Haryana Government has decided to prepare a master plan to effectively deal with the incidents of fire in the State.
The decision was taken during a meeting of Fire Service Directorate presided over by Urban local Bodies Minister, Kavita Jain, here on Wednesday.
She said that Haryana Fire Service Directorate has decided to take a number of steps including preparation of a master plan to effectively deal with incidents of fire.
The Directorate is also coordinating with Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) to get about 10 acres of land to establish Haryana Fire Fighting Training Centre for training of firemen and fire operators, said Jain.
During the meeting, it was informed that reporting of fire incidents would be linked with emergency number 100 so as to deal with emergent situations in better way. Work is also underway to install wireless communication system in all vehicles used to control fire.
The Minister said that the number of fire stations would be increased and required equipment would also be purchased.
She directed the officers to make online the service of renewal of fire NOC for setting up of industrial and other units so that people do not face any inconvenience. She also asked the officers to check all fire stations from time to time and install CCTV cameras in these stations.
Jain said that the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) has provided about one acre land at Sector 3, Panchkula to set up office of Fire Services Directorate.
She said that ten fire stations were being constructed by the Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation at Manesar, Bawal, Rohtak, Faridabad, Rai, Barhi, Manakpur, Saha, Bahadurgarh and Barwala.
The construction of fire stations at Manesar, Bawal, Rohtak and Faridabad has been completed. Similarly, seven fire stations at Siwani, Pundri, Ateli Mandi, Kanina, Pataudi, loharu and Taraori are also being set up, the Minister added.
It was also informed in the meeting that the multi-storey buildings and organisations in residential and industrial units of Haryana were being given fire NOC after every five years whereas this period is three years for commercial complexes. The applicants would not have to visit municipality office every year.