‘TNFRS conducting drills to improve reaction time’
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TNFRS trying to improve reaction time
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Launching - Thee (Fire in Tamil) - a mobile application, the Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Services (TNFRS) department has started conducting regular drills across the State to improve reaction time of its personnel.
One such drill was conducted on Friday and the SM Nagar station in North Chennai won the event.
In 2020, the TNFRS helpline 101 received a total of 5,000 calls in Chennai and out of this 2,150 were fire calls and the remaining were rescue calls. Now people have to download the ‘Thee’ app and press the help button in it. The control room will get an alert in a few seconds and based on the GPS location of the caller, the nearest fire station will be alerted.
Children praised for closing an open drain
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Two children, who closed an open drain braving the rain, were appreciated and rewarded by Director General of Police, Fire Services, C. Sylendra Babu.
A video of two children trying to close an open drain on the roadside went viral on social media recently. As the children were walking, one of them noticed the drain and they covered it with some nearby wooden material.
The children were identified as A. Devayani and her brother A. Vignesh.
Mr. Babu gave out a cash award of ₹2,000, books and gifts to the children, who met him at the headquarters of the Fire and Rescue Services Department. Priya Ravichandran, Joint Director, Fire Services, and the parents of the children were also present.
TN Fire and Rescue Services commandos rescue fishermen in Chennai
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January 06, 2021 12:44 IST
Four fishermen, whose boat capsized as they were returning after fishing, were rescued by the commandos
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Four fishermen, whose boat capsized as they were returning after fishing, were rescued by the commandos
It was a scene right out of a movie, when a six-member team of the Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Services (TRNFRS) marine commandos swam into the sea and rescued four fishermen who fell into the water after their boat capsized, on Wednesday morning.