‘TNFRS conducting drills to improve reaction time’
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TNFRS trying to improve reaction time
CHENNAI
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.