Rs 3.5 lakh crore needed for internal security in 2020-25: MHA

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has said it had informed the 15th Finance Commission about its budgetary requirement of more…

Mumbaikars will soon get real-time updates of disaster management teams

If everything goes according to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporations plan, you can soon get real-time updates of the calls…

Proposal to levy fire service tax on all lands and buildings in draft fire safety Bill

One Fire and Emergency Service for each state,fire tax on land and buildings,fund for fire prevention and life safety and a fee…

Oil and gas industry women officers get fire training

The Institute of Fire Safety and Disaster Management Studies (IFSDMS) held an exclusive course for women officers working on oil…

Govt finds South Delhi schools ill-equipped for emergencies

If theres one thing that private and state-run schools in South Delhi have in common, it is their poor state of preparedness for…

Promoting Safer School - Safer India

With the increasing need to spread awareness about fire safety, the Directorate of Fire Services, Goa signed a Memorandum of…

Israeli firm to set up cyber security academies in India

Acting on the recent bilateral agreement on homeland security between Israel and India, a cyber security company from Israel,…

Safety audit order for BSL

The district disaster management authority (DDMA) on Saturday ordered Bokaro Steel (BSL), a subsidiary of SAIL, to conduct a…

India has less than 3,000 fire stations against 8,500 needed

Indian cities and rural areas are facing shortage of fire stations as a little less than 3,000 such units are operating against…

More resources required for fire safety: Rijiju

Union Minister KirenRijiju has stressed on the need for allocation of more resources and modernisation of fire services besides…

Israel is top of the world in fire safety

Israel is the safest country in the world when it comes to deaths by fire, the nations top firefighter told the Knesset Israeli…

Loopholes in CSEZ s fire safety mechanism

A fire safety audit by the Department of Fire and Rescue Services in Kerala has revealed major lapses in the fire safety…