Ludhiana, April 14 (Rajkumar Sathi). With focus on spreading awareness among the residents regarding fire safety, Mayor Principal Inderjit Kaur kick started the ‘fire safety week’ celebrations at fire brigade headquarters near railway station on Monday. On the first day of the ‘fire safety week’, the fire brigade organised an awareness rally in the city to sensitise the residents. The rally was organised on the theme – ‘Unite to ignite, a fire safe India’ and it moved through different parts of the city including Railway Station road, Gill road, Ferozepur road, Mall road, Jagraon bridge among other areas. Accompanied by Assistant Divisional Fire Officer (ADFO) Maninder Singh among other officials and firefighters, Mayor Inderjit Kaur also paid tribute to those fire fighters who lost their lives in the line of duty by observing two minute silence. Assistant Divisional Fire Officer (ADFO) Maninder Singh said that the week long ‘Fire Safety Week’ is being observed on the directions of Mayor Principal Inderjit Kaur and MC Commissioner Aaditya Dachalwal. Traning exercises, mock drills at public places/hospitals etc, blood donation camp, competitions in schools/educational institutes etc would be held by fire brigade wing of civic body during the week long celebrations for spreading awareness among the residents. Mayor Principal Inderjit Kaur and ADFO Maninder Singh said that ‘Fire Safety Week’ is observed every year and the aim is to sensitise the residents regarding fire safety. They further appealed to the residents to follow fire safety norms and install proper fire safety equipment in their respective properties to avoid any untoward incident.
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