National Fire Service Week 2022

             National Fire Service Day is celebrated every year on the 14th of April in India by fire brigades, fire departments, Institutes, Industries, NGOs, airports, dockyards, government offices, etc. to pay tributes to the 71 firemen who lost their lives in Bombay Port fire on 14th April 1944. The government of India awarded all brave firefighters on NFS day who have done extraordinary work in their service.

Fire service week is observed from 14th April to 20th April thought the country to spread awareness among the public regarding fire safety. During this week different types of public engagement activities are organized in India, like

• Operational check on fire protection equipment
• Special emphasis on orderly storage of materials
• Distributing instruction cards on specific fire hazards and precautions in the
  local language
• Inspection by small teams of employees to spot fire hazards in different departments
• Competition/contests for housekeeping, suggestions on fire precautions, fire safety slogans
• Demonstrations of fire fighting and rescue
• Training programs
• Fire drills and competitions for fire crew members
• Screening fire safety films during work recess
• Arranging visit of local Fire Brigade Officer to plant for familiarizing him with plant operations
• Guest lectures on fire safety topics by specialists in the field
• Displaying banners, posters on fire safety at strategic locations in the plant

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The theme of the National Fire Service Day/Week 2022

 “Learn Fire Safety, Increase Productivity".

History of the National Fire Service Day/Week

        On 14th, of April 1944, a major fire break out in the British freighter “SS Fort Stikine” on Victoria dock at Bombay port in which 71 firefighter lost their lives. SS fort Stikine ships carried a million liters of lubricating oil barrels, gold, currencies, cotton bales, ammunition, and detonators.  The ship was parked at the port on the 12th, of April without any safety concerns but on the 14th, of April it caught fire and was exploited due to the storage of 1400 tonnes of explosives. The ship was destroyed by two giant blasts and its debris was spread in the surrounding areas, entire victoria dock was abolished due to the explosion. In this catastrophe, approx 800 to 1300 people lost their lives.

Insights of Fire service day/week theme 2022

        Every year DGFS announces a theme for the National fire service day celebration centered on different areas related to fire safety. Another reason behind declaring the theme is to run the campaign similarly throughout the nations. This year DGFS declare a theme for the fire service day celebration which is  “Learn Fire Safety, Increase Productivity".
        By this theme, DGFS wants to spread messages related to learning about fire safety. In any cases of fires in workplace area, fire fighting equipment are available there but no one knows about their operating procedure so by learning fire safety one can extinguish the fire in the first few minutes and save the properties and innocent people.
         This year’s theme is recommended that sharing knowledge of fire safety creates a big impact on society and saves the nations from big losses and improves productivity. If productivity increases it directly helps nations on building their goals for the improvement of infrastructure and the lifestyle of their populations. 

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