Emergency Response & Evacuation

CISF leads the nation in fire safety training, equips 380 firefighters from 150 cities advanced skills

The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) designed a specialized course to upgrade the skills of…

Optical illusion to be tested on roads to trick drivers into slowing down

More than 150,000 lives are claimed in India by road incidents each year and the latest Road…

CISF cops need new shoes as Delhi's T3 pulls the carpet from under their feet

The carpets gone, but theres a new problem at Delhis Terminal 3. Without the much-maligned padding…

Too many shops, stores could hit emergency evacuation at Delhi Airport

Too many shops and restaurants at New Delhis Indira Gandhi International Airport could jeopardise lives of passengers during an…

Dubai residents advised to take fire safety precautions

In the wake of the recent fire incidents, the Dubai Civil Defence will coordinate with competent authorities to enact a law that…

Euralarm highlights the risks of outsourcing maintenance of fire & security systems

Euralarm recently published a new white paper on outsourcing the maintenance of fire safety security systems, specifically…

Fire safety awareness on the rise in Malaysia

Fire safety awareness among property owners in Kuala Lumpur is improving with more coming forward to request safety checks and…

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…

Under-performing body scanner with 'multiple loopholes' at Delhi airport scrapped

The Indira Gandhi International airport has done away with the body scanner machine installed at Terminal 3 due to its poor…

CISF to conduct security, fire safety audit of Indore, Jabalpur, and Gwalior jails

A security audit report by the CISF on Bhopal Central Jail, from where eight SIMI operatives pulled off a daring jailbreak, has…

Police study looks at crowd-control tech

In the backdrop of the intense criticism faced by security forces for their use of pellet guns in Jammu and Kashmir, the BPR&…

Shanghai Airports introduce new security measures at terminal entrances

As security is broadly stepped up due to terrorism fears in advance of the G20 Summit, passengers at Shanghais two airports will…

Vehicle scanners on approach road to Delhi airport

The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), which is in charge of security at the airport, has proposed to install vehicle…

Staff on campus should know of fire safety norms

In a sample survey of about 50 people, 18 of them did not know about the existence of fire safety norms, which should be…

Revise fire fighters compensation policy: HC to state govt.

The Bombay High Court has asked the BMC to revise its 2009 compensation policy for fire fighters by increasing the compensation…