Fire Service Personnel Of Odisha To Take Up Relief, Rescue Operations In Kerala

The team, which was flagged off by the
Director General, Fire Service & Commandant General, Home Guards & Director Civil Defence, BK Sharma, will reach Kerala in the afternoon.

Talking to mediapersons here, Sharma said on the request of the central government, the Odisha government has decided to send a team of the state’s Fire Service personnel to Kerala. The team will leave in a special aircraft.

“This is a moment of pride for the Odisha Fire Service. Our Fire Service personnel had earned immense praise for their commendable job in the relief and rescue operations in Andhra Pradesh during Cyclone  Hudhud. I hope that our Fire personnel would live up to their reputation and play a major role in the relief and rescue operations in Kerala,” he added.