New fire station opened at Mavoor

A caller occurrence presumption sanctioned by the State authorities for Mavoor successful the Kunnamangalam Assembly constituency was opened connected Thursday, with Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurating the installation done videoconferencing.

The caller firefighting facility, which had been pending for implementation for implicit a decade, would assistance code exigency situations successful 15 section bodies successful Kozhikode and Malappuram districts.

Speaking connected the occasion, Mr. Vijayan said the Fire and Rescue Services section had been rendering an exemplary service. He noted that the authorities had undertaken modernisation works worthy ₹251 crore astatine occurrence stations crossed the State, ensuring that each stations were equipped with precocious facilities and acceptable for exigency response.

The Chief Minister pointed retired that the devastating floods of 2018 had prompted a broad revamp of the catastrophe effect mechanics with absorption connected technological improvements. Apart from processing the Fire Academy into a centre of excellence, civilian defence units are besides being promoted to guarantee people’s information successful catastrophe absorption efforts, helium said.

He besides made it wide that much volunteers would beryllium trained nether the civilian defence programme, and that steps would beryllium taken to fortify peculiar task forces. To guarantee women’s information successful firefighting, the authorities has recruited 100 women firefighters, portion 17 women scuba teams person been made operational, helium pointed out.

Officials said the Mavoor occurrence presumption was realised astatine a outgo of ₹46 lakh, including contributions made by section traders and industrialists. It would beryllium supported by a squad of 18 firefighters, they added.

Fire and Rescue Services Director-General Nitin Agarwal, Mavoor grama panchayat president C. Muneerath, Chathamangalam grama panchayat president M.K. Nadeera, and Mavoor grama panchayat vice-president C.P. Krishnan were present.