Director (Chief Fire Officer), Odisha Fire and Disaster Response Academy (OFDRA), Bhubaneswar, Ramesh Chandra Majhi is happy as currently 55 Sub-Officers came from Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Jammu AND Kashmir, Karnataka and personnel from Indian Army and Indian Air Force to undergo training at OFDRA for a duration of six months. They will be passing out in July –August.
The National Fire Service College, Nagpur has already shortlisted OFDRA for conducting 48th Batch External Sub Officer’s course with 60 participants from various parts of the country which is likely to start from July2022.
In fact, the National Fire Service College, Nagpur, Ministry of Home Affairs has been conducting the professional training of Sub Officers (Assistant Station Officer) for the entire country through 10 Regional Training Centres (RTCs).
Odisha Fire and Disaster Response Academy, Bhubaneswar, which is an ISO Certified Academy, has been accredited as one of pioneer Regional Training Centres.The OFDRA has already trained 604 Sub-Officers so far from various parts of the country including 7,183 Odisha Fire Service personnel.
The training course gives through exposure on fire protection, prevention, extinction and related fire fighting matter. Director (Chief Fire Officer), Odisha Fire and Disaster Response Academy, Bhubaneswar, Ramesh Chandra Majhi has been taking personal care and personality development of each officer.
DGP Fire Services Santosh Kumar Upadhaya reviewed the training preparedness and issued instruction for modification of training curriculum.Upadhyay has already instructed OFDRA to compulsorily include computer literacy for new recruited in the rank of Fireman and SO.
Besides, Director OFDRA Majhi will organise capsule courses on Basic Computer Applications, Mo Sarakar, 5T Charter, Online portals for the Government for various ranks.