MOHALI: Shortage of workers has pressured the hearth department to use drivers as firemen, throwing the security of a the town having a inhabitants of four lakh in the palms of nine overworked drivers and 24 firemen working 15 fireplace tenders. The fireplace department operates with only one leading fireman against a demand of 80.
The disaster has emanated owing to the failure of the municipal company (MC) to recruit extra firemen and drivers. It had just lately referred to as for packages for filling the vacant posts but could not carry the schedule for approval in the home meetings. Sources said the civic body is but to select the company to hire the group of workers.
Mayor Kulwant Singh said, “We are in the technique of finalizing the company. We would possibly add supplementary schedule in the coming near near MC area meeting for the approval.”
Data with civic body finds against 80 sanctioned posts of firemen, Mohali has stuffed only 24. For a fleet of 15 firefighting vehicles and a booster, the city has only nine drivers. During a couple of emergencies, firemen are pressured to drive fireplace tenders while drivers act as firefighters.
Punjab Fire Prevention and Fire Safety Rules, 2004, clearly point out that fire-tender drivers must have undergone particular coaching and function only as drivers.
Bhupinder Pal Singh, MC commissioner, said: “We have sent a requirement note to the government. We have referred to as for packages to recruit 36 firemen and 10 fireplace tender drivers. Our firemen have to move out for normal coaching, so the void stays.” A fireman said the staff is overworked. He said, “We infrequently double up as drivers all over an emergency name.” At present, the hearth department has 8 fireplace tenders, one rescue tender, one sky elevate, one mini-fire Jeep, one Jeep and two bikes. The fireplace department has four sub fireplace officers and 24 firemen.
Singh admitted works are hampering because of shortfall in operating group of workers. He, then again, added the MC is about to recruit 116 grade C and D workers out of which 36 are firemen and 10 fireplace tender drivers.
The disaster has emanated owing to the failure of the municipal company (MC) to recruit extra firemen and drivers. It had just lately referred to as for packages for filling the vacant posts but could not carry the schedule for approval in the home meetings. Sources said the civic body is but to select the company to hire the group of workers.
Mayor Kulwant Singh said, “We are in the technique of finalizing the company. We would possibly add supplementary schedule in the coming near near MC area meeting for the approval.”
Data with civic body finds against 80 sanctioned posts of firemen, Mohali has stuffed only 24. For a fleet of 15 firefighting vehicles and a booster, the city has only nine drivers. During a couple of emergencies, firemen are pressured to drive fireplace tenders while drivers act as firefighters.
Punjab Fire Prevention and Fire Safety Rules, 2004, clearly point out that fire-tender drivers must have undergone particular coaching and function only as drivers.
Bhupinder Pal Singh, MC commissioner, said: “We have sent a requirement note to the government. We have referred to as for packages to recruit 36 firemen and 10 fireplace tender drivers. Our firemen have to move out for normal coaching, so the void stays.” A fireman said the staff is overworked. He said, “We infrequently double up as drivers all over an emergency name.” At present, the hearth department has 8 fireplace tenders, one rescue tender, one sky elevate, one mini-fire Jeep, one Jeep and two bikes. The fireplace department has four sub fireplace officers and 24 firemen.
Singh admitted works are hampering because of shortfall in operating group of workers. He, then again, added the MC is about to recruit 116 grade C and D workers out of which 36 are firemen and 10 fireplace tender drivers.
Drivers double up as firefighters in Mohali
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