Agency overview | |
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Established | 1942 |
Fire chief | Sh. Atul Garg |
Motto | We Serve to Save |
Facilities and equipment | |
Stations | 61 |
Trucks | 198 |
Rescues | 3 |
Delhi Fire Service (DFS) is the state-owned service that attends fire/rescue calls in the National Capital Territory of Delhi in India. The service consists of 61 fire stations and 3616 personnel (3280 firefighters, 289 mechanics), and attends to 22,000 fire and rescue calls on an average every year.[1] The administrative control of The Delhi Fire Service rests with the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi. The average number of fire/rescue calls attended by DFS is much more than any other metropolitan fire services in India.[citation needed]
Delhi is divided into 3 zones with 2 geographical divisions within each:
The department reports to Principal Secretary (Home)for the Government of NCT of Delhi.