Fire Service Week: Mass public awareness drives held at Srinagar, Jammu

Jammu: As part of ongoing Fire Service Week, various programmes are being conducted by the Fire and Emergency Services department to educate public about different aspects of fire safety.
In this regard, flag march of hi-tech and advanced fire fighting vehicles was carried out on Wednesday throughout the cities of Jammu and Srinagar simultaneously, which started from respective Fire and Emergency Headquarters and marched through the main cities.
These hi-tech vehicles fitted with PA system conveyed the preparedness of the department for safeguarding life and property of general masses. First Aid fire safety tips, Do’s and Don’ts were also conveyed to the general public through the awareness rally.
Earlier on 2nd day of Fire Service Week on 15th of April, a large scale free medical first aid camps were held at both Gandhi Nagar Jammu and Batamaloo Srinagar Headquarters in which a number of doctors of different specializations provided free medical check-ups to Fire and Emergency Services Personnel as well as general public besides distributing free medicines.
On 3rd day of the week on 16th of April, under the FIT INDIA programme, a number of inter-district departmental sports events were held at Bari Brahamana Jammu and Batamaloo Srinagar besides Yoga events were organized at all district headquarters of the J&K.