Drones to join Chennai's fight against coronavirus

The Chennai Corporation has successfully completed trials for using drones to disinfect inaccessible and congested neighborhoods…

IP University launches new course in fire and life safety audit

Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU) has introduced a Post Graduate Diploma in Fire and Life Safety Audit, which…

BMC to train security staff in basic fire-fighting and handling IT-enabled installations

With Mumbai having witnessed several disasters requiring specialised security intervention in recent years, the BrihanMumbai…

NOFAA seeks department's co-operation for creating fire safety awareness

Keeping in view various incidents of fire outbreak in multi-storey societies in the past, the Federation of Noida Apartment…

US-based startup offers fire safety tech to Indian hospitals

A US-based startup has started offering an IoT-based disaster management solution to avert possible fire hazards in hospitals, a…

Fire sparks audit for Bokaro Steel Plant

Bokaro Deputy Commissioner, Mukesh Kumar, has ordered the Bokaro Steel Plant management to conduct a safety audit in view of the…

World's safest city to visit in 2019 revealed by Economist Intelligence Unit

The Economist Intelligence Unit's 2019 Safe Cities Index (SCI) has ranked 60 destinations across the world in terms of their…

BMC school students, staff to be trained in fire-fighting

A total of 442 buildings that cater to 1,187 Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)-run schools will soon have fire-fighting…

Mr. Rajeev Sharma, elected as Chairman of ASSOCHAMs National Council on Homeland Security

Mr. Rajeev Sharma, the Country Managing Director of G4S India recently took over as the Chairman of the National Council on…

Forest fires tripled in last four months: Forest Survey of India

According to the Large Forest Fire Monitoring System launched by the Forest Survey of India (FSI) on January 16, 2019, the number…

Need for fire safety audit stressed

Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Baseer Ahmad Khan, stressed on the need for carrying out the fire safety audit of the households…

Majority of U.S. homeowners are unprepared for disasters

Despite the U.S. experiencing its highest number of billion-dollar disasters in 2017, a new survey found two-thirds of American…