 Tapping of natural water resource ....19
- Picture 9 Rain water harvesting ....19
- Picture 10 Portable / back pack water mist fire fighting equipment....20
- Picture 11 Fire hydrant....20
- Picture 12 Detachable Water Tender ....20
- Picture 13 Small Motor Cycle Water Mist Fire Fighting Unit....57
- Picture 14 Big Motor cycle with back pack mist fire fighting unit ....60
- Picture 15 Small vehicle with 500 Its. capacity Water Mist Fire Fighting Unit ....61
- Picture 16 Small 500 Its. Water mist fire fighting vehicle....62
- Picture 17 Sample underground water storage tank ....63