Telangana witnesses 7383 fire mishaps in 2024

Hyderabad: The Telangana Fire Services and Disaster Response Force attended 7383 fire and rescue calls during the year 2024 across the State. Of the total fire calls 7093 were of small fire mishaps and 180 medium while 87 were serious fires and 24 major fire mishaps, Director General, Fire Services Department, Y Nagi Reddy said […]

Hyderabad: The Telangana Fire Services and Disaster Response Force attended 7383 fire and rescue calls during the year 2024 across the State. Of the total fire calls 7093 were of small fire mishaps and 180 medium while 87 were serious fires and 24 major fire mishaps,

Director General, Fire Services Department, Y Nagi Reddy said there is an increase of 5.9 per cent in medium fire calls in 2024 compared to previous year while the overall fire calls are nearly the same as last year.

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“Ninety nine per cent of the fires are in non-high rise buildings. Fire breaks out due to various reasons. It is always suggested to adopt preventive or precautionary steps if you want to avoid fire mishaps,” said Y Nagi Reddy.

He said the fire department is regularly organizing fire safety awareness programs and in 2024 a total of 8433 programs were held across the State. “Similarly, we are also conducting inspections of buildings to check for fire safety measures,” said the official.

The DG said that in 2024, the department had participated in several rescue missions during the floods in different parts of the Telangana. “We reached out to people stranded in flood water during the night also and brought them out to safer places. The department is training its personnel in fire fighting as well as rescue operations,” said Nagi Reddy.

The department is taking up prosecution of the building owners where major fire mishaps have reported, he said. “The criminal investigation the police are doing and filing charge sheet while the fire department is following the civil prosecution,” said Nagi Reddy.

The GHMC is issuing notices to residential buildings from where commercial activity is allowed. “It will take some time to shift the commercial activities from residential buildings. But it will done to avoid fire accidents,” the official pointed out.

The fire mishap at the Satava building at Madhapur was due to gas leakage.

DG Fire Services, Y Nagi Reddy on Monday said that the fire on the fifth floor of Satava building at Madhapur was because of gas leakage in the restaurant. “There was a gas leakage in the building. Due to power fluctuation there was short circuit and it sparked off the fire,” said the official.

He said the fire was contained well in time by intervention of safety officers of the building and fire department personnel.

Fire and Rescue Calls Attended

Total fire calls – 7383

Small – 7093

Medium – 180

Serious – 87

Major – 27

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Rescue Calls

Human Rescue

Flood Rescue – 1767

Fire Accidents – 495

Lift Rescue – 40

Others – 54

Animal Rescue -103

Emergency calls

Vehicle over turned – 28

Road traffic accidents – 25

Building collapse – 10

Tree clearing – 22

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Total fire department vehicles

Water Tenders – 133

Water Lorries – 05

Multipurpose tenders – 56

Advance water tenders – 10

Foam tenders – 09

DCP tender – 01

Bronto Skylift – 2

Snorkel – 1

High Pressure water tanker – 17

Hazmat vehicle – 01

Rescue tender – 4

Mist vehicles – 29

Water cum Foam Tender – 09,

Quick Response Vehicles – 39,

Motorcycle with Mist Equipment – 138.