Article on Fire Safety and Security by Pratap Singh for Defence, CISF and BSF Aspirants

Article on Fire Safety and Security by Pratap Singh(IPS)

Fire Security and fire fighting is a complex and important service for the society. Actually, fire fighting is a highly competitive field. Initially, those, who aspire to join this service, have to go through rigorous training for 15 to 20 weeks. During this training, they are instructed the fundamental skills of a fireman, e.g., use of fire fighting weapons and equipments, ladder safety, use of respiratory equipments etc. A fireman is also trained in the skill of establishing fire security in the community. In fact, training is a continuous process imparted at relevant intervals, and it includes instructions related to handling of transportation problems and disaster mitigation measures executed by the fire fighting department, provided throughout the tenure of their service.

There are thousands of candidates who apply for the job of fireman, every year. They must pass three tests. A candidate must keep himself physically fir and agile for a long time. In other words, he must have alacrity and physical tenacity so that he is capable of undertaking prolonged rescue operations. If you have the right fire fighting equipments, your team would be safe for long durations. Apart from this, they are also trained in enhancing their efficiency in the profession. If firemen are provided proper fire fighting training facilities, especially, in a controlled environment they get a golden opportunity to hone up their skills. There are a few companies which provided equipments to the fire fighting department. This facilitates the efforts for dealing with precarious situation. Firemen, by engaging in mock-drills, may study the effectiveness of the equipments of the fire fighting department. There is also the need of devising techniques for convenient performance of their tasks.

In a controlled situation you can have the advantage of the training and possibly you may get hold of an advanced device which is popular these days. There are a variety of fire extinguishing devices available in a few shops where they demonstrate how the devices are to be used, so that your fire fighting team accomplishes its task without aggravating the injuries. You have the alternative of fixed or portable fire simulators. You have to decide which one is most suitable for you. If your fire fighting equipments are connected with the L.P.G. technique, fire fighting would become easier and the effectiveness of training will further increase.

If you find that fire fighting devices are not available on the market, then you have the option of procuring them on-line. Very often, the manufactures exhibit their fire fighting products and also explain their working. These exhibitions give you opportunities to assess the new technology and training ingredients available on the market. So far as maintenance is concerned, the fire fighting devices are not expensive. They are so manufactured that they are convenient to use. There are various training equipments related to fire fighting, such as, Raben system, Hawk system, Eagle system etc. You have to approach the right place where these new devices are available and also the training facilities are available. Fire fighting devices are so designed that their maintenance cost is very low.
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                                                                                                                     Pratap Singh (IPS)
                                                                                                              Senior Fire safety Officer